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Eight Chefs. One Night Only. In Support of a Good Food System for All.
Join us for a special dinner -- one night only on February 3rd, 2016 -- featuring eight of the best Southern chefs to benefit the Chef Action Network. Hosted by The Market Place Restaurant in...
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More consumers distrust how food is made, but are willing to work with...
In just two years, the proportion of consumers who actively critique or recommend food, brands and agriculture practices has grown from 10% of the global population to 24%, according to the fourth...
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Update: Efforts To Contain Avian Flu Appear To Be Working
Updated - Jan 19, 6:20 am It could take some time to contain what state health officials are describing as one of the worst avian flu outbreaks to hit Indiana. Dozens of USDA officials have been...
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Ready or Not, McDonald’s Chocolate-Drizzled Fries Are Coming to Japan
For anyone who's ever thought to themselves "How can I possibly make my McDonald's meal more caloric?" there's a new side in town. According to Rocket News 24, McDonald Japan is preparing to introduce...
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'Cooked' is Netflix's latest original documentary dive into food
Netflix’s newest docuseries is one you can binge, but the host would probably advise against it. The streaming service just announced Cooked, a four-episode show based on award-winning food writer and...
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From Candy To Juleps, Persians Left Imprint On Many Edible Delights
With the historic nuclear deal finally taking effect, a sanctions-free Iran can now get back to doing what it has excelled at for centuries: trade. Because of Iran's strategic position on the Silk...
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EPA and religious groups team up to fight food waste
Quiz time! When it comes to America’s food waste problem, WWJD? Would he: A) “Save” that questionable block of cheese, B) Turn wine back into water, or C) Start an interfaith effort to reduce the...
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Sign of the end times? Democrats and Republicans agree to help hungry kids
It looks like we have a bipartisan agreement to improve child nutrition by reauthorizing the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. It’s still in the early stages — the Senate agriculture committee is voting...
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Oceans to have more plastic than fish by 2050: report
The world's oceans may have more plastic debris than fish by the year 2050, according to a report produced by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and published by the World Economic Forum. Facts on plastic...
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Not just organic, but biodynamic!
Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni has for thirty years been vegetarian and animal advocate. He is owner and chairman of one of the most renowned wineries in Europe, Querciabella, the largest vegan vineyard...
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Buzz kill: Advocates seek to reverse trend in honeybee deaths
John Sackett's bees are prize-winners and he has the trophies to prove it. At the 2014 Maryland State Fair, his honey won first and second prizes in the water white and extra white-to-water categories,...
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By 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans, study says
There is a lot of plastic in the world’s oceans. It coagulates into great floating “garbage patches” that cover large swaths of the Pacific. It washes up by the truckfull on urban beaches and remote...
View ArticleStatement from Secretary Tom Vilsack on Senate Progress to Reauthorize Child...
Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. You are subscribed to USDA Office of Communications. Release No. 0018.16 Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 Statement from...
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Coke and Pepsi Paid for Study Claiming Diet Soda Is Just as Good as Water
Anyone over the age of four or so knows water is a healthier choice than soda, but that hasn't stopped Big Soda from trying to prove otherwise. Coca-Cola and Pepsi have ponied up big bucks to bankroll...
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The University of Maryland Has a Burgeoning Chocolate-Milk Concussion Scandal...
On December 22, the University of Maryland published a remarkable press release about some research it had conducted. According to the release, a study conducted by a professor at the UMD School of...
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Food Fight Fizzles As Senate Nears Compromise on School Nutrition Rules
The Senate Agriculture Committee has voted in support of a compromise plan that will preserve key school nutrition standards enacted after the passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act in 2010. Yep,...
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Diet Foods Are Tanking. So The Diet Industry Is Now Selling 'Health'
For years, Americans cycled through one brand-name diet after another, each promising a sure method to lose weight. Along the way, Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers and Lean Cuisine made fortunes off their...
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