Category: #FoodWorldOrder
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Surprising Science Experiment Backs Five Second Rule For Dropped Food
from forbes.com: If you’ve ever consumed food after dropping it on floor and then wondered what sorts of diseases you might be contracting, here’s a new study that may put your mind at ease (or not). New research out of Aston University in the U.K. finds that there may be some truth to the old…
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Despite Expensive Ads, ‘Cover Oregon’ Worst At Enrolling Young
from dailycaller.com: Apparently Oregon’s catchy, expensive Obamacare hipster ads fell flat. Very flat. Newly released data reveals that Cover Oregon, the state’s Obamacare exchange, has been the worst exchange in the country at attracting young people. Just 18 percent of the coveted young invincibles, or people between the ages of 18-34, in Oregon have enrolled…
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Farmers, Organic Retailers Debate Maryland GMO Labeling Bill
from fredericknewspost.com: Farming representatives and legislators debated Tuesday whether requiring manufacturers to label genetically modified food would empower consumers or scare them unnecessarily. The proposal’s sponsor, Sen. Karen Montgomery, said that while genetic modification is “not all evil,” shoppers have a right to information about the food in their shopping carts. Under her bill, all…
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UN Says World Must Produce 60% More Food By 2050 to Avoid Mass Unrest
from rt.com: Political turmoil, social unrest, civil war and terrorism could all be on the table unless the world boosts its food production by 60 percent come mid-century, the UN’s main hunger fighting agency has warned. The world’s population is expected to hit 9 billion people by 2050, which, coupled with the higher caloric intake…
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GMO Salmon May Soon Go On Sale, But Will Anyone Buy It?
from foxnews.com: It’s taken almost two decades, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may be close to a ruling on the world’s first genetically modified animal protein. AquAdvantage salmon is a product of the Massachusetts-based biotech firm AquaBounty Technologies. Designed to reach market size in about half the time of standard farmed salmon, the…
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States Find Ways to Skirt Congressional Cuts in Food Stamps
from washingtonpost.com: Congress last month passed a revamp of agriculture and food policy that was supposed to save the U.S. government $8.6 billion in food-stamp costs over a decade. That may not happen, though, now that some states are finding a way to avoid the cuts. New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania are triggering extra nutrition…
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Australia’s Shark Cull Is Killing The Wrong Sharks
from motherboard.vice.com: An array of 25 enormous baited hooks has been bobbing from bright orange buoys since late January in turquoise waters just off postcard-perfect white beaches around Perth. The so-called drum lines are a desperate attempt by a conservative state government to protect summertime beachgoers and the region’s tourism sector from a growing scourge…
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From Daft Punk to Food Junk: FDA Taps Graphic Designer for Nutrition Facts Redo
from politico.com: The architect of the biggest change to nutrition labels in two decades is the founder of a pop culture and arts magazine that lists Daft Punk and David Bowie as contributors. He also once played a major role in a successful national advertising campaign that used disturbing images, like body bags and a…
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China’s Agriculture Minister Eats GMO Food
from ecns.cn: Agriculture Minister Han Changfu told a press conference at the second session of the NPC on Thursday that he eats genetically modified (GM) food, mainly soybean oil. He said that although Chinese transgenic research lags behind that of developed countries, international advanced level has been reached in some fields, such as genetically modified…
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Albertsons Parent Cerberus Buys Safeway for $9 Billion
from latimes.com: Albertsons parent Cerberus Capital Management is setting its sights on the grocery throne currently occupied by Kroger, buying up rival Safeway Inc. in a deal valued at more than $9 billion. Through its AB Acquisition arm, Cerberus said Safeway shareholders will receive $40 a share, including $32.50 a share in cash. Board members…
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Scientists Dig Up Giant 30,000 Year Old Virus in Siberia
from cnn.com: Scientists have unearthed a giant virus more than 30,000 years old from the frozen soil in a remote region of Siberia. While this ancient virus is harmless to people, the scientists behind the discovery warn that the discovery suggests that the thawing of permafrost in polar regions, as a result of either climate…
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China Plans GMO Food Safety Tests, Logos
from ecns.cn: China is working on an evaluation system for genetically modified (GM) food in order to assess its impact on the environment and human health, a senior official said. Niu Dun, vice-minister of agriculture and a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee, said that because of public doubts being aired…
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Pennsylvania Funeral Director Dismayed By Food Ban
from philadelphia.cbslocal.com: A federal judge has ordered no more food service at Pennsylvania funeral homes. The food ban at Pennsylvania funeral homes was instituted in 1952 out of food safety concerns. Then, in 2012, a federal judge deemed the earlier ruling unconstitutional. Now, a federal appeals court has reversed the reversal, once again banning food…
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Study Says Global Food Supply Grows Increasingly Homogeneous
from latimes.com: In the last 50 years, what’s on dinner plates has grown more similar the world over – with major consequences for human nutrition and global food security, researchers said Monday. “Diversity enhances the health and function of complex biological systems,” the researchers wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. But,…
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Big Food Marketing ‘Facts Up Front’ Labels
from politico.com: The food industry appears poised to one-up the Obama administration with the launch of a national media blitz to promote its own nutrition labels on the front of food packages. The Grocery Manufacturers Association and the Food Marketing Institute, which represent the biggest food companies and retailers, will roll out a coordinated marketing…