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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced on Nov. 26 that under the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011, they have suspended the food facility registration of Sunland Inc., a nut processing plant. This is the first time the FDA has exercised this food safety law – giving them authority to close down a company – in the interest of protecting public health.
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The company that runs the various cafeterias in House office buildings is halting a campaign to promote "Meatless Mondays" after running into opposition from trade groups representing livestock producers. While there will still be vegetarian options available, any signage promoting the tradition will be removed from House dining areas, according to the coalition of livestock groups.
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Morning summary: The UK will feel the effects of climate change in overseas countries before domestic impacts bite Delete the scoop?
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With children seeing up to eight food commercials per hour, obesity in Hispanic youth may stem from such excess information on unhealthy food. Delete the scoop?
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Lindsay Anderson just can’t stop thinking about food. The Richmond, B.C. food blogger who recently completed the epic 365 Days of Dining, is already planning her next culinary adventure. Delete the scoop?
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Superfoods is a buzzword now part of mainstream food and health language, often touted as miracle foods that cure all ills, stave off ageing and disease, or aid weight loss. Delete the scoop?
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Foot-powered irrigation pumps are useful but limited. Diesel pumps are expensive. Solar-powered pumps could be an answer. Delete the scoop?
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Overseen by a former chemical industry lobbyist, Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection resists regulations on substances that may be harmful to children and fetuses.
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Maine hired a fox to keep the chemical industry happy. Delete the scoop?
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A new initiative to bypass the corporate media blackout on GMO foods and bring the issue to world attention has been launched. Delete the scoop?
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Capital Press Agriculture Newspaper is the most comprehensive online source of daily, farm and ranch news and classified ads for California, Idaho Oregon and Washington. Delete the scoop?
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uganda, cassaca, oregon, crops, agriculture, crop disease, africa, genetically modified organisms, gmo, monsanto, environment, global development
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Industrial agriculture has created many of the problems and is now going to solve them with the same technology. Did I get that right? Delete the scoop?
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Mayor set to cross 'final recycling frontier' with city-wide plan to handle up to 100,000 tons of food waste a year Delete the scoop?
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Ted Genoways at Mother Jones has an excellent cover story on the growing number of so-called "ag gag" laws that criminalize documenting animal abuse at factory farms.
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The best food coloring is what comes naturally in fresh produce. Delete the scoop?
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Got gut issues? Thinking about going gluten free? It’s all the rage these days. Delete the scoop?
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Farmers point to Cyclone Nargis, which hit the delta in May 2008, as the point at which their calendar went awry.
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Myanmar farmers can point to the date when things started going sideways for them. Delete the scoop?
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A Mid-Atlantic council imposes limits on shad and herring catches to help the fishery recover. Delete the scoop?
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Sen. Bernie Sanders called out Monsanto for killing his amendment that would have given states the power require GMOs to be labeled on our food.
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You fingered the right party, Senator Sanders. Delete the scoop?
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Municipal-run kitchens provide subsidised meals to the poor that are an appetising alternative to the abysmal quality and rampant corruption that plagues India's vast subsidised food distribution system. Delete the scoop?
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Maine is the next state to introduce legislation that would require genetically modified food to be labeled in the state.
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The intervention from the Prime Minister that he wants to see a GM free-for-all across the UK will alarm those who deride genetic modification as ‘Frankenscience’.
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Or is it to prove that industry science is better than independent science because there is more money behind it? Delete the scoop?
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