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Safer wings than yesterday's for the big game next year?
Standards to prevent 50,000 illnesses through reductions in Salmonella and Campylobacter set by USDA last week might just work. If they do, Americans who yesterday are said to have dined on 1.3 billion...
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Violations with spinach, catfish cited in FDA warning letters
A Harbor City, Calif., food manufacturing facility and a Bronx, N.Y., seafood importer received warning letters that were recently released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Environmental...
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Meet the ‘rented white coats’ who defend toxic chemicals
The reviews rely heavily on published literature. The industry has argued that its research tends to be dismissed, putting pressure on the EPA to explain how much weight it gives each article. The EPA...
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Mars to ditch all artificial colours from its entire global food portfolio
The decision will affect products across the company’s range of chocolate, chewing gum, confectionery and food and drink businesses, totalling more than 50 brands. Mars called the task of incremental...
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James Beard Foundation
Tell people you are a food writer and often they assume you're a restaurant critic. It's the same when I tell people that I serve on the James Beard Foundation's Book Awards subcommittee. They assume...
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Natural History Museums Are Teeming With Undiscovered Species
In the darkness of the Akeley Hall of Mammals, swarms of kids gawk at beautifully staged dioramas of Africa’s wildlife. The stuffed safari, nestled in the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in...
View ArticleFresh Express Announces Precautionary Recall of a Limited Quantity of Chopped...
(800) 242-5472 (M-F 8am – 7pm EST) Donna Watkins (512) 266-0832 View Product Photos Salinas, California – Fresh Express Incorporated is announcing a precautionary recall of a limited quantity of...
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10 Food Policy Questions We Want Answered From the 2016 Presidential Candidates
In a recent poll by the Union of Concerned Scientists, 94 percent of American voters expressed concern about the state of the food system – and said that it was a very important issue to them. More...
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New England lawmakers to review GMO labeling
With help from Jason Huffman, Doug Palmer, Annie Snider and Helena Bottemiller Evich NEW ENGLAND LAWMAKERS TO REVIEW GMO LABELING: This could be a big week for the GMO-labeling cause in New England....
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Cookbook Love Letter: Anne Willan's La Varenne Pratique
Editor's Note: In honor of Valentine's Day, we've asked a few of our favorite food writers and chefs to tell us about the cookbooks they've really fallen hard for—the culinary tomes that have rocked...
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Sorry, Sushi Burrito: Japanese Program Certifies Authentic Cuisine
Out for dinner with a group of friends, Christina Dierkes, a science writer with Ohio Sea Grant in Columbus, was feeling adventurous. It took some steely courage to order the Caribbean Roll at Mr....
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Denver Broncos' Von Miller Dreams of Being a Chicken Farmer
We may be losing farmers at a pretty scary rate, but we can add one more to the ranks once his football career is over: Super Bowl winner and Denver Broncos' linebacker Von Miller. According to Yahoo!...
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Want to Waste Less Food? There’s a Book for That
Mallory Cochrane is a food system scholar and practitioner actively developing a cooperative based local food system in Portland, Oregon. Her experience and passion working with farmers, food producers...
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Moving Forward Together
Cafeterias in schools and early care locations, colleges and universities, hospitals and other institutional settings serve tens of millions of Americans every day, placing the farm to cafeteria...
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Mandarin Oranges, Rising Stars of the Fruit Bowl
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Along the Maricopa Highway at the southwestern end of the San Joaquin Valley, rimmed by hardscrabble hills and bobbing oil derricks, stretch miles of lush green groves bearing...
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What’s the Buzz? Media That’s All About Agriculture
Showcasing farming through television, radio, film, art, and print can help the public engage in a dialogue about agriculture, nutrition, food justice, and sustainability. These forms of media allow...
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California voters favor taxes, labels for sugary drinks
Proponents of limiting the consumption of sugary drinks have mostly fallen short in the political arena in recent years, but Californians are largely supportive of their efforts. A new Field Poll,...
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USDA Imposes Stricter Limit On Salmonella Bacteria In Poultry Products
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a new, stricter limit on salmonella bacteria in poultry products. It's a new attempt to make headway against one of the country's biggest, and most...
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Colorado Will Soon Be Home to Certified Organic Cannabis
Colorado is now home to some of the nation’s first certified organic cannabis, which comes with a blessing from federal regulators. CBDRx, a Longmont, Colorado cannabis farm, has secured a...
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Author Event Saru Jayaraman
Author Event Saru Jayaraman 14th & V | Langston Room | February 11, 2016 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Busboys and Poets welcomes Saru Jayaraman to the Langston Room for this Author Event to discuss her book...
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