Category: #FoodWorldOrder
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Robots Will Replace Fast-Food Workers
from money.cnn.com: As protesters across the country call for the fast-food chains to raise their wages, a number of companies have begun experimenting with new technology that could significantly reduce the number of restaurant workers in the years to come. Restaurant industry backers warn that a sharp rise in wages would be counterproductive, increasing the…
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Standing Up To Goliath: #MarchAgainstMonsanto
from march-against-monsanto.com: On May 24, millions of activists from around the world will once again March Against Monsanto, calling for the permanent boycott of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and other harmful agro-chemicals. Currently, marches will occur on six continents, in 52 countries,with events in over 400 cities. In the US, solidarity marches are slated to…
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Now Cheap Food Blamed for America’s Obesity Crisis
from nbcnews.com: Why are Americans so fat? A new study suggests we’ve been getting it all wrong. It’s not that we don’t exercise enough or spend too much time at the office, or that good, healthy food is too expensive, researchers reported Thursday. And it’s not about socioeconomic status, race or geography. Rather, the main…
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#FoodWorldOrder: Interview w/ @Vicki_Robin of ‘Blessing The Hands That Feed Us’
What if you tried to only eat food that came from within a hundred miles of where you live? How about ten miles? Those questions alone should have you wondering about the future of your food. Vicki Robin, author of ‘Blessing the Hands That Feed Us: What Eating Closer to Home Can Teach Us About…
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Source of Fukushima Radioactive Leak Discovered After 3 Years
from rt.com: The source of the radioactive leak at the earthquake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was finally identified by the facility’s operator TEPCO to be in the primary containment vessel of reactor 3, authorities reported. It was in January when the crew of the plant first noticed that water was leaking through to the…
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McDonald’s New ‘Happy’ Mascot Dubbed McScary
from reuters.com: McDonald’s restaurant chain says its new “Happy” mascot will bring “fun and excitement” to its children’s meals, but social media contend the toothy, red box-shaped character will have the opposite effect. Twitter responses to McDonald’s mascot announcement on Monday complain that the animated red Happy Meal box, with its cavernous dark mouth and…
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Urban Farming Yields Fresh Foods, Land Reuse
from news.nationalgeographic.com: Chickens are coming home to roost in U.S. cities, near pens for goats and hives for bees. In urban yards and on once-vacant lots, planting beds brim with herb plants, pea vines, and the ubiquitous kale. A new wave of urban agriculture is flourishing because it benefits consumers concerned about sustainably grown food…
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Charlotte’s Web: New Strain of Medical Marijuana Designed For Kids With Epilepsy
from Intellihub.com: Doctors and parents alike are excited about a new strain of medical marijuana called Charlotte’s Web that will not get the patient high, and will serve as a means of medication for children suffering from epilepsy and other seizure type conditions. The custom strain has and ingredient known ascannabidiol which is different from…
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Only Suckers Abide by Food Expiration Dates
from time.com: Date labels on food were created with consumer safety in mind. But some of the labels result in confusion—and tons of perfectly safe food tossed out for no good reason. We hear regularly that Americans waste a colossal amount of food. One popular factoid has it that we wind up throwing out 25%…
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Boston Schools Food Service Program In Disarray, Review Says
from bostonglobe.com: Widespread dysfunction in the Boston school system’s food service program is leading to millions of dollars in losses each year and creating an apparent “hostile work environment” for employees, according to an external review obtained by the Globe. The review, commissioned by the School Department and completed last month, found the program had…
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Latest Food Truck Theme Is Marijuana For Lunch
from npr.org: Food trucks have been steadily multiplying in cities across the country for a few years now. So their collision with the brave new world of marijuana edibles — from brownies to gummy candy — was probably inevitable, at least in the states where the drug is now legal. In late April, a company…
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Frugal US Consumers Make It Tough for Food Companies to Raise Prices
from reuters.com: Consumers “have gotten really good over these last four years at stretching a penny,” said Pat Conroy, leader of the U.S. consumer products practice at Deloitte LLP. Referring to the recession, he said, “Our hypothesis was that this thing was going to leave a scar, not a bruise. So far, we’ve been right.”…
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64 Countries Have Done What U.S. Won’t to Make Our Food Safer
from policymic.com: Sixty-four nations enforce consumer “right to know” laws on GMO food, while the United States has little regulatory framework surrounding genetically modified food products. The map above shows, as of 2013, the 64 nations that regard food labeling as a consumer priority. They include: Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria,…
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Frozen Food Group Goes on Offense as Sales Feel the Burn
from SOURCE: Frozen food makers plan to launch their first national TV ad in defense of their products on Tuesday as the category fights to boost slipping sales. The ad will include the tag line “Frozen: How Fresh Stays Fresh” and is intended to address negative misconceptions people have about frozen foods. It’s part of…
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Nasty Beef: World’s Best Worst Food Sites
from cnn.com: Is it possible to vomit while laughing? This appears to be the question behind a pair of websites that lampoon the popular practice of people taking pictures of their food and posting the results on social media. Someone Ate This and Cook Suck (websites contain obscenities), which celebrate the botched efforts of would-be…