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Hug life: Sometimes activists need to retreat, recharge, and embrace the "woo"
Grist
2 mentions — 12 hours ago
Trying to change the world for the better — being an activist, social change agent, do-gooder, whatever you want to call it — can be exhausting and dispiriting, especially for young people launching into it full of energy and hope. What activists need most is … well, money.
Syngenta plays dirty to shape public opinion on herbicide
Grist
2 mentions — 17 hours ago
As a journalist, it takes a lot to really piss me off: I’ve found that most scandals aren’t really scandals if you dig past the screaming headlines and into the wonky details. And, though I grew up a corporation-hating liberal, in nearly every story I’ve reported I’ve found ...
Nancy Pelosi: 'Not likely' to back farm bill - David Rogers
POLITICO.com
4 mentions — 13 hours ago
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that she is “not likely” to support the new farm bill and warned Republicans that the burden is on them to come up with the votes after insisting on major cuts from food stamps.Indeed, an estimated $20.5 billion — or about ...
My Tour with Foodborne Illness Victims Through the Leafy Greens Industry | Food Safety News
Food Safety News
3 mentions — 16 hours ago
My life changed forever in June 1996, when my two little sisters were stricken with E. coli O157:H7 infections after eating “triple-washed, ready-to-eat” mesclun lettuce. At first, they suffered horrendous cramps, vomiting and diarrhea. While Chelsea soon recovered, Haylee — who was just three years old at the ...
Illness Count Rises to 118 in Frozen Berry Hepatitis A Outbreak | Food Safety News
Food Safety News
3 mentions — 11 hours ago
At least 118 people in 8 western states are now known to be victims of a hepatitis A outbreak traced to a frozen berry mix sold at Costco.This count comes as the lastest in an almost daily rise in the number of illnesses, which yesterday was at 106.
White House Threatens Veto as House Takes Up Farm Bill
NationalJournal.com
3 mentions — 21 hours ago
The House is scheduled to begin debate on the farm bill on Tuesday with the knowledge that if the House version makes it through Congress and goes to the White House, President Obama’s senior advisers will recommend that he veto it.The issue for the White House is a ...
Bloomberg plans to get New Yorkers composting
TreeHugger
3 mentions — 2 days ago
We recently learned that 100 New York City restaurants would be participating in a food waste composting program. Now, The New York Times reports that Mayor Bloomberg, who in February called food waste “New York City’s final recycling frontier", will soon announce a new composting plan that aims ...
H.R. 1947—Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management...
House Committee on Rules
8 mentions — 2 days ago
Showing the text of H.R. 1947 as reported by the Committees on Agriculture and the Judiciary, with a modification. This modification to section 1461 requires that USDA complete notice-and-comment rulemaking for the dairy market stabilization and dairy margin protection programs; comply with certain requirements of Executive Order 12866 ...
Gagged by Big Ag
Mother Jones
12 mentions — 2 days ago
Shawn Lyons was dead to rights—and he knew it. More than a month had passed since People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had released a video of savage mistreatment at the MowMar Farms hog confinement facility where he worked as an entry-level herdsman in the breeding room.
Risky Meat: A CSPI Field Guide to Meat and Poultry Safety
cspinet.org
4 mentions — 2 months ago
Meat and poultry foods are a significant part of the average American diet. But they can also be linked to foodborne illnesses, ranging from inconvenient to deadly. Consumers should know which of their favorite foods carry the greatest risks. To help protect you and your family, CSPI developed ...
Q&A with Author Marion Nestle on Food Politics, SNAP, and Food Safety | Food Safety News
Food Safety News
3 mentions — 16 hours ago
Best-selling food author Marion Nestle paid a quick visit to Food Safety News during a stop in Seattle to discuss food politics, the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps), and food safety.Seattle readers may want to know that Nestle will be giving a talk ...
The E.P.A. Backs Off on Factory Farms
NYTimes.com
5 mentions — 2 days ago
The Environmental Protection Agency is obliged under the Clean Water Act to monitor America’s waterways and shield them from the toxic runoff from factory farms. But the growth of that industry, and its courtroom tenacity, has far outstripped the E.P.A.’s efforts to restrict runoff from manure lagoons and ...
Pest Control: Syngenta’s Secret Campaign to Discredit Atrazine’s Critics
100 Reporters
4 mentions — 13 hours ago
To protect profits threatened by a lawsuit over its controversial herbicide atrazine, Syngenta Crop Protection launched an aggressive multi-million dollar campaign that included hiring a detective agency to investigate scientists on a federal advisory panel, looking into the personal life of a judge and commissioning a psychological profile ...
Special Report: Syngenta's campaign to protect atrazine, discredit critics. — Environmental Health News
environmentalhealthnews.org
12 mentions — 2 days ago
To protect profits threatened by a lawsuit over its controversial herbicide atrazine, Syngenta Crop Protection launched an aggressive multi-million dollar campaign that included hiring a detective agency to investigate scientists on a federal advisory panel, looking into the personal life of a judge and commissioning a psychological profile ...
Salmonella Sickens Hundreds of Chinese Schoolchildren | Food Safety News
Food Safety News
2 mentions — 16 hours ago
At least 386 children in a Chinese province were hospitalized last week with suspected Salmonella infections, health officials announced Sunday.The students, who reside in the Meishan City area of Sichuan province, fell ill at the end of last week with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, fatigue and dizziness. Chinese ...
The Dark Side of Marketing Healthy Food to Children
Eat Drink Politics
5 mentions — 2 days ago
In response to the public outcry over the negative impacts of junk food marketing to children, food companies have started using popular media characters to market “healthy” foods to children. These products include fruits and vegetables, as well as processed food. So we now have Campbell’s Disney Princess ...
Michael Hastings Dead at 33 | Politics News | Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
2 mentions — 6 hours ago
Michael Hastings, 'Rolling Stone' Contributor, Dead at 33The bold journalist died in a car accident in Los AngelesMichael Hastings, the fearless journalist whose reporting brought down the career of General Stanley McChrystal, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, Rolling Stone has learned. He was 33.Hastings' ...
Cutting Food Stamps Will Cost Everyone
The Atlantic
4 mentions — 1 day ago
The House opens debate Tuesday on a farm bill that would include unprecedented cuts to food assistance. With less money for quality food, though, comes more obesity, more sickness, and more overall cost.Carole Farina's grocery cart used to include heads of lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers for homemade salads.
Pizza: The biggest single contributor of sodium to the American diet?
foodnavigator-usa.com
2 mentions — 13 hours ago
Pizza is the single biggest contributor of sodium to the diet of 12-19 year old Americans, accounting for a hefty 10.3% of intakesPizza was the single biggest contributor of sodium to the diet of young Americans in the period 2003-2008 according to a new analysis of dietary intake ...
Food+Tech Connect
Announcing Over $100,000 in Prizes at Hack//Meat S...
7 mentions — 4 days ago
On Sunday, the final day of Hack//Meat Silicon Valley, our amazing panel of judges will award cash prizes, business services, delicious food and more to the best technology, business model, design, social good, and grand prize hacks.With a combined estimated value of over $100,000,the prizes are designed to ...
Are vegetarian diets healthier?
Food Stuff
3 mentions — 2 days ago
New research published earlier this month in JAMA Internal Medicine (3 June 2013) has found that vegetarian diets are associated with lower all-cause mortality.A total of 96,469 Seventh-day Adventist men and women were recruited between 2002 and 2007, from which an analytic sample of 73,308 participants remained after exclusions. Study participants filled out a diet and lifestyle questionnaire at the start of the study, then every two years after that, filled out hospital history forms and listed any hospitalizations and diagnoses of cancers, stroke, heart attack and diabetes during the ...
Will New York Become the East Coast’s First Zero-Waste Metropolis?
takepart.com
2 mentions — 7 hours ago
NYC residents, schools and businesses will soon be required to separate food scraps from trash. (Photo: Saul Loeb/Getty Images)By banning trans fats, targeting supersized sugary drinks, expanding urban agriculture, and ridding New York’s hospitals of junk food, Michael Bloomberg is already one of the most active food policy ...
How does the organic industry regulate processing aids? | Food Safety News
Food Safety News
5 mentions — 2 days ago
The crunch of a good organic apple. The taste of a sun-warmed organic tomato. The welcome chunk of an organic potato in a potato salad.The distinctive flavor of an organic hamburger.Without a doubt, fresh organic foods are a popular mainstay in grocery stores and at farmers markets across ...
You Won't Believe What Pork Producers Do to Pregnant Pigs
Mother Jones
5 mentions — 2 days ago
You Won't Believe What Pork Producers Do to Pregnant PigsLike a lot of food-obsessed people, I love pork. The chef David Chang, whose Manhattan restaurant Momofuku is practically a porcine temple, once declared the pig a "mystical, magical animal." In addition to being delicious, pigs are profoundly smart ...
Make it look natural; companies work to make packaged foods appear homespun
The Washington Post
2 mentions — 2 days ago
???initialComments:true! pubdate:06/17/2013 10:48 EDT! commentPeriod:14! commentEndDate:7/1/13 10:48 EDT! currentDate:6/16/13 8:0 EDT! allowComments:true! displayComments:true!Kraft Foods Inc./Associated Press - In this undated photo provided by Kraft Foods Inc., a package of Oscar Mayer Carving Board Turkey Breast is shown. More companies are now trying to make processed foods appear more ...
Big Food and the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics | RDs for Professional Integrity
RDs for Professional Integrity
2 mentions — 1 day ago
The Lorax isn’t directly connected with the dietetic field, but if he speaks for the trees then they are speaking for the health of humanity. The Lorax’s sage words, “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It’s not,” could be ...
#hackmeat - Hack//Meat: Future of Meat Tweetup 6/17 3pmET/12PT
Hack//Meat: Future of Meat Tweetup 6/17 3pmET/12PT...
8 mentions — 2 days ago
You are falling behind by Tweets! Consider increasing your tweet speed. To catch up:Punch it Chewie! Display all and keep going.Pause and scanNew Tweet Every:1 sec2 secs3 secs4 secs5 secs6 secs7 secs8 secs9 secs10 secs15 secs20 secs25 secs30 secsFood+Tech Connect, GRACE Communications Foundation and Applegate are co-hosting the ...
GMO and Monsanto: Glyphosate Weed Killer Found in Human Urine across Europe
Global Research
8 mentions — 6 days ago
People in 18 countries across Europe have been found to have traces of the weed killer glyphosate in their urine, show the results of tests commissioned by Friends of the Earth Europe and released today [1].The findings raise concerns about increasing levels of exposure to glyphosate-based weed killers,
Agriculture: 'Meatless Mondays' language to be dropped from House cafeterias under pressure from livestock industry
www.eenews.net
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
2 mentions — 13 hours ago
The company that runs the various cafeterias in House office buildings is halting a campaign to promote "Meatless Mondays" after running into opposition from trade groups representing livestock producers. While there will still be vegetarian options available, any signage promoting the tradition will be removed from House dining areas, according to the coalition of livestock groups."'Meatless Mondays' is an acknowledged tool of animal rights and environmental organizations who seek to publicly denigrate U.S. livestock and poultry production, alleging we provide unhealthy foods, while contributing disproportionately to climate change and environmental ...
Reds Pair Well With Middle Eastern Lentils
NYTimes.com
2 mentions — 11 hours ago
I love lentils, particularly Middle Eastern and South Asian, with their mellow flavors and gentle spicing. Many wines would go with this mujadara dish described in this week’s A Good Appetite column, but I would probably lean toward reds. A good cru Beaujolais or a mourvèdre, like a ...
Agony Column Podcast
bookotron.com
3 mentions — 2 days ago
New to the Agony Column 06-17-13: Commentary : ichael Pollan is 'Cooked' : MTransformative Immersion Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2013 interview with Michael Pollan : "The culture of barbecue is highly Balkanized." 06-15-13: Agony Column Podcast News Report UPDATE : Time to Read Episode 101: ...
2 More Hepatitis A Lawsuits Filed Against Townsend Farms | Food Safety News
Food Safety News
2 mentions — 2 days ago
Townsend Farms, the organic berry and pomegranate-mix manufacturer whose products were recalled due to hepatitis A contamination earlier this month, is facing 2 additional lawsuits from people who allege they fell ill with hepatitis A infections after consuming the company’s berry and pomegranate seed mix.According to a lawsuit ...
GMO Wheat Found in Oregon Was Isolated Incident, Says USDA | Food Safety News
Food Safety News
2 mentions — 2 days ago
While the reaction from trading partners was immediate with a significant impact on markets and Monsanto opponents did not miss an opportunity to crow, USDA says genetically modified wheat plants found in Oregon was an isolated event.“As of today, USDA has neither found nor been informed of anything ...
What Is Slow Food?
Slow Food USA
2 mentions — 15 hours ago
Posted on Tue, June 18, 2013 by Slow Food USA 0 Comments | Categories: News, Current Events, Policy,Slow Food USA has been tracking this piece of legislation since the beginning and here is where it is ending up…. The BAD news: There is much that is bad, including ...