Meet the woman leading China's new organic farming army
Beijing, China - We'd been driving for an hour and a half since leaving central Beijing when the car suddenly slowed to a halt. "This isn't exactly where the GPS told me to go, but I think it's the...
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View ArticlePetition debate on sugary drinks tax
On Monday 30 November the House of Commons will debate an e-petition calling for “a tax on sugary drinks in the UK to improve our children’s health.” The debate was scheduled by the Petitions Committee...
View ArticleFoodie culture is spurring degree programs at U.S. colleges
Before he ever knew they might be topics to study in college, food business and farming played an important part in Charlie James' life. At Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, he sold home-made rice...
View ArticleSwapping The Street For The Orchard, City Dwellers Take Their Pick Of Fruit
Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. ET. Urban foraging might call to mind images of hipsters picking food out of the trash, one group in...
View ArticleNo More Trix for Kids: The Fall of Breakfast Cereal
Last year, General Mills launched a new product aimed at health-conscious customers: Cheerios Protein, a version of its popular cereal made with whole-grain oats and lentils. Early reviews were...
View ArticleIf We’re Going To End Factory Farms, We Need To Eat Way Less Meat
A disturbing undercover video shot by an animal rights activist released earlier this month showed pigs being subjected to horrific conditions inside one of the nation’s largest pork processing plants....
View ArticleHow To Decolonize Your Diet
After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, Dr. Luz Calvo’s world tilted. Dr. Calvo, a professor of ethnic studies at Cal State East Bay, felt unmoored, helpless—and the sudden need to research....
View ArticleIt's #TimeToChoose Climate-Friendly Food
Featuring fresh takes and real-time analysis from HuffPost's signature lineup of contributors When the international climate negotiators assembling in Paris next week sit down for dinner, they might...
View ArticleParis climate protesters banned but 10,000 shoes remain
Over 10,000 pairs of shoes on the Place de la Republique replace marchers who were set to take part in a climate cancelled protest as activists take to the streets around the globe. The Paris march was...
View ArticleHow Coca-Cola has tricked everyone into drinking so much of it
You may think you have come to like soda all on your own. But that desire is the product of decades worth of focused and often troubling efforts on behalf of the soda industry. This is, in so many...
View ArticleTax on sugary drinks backed by MPs
A tax on sugary drinks should be introduced as part of a "bold and urgent" set of measures to tackle child obesity in England, MPs say. The Commons' Health Committee said there was now "compelling...
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A tax on full sugar soft drinks as part of a wider set of measures 10 Early intervention driven by the National Child Measurement Programme
View ArticleWhite House Releases Fall 2015 Regulatory Plan
The White House has released its “Current Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions” for fall 2015, which provides an overview of the Obama administration’s...
View ArticleSesame Gains Traction in Push for Food-Labeling Requirements
For the estimated 300,000 to 500,000 people in the United States who are allergic to sesame, the recently introduced Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2015 comes as good news. Included in the act’s...
View ArticleEditorial: Give shoppers an informed choice with GMO labels
In this photo taken Sept. 10, 2014, Monsanto crew members Gerard Manuel, left, and Rommel Angale, right, count corn sprouts in a field of test hybrids in a breeding nursery near Kihei, Hawaii. Maui...
View ArticleFDA Warning Letters: Salmonella, Listeria, Drug Residues, HACCP Issues
The latest batch of warning letters posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were addressed to a nut processor, a cheese manufacturer, four dairies, and two seafood importers. In the most...
View ArticlePressure grows for 20% tax on sugary drinks to fight childhood obesity
The government is under serious pressure to drop its opposition to a tax on sugary drinks, following the publication of a hard-hitting report from MPs which says a 20% levy is an essential part of any...
View ArticleWhat the Hunter-Gatherers from ‘In Defense of Food’ Can Teach Us About Our Diets
There’s a memorable scene in the documentary In Defense of Food that could change the way some Americans look at food. In it, a group of hunters from the Hadza tribe in Tanzania are tracking a kudu, a...
View ArticleChaîne Humaine à Paris pour un #Climat2Paix
Plus de 10 000 personnes étaient présentes dimanche 29 novembre à Paris, veille de l'ouverture de la COP21, pour former une #ChaîneHumaine pour un...
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