Category: #FoodWorldOrder
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Poll: For First Time, Majority Favor Marijuana Legalization
from gallup.com: For marijuana advocates, the last 12 months have been a period of unprecedented success as Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize recreational use of marijuana. And now for the first time, a clear majority of Americans (58%) say the drug should be legalized. This is in sharp contrast to the…
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Craigslist Makes Turning Food Stamps Into Cash a SNAP
from foxnews.com: Food stamp recipients are turning the government handouts into quick cash with ads on Craigslist, despite efforts to stem fraud. The federally-funded grocery assistance coupons — which are issued by states in the form of debit cards under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — are being sold on the online bulletin board…
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Tesco Throws Away 30,000 Tonnes of Food in Six Months
from euronews.com: UK supermarket giant Tesco has admitted it threw away close to 30,000 tonnes of food – in just six months. It also said a combination of supermarkets and households wasted 68 per cent of bagged salad, 40 per cent of apples and nearly half of bakery items. The supermarket chain published its own…
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Breast Milk Bought Online May Contain Harmful Germs
Nearly three-quarters of samples from an Internet milk-sharing site contained microbes that could make a baby sick from webmd.com: The researchers did not name the specific websites used in their study but said the contaminated samples came from a U.S. milk-sharing website that uses a classified ad format. Of 101 samples purchased anonymously, nearly three-quarters…
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Food World Order: Sights and Sounds from the Bees and Seeds Festival
There were more March(es) Against Monsanto all around the world last weekend, but here in Portland, Oregon, organizers put down the protest signs and set up booths with bands, brochures and brother/sisterhood for a solutions-based event called the Bees And Seeds Festival. This short compilation features sights and sounds from O&D Railroad, Julia DeGraw, The…
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SNAP: Studies Link Fast Food Wages to Welfare
from stream.wsj.com: Proponents of boosting low wages strategically shifted their focus to U.S. taxpayers Tuesday, issuing two studies contending the public foots the bill for billions of dollars in public assistance for fast-food workers. The companion studies, issued by the National Employment Law Project and researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are the latest…
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Man recalls eating squirrels to survive alone in California forest
from latimes.com: A day after he was carried out of the Mendocino National Forest — having survived nearly three weeks on his own — 72-year-old Gene Penaflor described how “it all went dead” after falling down a canyon. He had separated from his deer hunting partner deep in the forest on Sept. 24 when he accidently…
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College Study Says Oreos Addictive As Drugs
If you’ve ever been unable to stop yourself from eating too many Oreo cookies, it may not be your fault.
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Sights and Sounds from the Bees and Seeds Festival
There were more March(es) Against Monsanto all around the world last weekend, but here in Portland, Oregon, organizers put down the protest signs and set up booths with bands, brochures and brother/sisterhood for a solutions-based event called the Bees And Seeds Festival. This short compilation features sights and sounds from O&D Railroad, Julia DeGraw, The…
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Interview w/Keith McHenry of @FoodNotBombs
Ahead of the upcoming ‘World Food Day,’ we’re joined by Keith McHenry, co-founder of Food Not Bombs, to talk about the ‘magic of thinking’ and the ongoing effort to hide the hungry masses in America.
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Is 3-D Printing the Future of Food?
3-D food printing emerges at SXSW Eco* from dairyherd.com: Food printing has been around for several years. A group at Cornell University created a printer in 2011 that could print chocolate, cheese, scallops, celery and turkey. Click here for more. Earlier this year, Dutch scientists printed a burger with a $325,000 price tag. Though it…
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Star Athletes Like LeBron, Serena Cash In On Junk Food Endorsements
from latimes.com: Superstar athletes Peyton Manning, LeBron James and Serena Williams led their colleagues with endorsements of food and beverages that are calorie-dense and unhealthful – sending mixed messages about diet and health, researchers said. Of 512 brands endorsed by 100 top athletes, nearly a quarter of them (122) were for food and beverages –…
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Food Truck Pioneer Battles Food Deserts With High Cuisine
from npr.org: What do restaurant chefs dream of? Most would be satisfied with a great review, a full house every night, maybe a restaurant or three of their own, a television show. Not Roy Choi. Choi has cut his own unconventional path to fame and success in the restaurant world, as his forthcoming book, L.A.…
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Monsanto Exec Wins This Year’s ‘Nobel Prize In Agriculture’
from markcrispinmiller.com: In an obscene development, a Monsanto executive is winning this year’s “Nobel Prize of agriculture” — the prestigious World Food Prize — for creating GMOs. Receiving it legitimizes the sort of rampant genetic modification Monsanto pioneered, and helps validate a ruthless business model that impoverishes farmers and monopolizes our food. If that wasn’t…
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The world’s 7 most dangerous food destinations
from foxnews.com: A high murder rate, common kidnappings, and violent riots are probably not things that anyone wishes to see at the top of a travel description. But what if you were to find out that along with the potential risk of danger, these destinations could provide you with exceptional local eats? Could the quest…