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Bar Manager Takes to Social Media to Set Angry Customer Straight
An Indiana bar is suddenly world-famous today following a public spat with a pissed-off customer. A woman named Holly Jones left a nasty review on the Facebook page for the downtown Indianapolis pub,...
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The Armed Oregon Ranchers Who Want Free Land Are Already Getting A 93 Percent...
The takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon appears to be more than just a protest of the impending imprisonment of two ranchers who set fires that spread into public lands. The armed...
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The disturbing lack of black organic farmers
Picture the organic farmer. You might envision a bearded millennial unloading $5 tomatoes at a Brooklyn farmers market or the Modern Farmer-subscribing hobbyist with a nice backyard plot. Or maybe you...
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FDA to consider banning some food additives on cancer-causing potential
FDA to consider banning some food additives on cancer-causing potential WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2016 -- The Food and Drug Administration will consider whether to ban the use of seven food additives based...
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Genetically Engineered Salmon: What’s Next?
Port Commission Hearing Room, Ferry Building, 2nd floor, San Francisco, CA Port Commission Hearing Room, Ferry Building, 2nd floor, San Francisco, CA The FDA has approved the first genetically modified...
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Stop Subsidizing Monsanto's GMO Corn
The Iowa caucuses will be held in February 2016, which is sure to bring corn to the forefront of the presidential campaigns. Iowa is the leading producer of both corn and ethanol and, as The New York...
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Overfishing fears cast aside as sushi boss pays $118,000 for single bluefin tuna
A sushi restaurant in Japan has paid US$118,000 (£80,000/AU$164,000) for a bluefin tuna at the first auction of the year at Tokyo’s Tsukiji market, despite repeated warnings that the prized fish is...
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Not Your Dad’s Farm Job: Millennials Look to High-Tech Farms For Careers
“I thought about what it is about food that I love. It’s where it comes from,” Barnett recalls. He also recognized that he could have an impact at the farm level, where he saw the most challenges. “Our...
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Bipartisan panel recommends SNAP drink ban, job aid
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2015 - A congressional commission charged with finding ways to combat hunger and improve nutrition recommends barring the use of food stamps for some sugary beverages and instead...
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Venezuela Bans GMO Crops, Passes One of World's Most Progressive Seed Laws
Venezuela approved a new law on Dec. 23, 2015, that imposes one of the world’s toughest regulations on genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The anti-GMO and anti-patenting seed law was approved by...
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Hopes for crab season run low; slight prospect for late January
Lingering hope for fresh, buttery crab is slowly melting away as killer toxins disgorged by colossal algae blooms lurk stubbornly offshore, wreaking havoc on the Bay Area fishing industry and raising...
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Food industry must get behind 'right to know' on GMO
Over the more than 20 years I have worked as a business journalist, I've always been motivated by a simple premise: Knowledge is power, and that power belongs with the public. The spread of information...
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Rogue Dietary Guidelines
While we are endlessly waiting for the release of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines, Tamar Haspel and I thought we would jump the gun and write up for the Washington Post what we think most makes sense: How...
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The Dress Code for Power Lunching at the Four Seasons
When news broke that the Four Seasons Restaurant would be leaving its landmark home in the Seagram Building in Midtown Manhattan, a collective gasp could be heard in the city’s corridors of power....
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Big Food Politics Victories in 2015
As a parent, I’m constantly reminded that the junk food industry spends billions of dollars to undermine the work I do to keep my children healthy. Fortunately, there are advocates who help to push...
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6 Environmentally Friendly Food Rules to Follow in 2016
Former White House chef and senior policy adviser Sam Kass had the Obamas’ ear on everything from their dinner to school nutrition. Now the NBC News senior food analyst (and the coolest guy in food...
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Lawsuit Launched for Endangered Species Act Protection of Monarch Butterflies
WASHINGTON— Two environmental groups filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today over its failure to protect the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act. The...
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Release claiming chocolate milk improves concussion symptoms in student...
They are almost absent from this boastful release touting vague neurological benefits of a specific chocolate milk. The release says high school football players, including some who suffered...
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The Japanese Spice Mixes You'll Want to Sprinkle on Everything
Furikake, the savory and salty Japanese seasonings for sprinkling on rice, merit an entire section even in Manhattan’s tiniest Japanese markets. And if you’ve tasted them, you understand why: They...
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