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The 26-Ingredient School Lunch Burger

The 26-Ingredient School Lunch Burger | Food issues | Scoop.it
The 26-Ingredient School Lunch Burger – Thiamine mononitrate, disodium inosinate, and pyridoxine hydrochloride, our mouths are watering just thinking about those tasty ingredients. Tiny Desk Kitchen...
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The Goodman Affair: Monsanto Targets the Heart of Science

The Goodman Affair: Monsanto Targets the Heart of Science | Food issues | Scoop.it
by Claire Robinson and Jonathan Latham, PhD Richard Smith, former editor of the British Medical Journal, has jested that instead of scientific peer review, its rival The Lancet had a system of throwing a pile of papers down the stairs and...
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Former Monsanto employee now editor of the scientific journal that published Seralini's research - this is appalling.

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Vilsack Promises to Grow U.S. Organic Industry | Food Safety News

Vilsack Promises to Grow U.S. Organic Industry | Food Safety News | Food issues | Scoop.it
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And keep the standards high?

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The Learning Garden

The Learning Garden | Food issues | Scoop.it
The detachment that children have with the source of their food is of growing concern to many, including Dr.
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Local beekeepers buzzing over shrinking habitats

Local beekeepers buzzing over shrinking habitats | Food issues | Scoop.it
Beneath cloudy skies, Andy Reseska opened one of his hives at a farm in Holliston, sliding out a frame to inspect a honeybee colony.

 
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Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Corn Fields

Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Corn Fields | Food issues | Scoop.it
Hungary has taken a bold stand against biotech giant Monsanto and genetic modification by destroying 1000 acres of maize found to have been grown with[...] (헝가리 소식 한꼭지!
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Apparently Hungary hasn't succumbed to the $$ lure and big promises the companies hold out.

YoComproSano's curator insight, May 20, 5:32 AM

A ver si tomamos ejemplo!!

Judith van Praag's comment, May 20, 10:21 AM
I wonder what will happen to this stance now that Hongary is no longer a democracy.
Judith van Praag's curator insight, May 20, 10:22 AM

Will the new regime continue this stance, one has to wonder.

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Body mass index of low income African-Americans linked to proximity of fast food restaurants

African-American adults living closer to a fast food restaurant had a higher body mass index than those who lived further away from fast food, according to researchers, and this association was particularly strong among those with a lower income.
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An environmental contributor to obesity

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Living on Earth: When You Eat Chicken You Could Be Eating Arsenic

Living on Earth: When You Eat Chicken You Could Be Eating Arsenic | Food issues | Scoop.it
A new study from Johns Hopkins University updates 2006 research that found excess levels of arsenic in U.S. chicken. In 2009 the Center for Food Safety petitioned the FDA to stop the use of arsenic in chicken feed.
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Another reason to buy fresh eggs from the farmers!  We're lucky that someone at my husband's office brings in fresh eggs to sell....!

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FDA targets inappropriate nutrition claims on food and beverage products

FDA targets inappropriate nutrition claims on food and beverage products | Food issues | Scoop.it
FDA regulates the types of claims that can be made on food labeling. FDA has issued an avalanche of warning letters in the last year to food manufacturers that made claims for their products that exceeded what FDA considered to be appropriate.
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Organic industry clout grows with consumer demand

Organic industry clout grows with consumer demand | Food issues | Scoop.it
The organic food industry is gaining clout on Capitol Hill, prompted by rising consumer demand and its entry into traditional farm states. But that isn't going over well with everyone in Congress.
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Too Many Repeat Violators in Hog Slaughter, IG Report Says

Too Many Repeat Violators in Hog Slaughter, IG Report Says | Food issues | Scoop.it

Too many repeat violations are occurring at federally inspected pig slaughter plants, and the problem lies with inadequate enforcement, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Inspector General. The IG‘s conclusion is found in a recently released audit report on USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) inspection and enforcement activities at the nation’s swine slaughter plants.

 
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'Mystery' condition hits sugar crops

Sugar beet farmers are counting the cost of a "mystery" condition resulting in more than 50% of some crops failing.
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Agricultural Diversification Cushions Climate Change Effects

Cuban experts insisted in the need to diversify agricultural production as a way to mitigate climate change effects and increase the local food supply to the population.
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So...Cuba gets it and acts, but "developed" countries such as the U.S. and Canada don't...interesting.

Rosalind Dibley's comment, May 19, 5:58 PM
Too much invested in the current system and too many big food industry lobbists?
Cathryn Wellner's comment, May 19, 7:05 PM
Sigh.
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Food-safety push in California hurts wildlife -- and doesn't make food safer

Food-safety push in California hurts wildlife -- and doesn't make food safer | Food issues | Scoop.it
A deadly outbreak of E. coli in 2006 spurred an overhaul of food-safety practices, but that's been bad news for natural habitats, a study finds.
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Eliminating biodiversity to improve food safety leads to another example of unintended consequences.

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The Mounting Imperatives of 21st Century Agrarianism: Farms & Food Face Fundamental Forces

The Mounting Imperatives of 21st Century Agrarianism: Farms & Food Face Fundamental Forces | Food issues | Scoop.it
The elemental wherewithal of our farms and our food is in motion. Whirlwinds of change bear upon our land, air, water and climate. Fundamental forces have shouldered their way front and center. The...
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"Clean local food systems" have to be the way of the future

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Dear American Consumers: Please Don t Start Eating Healthfully. Sincerely, the Food Industry

Dear American Consumers: Please Don t Start Eating Healthfully. Sincerely, the Food Industry | Food issues | Scoop.it
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A bit of satire on the food industry's response to concerns about their food-like substances.

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Using technology - and cooperation - to fight drought

Using technology - and cooperation - to fight drought | Food issues | Scoop.it
Could East Africa’s regional development authority help figure out how to best use the region’s water resources?
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Farmer offers flowers, apology to slain cattle

Farmer offers flowers, apology to slain cattle | Food issues | Scoop.it
Editor's note: This is the 13th part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in the evacuation zone around the Fukushima No.
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Food choices - signs of a gender divide - NewsFix.ca

Food choices - signs of a gender divide - NewsFix.ca | Food issues | Scoop.it
A survey by the National Institute of Nutrition in Canada uncovered some striking differences in how men and women see nutrition.
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Reconnecting with Food. Essential for our health.

Reconnecting with Food. Essential for our health. | Food issues | Scoop.it
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The U.S.: A Nation Divided By Drought

The U.S.: A Nation Divided By Drought | Food issues | Scoop.it
Drought divides the U.S. into two distinct parts. In the West, a long, hot, and dry summer is ahead.
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Drought is worst in the major food-growing states.

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Sugar-sweetened beverages associated with increased kidney stone risk

Sugar-sweetened beverages associated with increased kidney stone risk | Food issues | Scoop.it
Researchers found that the consumption of sugar sweetened soda and punch is associated with a higher risk of kidney stone formation.
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Genetically Modified Democracy: Monsanto and Congress Move to Stomp on States' Rights

Genetically Modified Democracy: Monsanto and Congress Move to Stomp on States' Rights
Reliable sources in Washington D.C.
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Maine House votes against creating food sovereignty act

Maine House votes against creating food sovereignty act | Food issues | Scoop.it
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine House of Representatives dealt a blow to local food sovereignty advocates Wednesday, voting 93-49 against a bill that would have established the Maine Food Sovereignty Act of 2013.
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Disappointment for Maine's local foods movement

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Explosives Next Door Unnerve Towns With Fertilizer Plants

Explosives Next Door Unnerve Towns With Fertilizer Plants | Food issues | Scoop.it
Employees at McKee Lumber Co. in Corsicana, Texas, were discussing last month’s deadly blast at a fertilizer plant 50 miles away one recent morning when talk turned to their neighbor: El Dorado Chemical Co.
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Cow patties, chicken manure, sheep pebbles - all dropped in place in a rotation system - never endanger the neighbours.

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Why is this lobby in such a frenzy to overturn GMOs ban that never was?

Why is this lobby in such a frenzy to overturn GMOs ban that never was? | Food issues | Scoop.it
The supporters of biotechnology have launched a new offensive to overturn last November’s Cabinet decision purporting to ban imports of genetically engineered foods
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Exploration of the pro-GMO lobby's influence and tactics.

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