Tag: Food
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‘Food, Inc. 2’ Acquired By Magnolia Pictures Following Telluride Debut – Deadline
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: After serving as the distributor for Participant and River Road’s Academy Award-nominated 2008 documentary Food, Inc., Magnolia Pictures has taken U.S. rights to the sequel, with Dogwoof coming aboard to rep international sales. An urgent continuation of the original film’s story, the doc is slated to premiere in the spring. In the sequel,…
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Abandoned Croplands Can Help Address Food Scarcity
[ad_1] Asian Scientist Magazine (Nov. 06, 2023) —In a recent study, researchers from the National University of Singapore’s Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions showed the importance of abandoned croplands in tackling food security and mitigating climate change. The research was published in Nature Communications. Despite the increasing worries about agricultural land scarcity, cropland abandonment has…
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FDA proposes banning brominated vegetable oil as food additive : NPR
[ad_1] A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside its offices in Silver Spring, Md., on Dec. 10, 2020. The FDA says it’s considering banning brominated vegetable oil, a food additive. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is…
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Meals for Mutts dog food recalled over contamination issue
[ad_1] A popular manufacturer of dog food has issued a warning and an apology for some of its products containing mould sold across Australia. Meals for Mutts issued the warning on Facebook, advising customers to “carefully inspect” affected dog food. Dry salmon and sardine products and dry duck and turkey meals were among the contaminated…
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Inside the Toronto food bank for dogs, cats, rodents, snakes—even a hedgehog
[ad_1] (Photography by Chloë Ellingson) Every day, as many as 60 pet owners file into the Toronto Humane Society’s headquarters, just east of the city’s downtown core, seeking food for their beloved animals. The answer lies behind a squad of secretaries at the building’s front desk, where the dusty scent of kibble in sealed plastic…
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Climate disasters leave Greece threatened by food shortages
[ad_1] This article is reserved for our members Two billion euros! This may be the cost of the series of climatic disasters that hit the country between mid-July and mid-September, as estimated by Moschos Korasidis, managing director of the National Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Greece. Giorgos Stratakos, secretary general of the Greek ministry of…
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Millions of families in the U.S. experience food insecurity, report finds : Shots
[ad_1] The increase in food insecurity in 2022 reverses a decade-long decline in the number of U.S. households experiencing hunger. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The increase in food insecurity in 2022 reverses a decade-long decline in the number of U.S. households experiencing hunger. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Just putting three…
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Gaza residents raid food warehouses as ‘civil order’ disintegrates, UN says – POLITICO
[ad_1] Thousands of people in Gaza pillaged wheat, flour and other food supplies from United Nations warehouses, a U.N. agency said on Sunday, warning that “civil order” was starting to disintegrate in the besieged enclave. Israeli military forces expanded their ground operations in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing…
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Brighton food banks fear closure amid soaring costs and demand, report finds
[ad_1] For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Emergency food providers in Brighton and Hove fear being forced to close in the next six months due to soaring demand amid the cost-of-living crisis, a report…
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Canadians blame grocery store most for rising food prices, poll shows
[ad_1] Article content More than a quarter of Canadians say profiteering by grocery chains is the top cause of high food costs, underscoring the political logic behind Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s public demands that stores stabilize prices. Polling by Nanos Research Group for Bloomberg News shows 28 per cent of respondents say stores increasing prices…