Tag: binge/purge
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2/9 Binge & Purge: Seasick, Yet Still Docked
Wal-Mart’s new labels tell shoppers what’s “Great For You” // Gates and the millions funding geoengineering // Junk foods still plentiful at elementary schools // Taco Bell Should Learn From Long History of Outbreaks // While govt discredits raw milk, salmonella outbreak restaurants kept secret to protect corporate profits // China: Fast food nation. Too…
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2/2 Binge & Purge: Super Bees, Count Fudgula & More
Monsanto killed the bees to make way for its ‘Super-Bee’? // Pink slime removed from McDonald’s burgers! // Proposed Bill May Ban Eating in NY Subways // Sugar Tariffs Cost Americans $3.86B in 2011 // Like Count Fudgula on The Simpsons?: Bloodthirsty Undead Ghoul Advocates Chocolate Cereal Consumption
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1/26 Binge & Purge: Lunch Change, Single Strains
32 million reasons to cheer the USDA: School Meals Changes to Fight Obesity // First Lady visits Tampa grocery store // U.S. food-stamp program shouldn’t be political toy // Why You Absolutely Must Personally Treat Your Own Water // Video: Bill Gates Talks About Modified Foods // Audio Satire: Virulent Strain Of Soy Flu Traced…
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1/19 Binge & Purge: Fakes, Fads & GMO OMG!
Celebrity Chef Paula Deen Hid Diabetes, Pushed Hi-Fats // Anthony Bourdain slams ‘most dangerous woman to America’ // Many Restaurants Fake It As Demand for Organic Food Rises // GMO OMG! Scientists Grow Meat in Labs // Occupy Monsanto Jan24 in St. Louis // Video: Children chained to cocoa fields
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1/12 Binge & Purge: OJ, Disputes & ‘The Stuff’
Coke says it found fungicide in orange juice // OJ tumbles most in 2yrs as FDA halts imports to test for prohibited pesticide // Superweeds spreading into Canada // Leaked documents reveal US diplomats actually work for Monsanto // Navigating Netflix: Streaming ‘The Stuff’ // Audio satire: Pfizer’s new prescription-only sandwich ‘Hoagizine’
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12/29 binge & purge: check, please!
gastro roundup: best food of 2011* top ten food & farm stories of 2011* the bad food news of 2011* the biotech industry is growing bioweapons* bugs may be resistant to genetically modified corn* food bill doesn’t promote security* discover the doomsday seed vault’s secrets* mexico rehab clinic food poisoning kills five* hunger warning for…
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12/8 binge & purge: rhetoric, recalls & recipes
newt says obama the ‘finest food stamp’ president* is obama the ‘food stamp president’?* supervalu joins farmers behind US food stamps at $71.8b* world food prices fall for a fifth straight month, united nations says may be ‘bottoming out’* 46 million on food stamps, up two-thirds* woman denied food stamps kills self, shoots children* iowa…
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12/1 binge & purge: probe, trap, addict
nestle ‘sure’ child labour occurs in supply chain, allows probe* major organic seed company owned by pro-gmo group* food production must cut fossil-fuel dependence, fao says* ‘energy smart’ agriculture needed to escape fossil fuel trap* family says in-flight meal killed flier* confessions of a former coke addict* assets of bankrupt yarnell’s ice cream co. sold…
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11/24 binge & purge: the high cost of high prices
video: study says thanksgiving to cost more* oregon food bank raises more than $500,000 at gala* video: obamas pay visit to food bank* food banks low for thanksgiving crunch* video: food bank asking for final donations*
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11/17 binge & purge: standards & success
is pizza a vegetable? corporate congress says yes!* video: corps pushed congress to relax school lunch standards* video update: congress votes against healthy lunches for kids* sharp increase in food stamps program* uk food firms welcome waste reduction success* dippin’ dots, ice cream of the future, files for bankruptcy* rhode island says: raid your pantry…
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11/3 binge & purge: stamps, pantries & the car connection
$15t in debt, 45m on food stamps & zero solutions* US seeks china aid on food safety* cupboard is bare at staten island’s food pantries* people eat more fast-food as income rises* video: michigan rethinks food stamp-car connection*
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10/20 binge & purge: co-ops, bailouts & the gateway bug
#OccupyWallStreet & the food movement* are co-ops the solution to occupy wall street woes?* obama admin ‘bailed out’ gm salmon firm aquabounty* seventh generation responds to consumer about gmo’s* anthony bourdain ‘vegetarian hate speech’ with playboy* more ‘insects-as-food’ programming: the perfect gateway bug – moth larvae tacos*
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10/13 binge & purge: substantial progress & the lazy housekeeper
millions of consumers are food identity theft victims* oklahoma ‘steak’ recalled for being turkey* we can feed 10 billion of us, study finds – but it won’t be easy* canada’s national organic week oct15-22* eating raw fruits & vegetables may modify genetic risk for heart disease* 20 unusual uses for baking soda – the lazy…