Category: #FoodWorldOrder
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300ft Flames as Crude Oil Train Derails, Explodes in Rural Alabama
from commondreams.org: A train carrying 2.7 million gallons of crude oil derailed near Aliceville in rural Alabama on Friday in a fiery explosion that green groups say illustrates the danger of fossil fuels. The accident, the cause of which is unknown, appears to be the most severe of its kind within the United States since…
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Discount Supermarkets Offer Huge Savings By Selling Expired Food
from foxnews.com: Grocery bills can be more 10 percent of American’s household expenses, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But when buying items on sale or using coupons isn’t enough, some shop at discount or salvage grocery stores. What’s that, you ask? These are supermarkets that specialize in items that other chains no longer…
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FDA to Ban Artery-Clogging Trans Fats
from abcnews.go.com: Heart-clogging trans fats were once a staple of the American diet, plentiful in baked goods, microwave popcorn and fried foods. Now, mindful of the health risks, the Food and Drug Administration is getting rid of what’s left of them for good. The FDA announced Thursday it will require the food industry to gradually…
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Food waste study shows 4.2 million tonnes thrown out in Britain
from rawstory.com: British households are throwing away 4.2 million tonnes of food and drink a year, the equivalent of six meals every week, a study published on Thursday said. Some £12.5 billion worth of food and drink was discarded in 2012, with the average British family wasting nearly £60 a month, according to the study…
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Fukushima Trial Run Begins Dangerous Reactor 4 Clean-Up
from FukushimaUpdate.com: Preparations to begin the potentially catastrophic decommissioning of the crippled Reactor 4 at the Fukushima nuclear power plant will begin this week with a test run. The test, which could push back the beginning stages of fuel rod removal by two weeks, includes moving a “protective fuel cask” into and out of the…
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Mexican Coke Shipped To US Will Still Use Cane Sugar
from ap.org: Fans of “Mexican Coke” in the U.S. need not worry about any sweetener changes. Americans who buy the glass bottles of Coke exported from Mexico may have been dismayed by recent online reports that a Mexican independent bottler planned to switch from sugar to fructose to cut costs. Unlike the exported bottles of…
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Washington Rejects GMO Labels, With Help From Food Companies
from businessweek.com: An expensive fight in Washington state over whether to label foods with genetically modified ingredients appears to have been decided largely by arguments that such labels would lead to higher grocery costs. With most of the votes counted, it appears Initiative 522 to require GMO labeling will lose by a 10-point margin. The…
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Yes On 522 – Washington state votes on GMO-labeling initiative
from @RTAmerica: Election Day in Washington state focuses on a ballot initiative that would require labels on genetically modified foods, or GMOs. If Initiative 522 passes, Washington would be the first state in the country to require packaging to list GMO ingredients. Last year, California voted down a similar ballot proposition. It is believed that…
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Nestlé: Stop trying to patent the fennel flower
from sumofus.org: Nigella sativa — more commonly known as fennel flower — has been used as a cure-all remedy for over a thousand years. It treats everything from vomiting to fevers to skin diseases, and has been widely available in impoverished communities across the Middle East and Asia. But now Nestlé is claiming to own…
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Food delivery app Zesty cuts the grease and guilt from takeout
from venturebeat.com: A world where we could eat takeout every single night, without the consequences of cost or calories, would be a wonderful world. Alas it is not the world we live in, but Zesty is working to make takeout food less terrible for you. The company launched out of beta today, which lets people…
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Athens loses landmark restaurant made famous by R.E.M.
from eatocracy.cnn.com: Earlier this morning, Dexter Weaver announced on his Facebook page that his namesake restaurant will close its doors at the end of this month:”Weaver D’s Fine Foods is announcing that we will be closing the restaurant for good 2-3 weeks from today. The restaurant is for sale along with it’s contents. Come and…
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Glow-in-the-dark ice cream the next food craze?
from cbsnews.com: Novelty foods are all the rage. Just look at the cronut craze that hit New York earlier this fall, with fans shelling out upwards of $100 and waiting hours in line for a taste of the new twist on the breakfast staple. Now, a British foodie has unveiled what might become the next…
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Take Charge of Your Health Now (Before the Government Does)
from ActivistPost.com: Radical changes to health insurance coverage in America have brought issues of health to the nation’s collective attention. Millions are now asking: Will I have health insurance? Will I be able to afford it? How will a nationwide doctor shortage impact me? There are few things that you have direct control of in…
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Local Liquor and Our Growing Thirst for Craft Distillers
from ecosalon.com: Ever heard of artisinal vodka? You may be surprised to learn that craft distilling is a fairly new but growing industry. The American Distilling Institute says that micro-distilling has grown by 30 percent since January 2010, and the number of licensed craft distillers has doubled. Just as local food and local brews, local…