Big Food Makers Launch an Image Makeover for 2016
It’s the new year, and we’re all just a few days into efforts to reframe our lives. That goes for parts of the food industry, too. As 2016 approached, two heavyweight agricultural organizations—the...
View ArticleYou Will Not Believe How Long Salmonella Can Survive In Cookies and Crackers
There have been several high-profile salmonella outbreaks over the past year—the virulent pathogen has been found in pork, chicken, cucumbers, tuna, peanut butter, and small pets (those poor turtles...
View ArticleHow to eat more healthfully, in 6 easy steps
Go through the fine print of the omnibus spending bill just passed by Congress, and you’ll see that the 2015 Dietary Guidelines, scheduled for release in — you guessed it — 2015, have been pushed out...
View ArticleNew Year’s Revolutions
Many times, after I have finished a lecture on the decline of American farming and rural life, someone in the audience has asked, “What can city people do?” “Eat responsibly,” I have usually answered....
View ArticleBig Dog Natural Recalls Chicken and Fish Supreme Dog Food Due to Possible...
Big Dog Natural of Brick, NJ is voluntary recalling a select production lot of Big Dog Natural raw dehydrated dog food Chicken Supreme potentially contaminated with Salmonella and Fish Supreme...
View ArticleLondon Food Link
Through our London focused projects we strive for a food system that benefits all Londoners. You can support our work by joining the London Food Link Network, a network of organisations and individuals...
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This Commission was created by legislative mandate in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill of 2014. Commission members are tasked with a mandate to effectively use existing programs and funds to address...
View ArticleWhy Calorie Restricted Diets Don"€™t Work
According to the USDA’s Choose MyPlate website, “Reaching a healthier weight is a balancing act. The secret is learning how to balance your ‘energy in’ and ‘energy out’‌â€? A secret,...
View ArticleFor Young Farmers, Big Questions Surface at National Gathering
When the days turn cold and dark, farmers celebrate. After months of unrelenting labor, they’re finally able to sit down and relax, spend time with family, and connect and commiserate with their...
View ArticleWatch Full Episodes Online of In Defense of Food on PBS
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." With that seven-word maxim, US-based journalist Michael Pollan distills a career’s worth of reporting into a prescription for reversing the damage being done to...
View ArticleChart: China’s growing feed industry depends heavily on imported ingredients
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View Article“How to get a YES! from investors”
Are you stressed out by the thought of approaching investors? Do you find yourself tongue-tied when talking to them? Does contacting potential investors fall to the end of your to-do list because you...
View ArticleGrandparents Predict the Food Trends of 2016
We found our scout-critics for the newest, hottest food trends not at the Brooklyn bar or a dive restaurant in Queens or even online, but at our Christmas tables. As with all important matters, we look...
View ArticleChildren aged four to 10 'have equivalent of 5,500 sugar cubes a year'
Children aged between four and 10 consume 22kg in sugar every year, according to a public health campaign urging parents to take control of their offspring’s diet. The 22kg is equivalent to 5,500 sugar...
View ArticleAgromafia
The following is a script from "Agromafia" which aired on Jan. 3, 2016. Bill Whitaker is the correspondent. Guy Campanile, producer. When it comes to knock-offs of Italian classics -- you probably...
View ArticleCourt ruling on sodium warnings could redefine city's public health mission
Later this month, a judge will begin considering whether New York City’s requirement that chain restaurants post warnings on salty foods is a legitimate effort to protect public health or a regulatory...
View ArticleMmm ... methane! These microbes love to munch on it
By Kim Brunhuber, CBC News Posted: Jan 04, 2016 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 04, 2016 8:37 AM ET Kim Brunhuber is a CBC News Senior Reporter based in Los Angeles. He has traveled the world from Sierra...
View ArticleWaste not, want not: why French diners are learning to love their leftovers
The French have never done “le doggy bag’’. They eat what is on their restaurant plate or it goes straight in the bin. Until now, that is. This year, we can expect to see more Gallic diners clutching...
View ArticleHere's More Proof The Push For Healthier School Lunches Is Working
The federal government was criticized for sweeping changes to the national student lunch program when it launched the effort to make school meals healthier in 2012 -- but new research shows that...
View ArticleOur View: Food we throw away could help solve hunger
The amount of food that ends up wasted is more than enough to feed every American who goes to bed hungry, or wakes up not knowing for sure where his next meal will come from. That makes the country’s...
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