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What’s recyclable? What’s NOT recyclable?
September 13, 2013 Comments Off on What’s recyclable? What’s NOT recyclable?
If you live in a community that recycles and you’re reading OurFoodNews, you’re probably recycling already. But figuring out what’s recyclable and what’s not may be more complicated than you thought. OurFoodNews took a quick tour around the web to find some great tips on what belongs in the recycle bin and what doesn’t. Read […]
Continue reading …Five Ugly Things We’ve Learned from “Salt Sugar Fat”
April 18, 2013 Comments Off on Five Ugly Things We’ve Learned from “Salt Sugar Fat”
OurFoodNews has been reading Salt, Sugar, Fat by Michael Moss. If you read it carefully, it’s a slow read. But we have to speak out today, even though we’re just half way into this terrific book. Here’s the ugly truth that we’ve learned so far. 1. Anyone interested in the food they eat and why […]
Continue reading …Local Farming Faces Pushback from McMansion Residents
February 18, 2013 Comments Off on Local Farming Faces Pushback from McMansion Residents
It seems that neighbors of Catherine Webb would rather not see their rural vistas spoiled by actual working farms. The Baltimore County, Maryland resident actually works the land she lives on, raising free-range chickens, and selling eggs and poultry products from the lower level of her home. In 2006, Springfield Farm, and then owners David […]
Continue reading …Horsemeat Ground Into Beef Launches U.K. Food Contamination Scandal
February 16, 2013 Comments Off on Horsemeat Ground Into Beef Launches U.K. Food Contamination Scandal
Somewhere in the confluence of cultural norms, modern supply chains, and economic imperative lies the latest discovery that supermarkets across Europe have been selling ground beef contaminated with horsemeat. And we use the term “contaminated” only in the sense that the product sold as beef was in fact, not 100% from bovines. The Skinny (Cow)? […]
Continue reading …Giant Killer: Farmer Sows Monsanto Beans and Reaps a Whirlwind
February 13, 2013 Comments Off on Giant Killer: Farmer Sows Monsanto Beans and Reaps a Whirlwind
The swirling debate surrounding the use of genetically modified crops is heading for the US Supreme Court. Like many Indiana farmers, Hugh Bowman purchases and plants a proprietary soybean. Monsanto’s Roundup Ready seeds have been tailored to survive field applications of Roundup, the commonly used herbicide also sold by Monsanto. The obvious advantage of this […]
Continue reading …Fake Food and Food Fraud Make Real Problems
February 7, 2013 Comments Off on Fake Food and Food Fraud Make Real Problems
When is olive oil not virgin? Does it matter that the label says “100%” juice? For manufacturers, retailers, and consumers, the answers to these food fraud questions carry real world consequences. What we eat is no longer merely an exercise in culinary snobbery. Globalization of the food supply chain has introduced multiple potential points at […]
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Reported food fraud cases increased 60 percent over the last two years, according to the latest updates in the Food Fraud Database. But what does this mean? In simple terms, we’re talking about manufacturers who lie to us about food — what ingredients are actually “in there,” how much food is in the package, and what […]
Continue reading …CEO: Tax, Healthcare Changes Hurting Northwest Ohio Food Banks
January 9, 2013 Comments Off on CEO: Tax, Healthcare Changes Hurting Northwest Ohio Food Banks
We’ve heard it from many sources: The tepid economy is creating problems for food banks nationwide.West Ohio Food Bank CEO Gary Bright says donations are down 40 percent overall. Corporate donations are down 80 percent. It’s true in Bellingham, Washington, too. In a report from the January 26, 2013, Bellingham Herald, Linda Nageotte, president and CEO […]
Continue reading …Yes, Restaurant Food CAN Be Donated — VERY Carefully
January 9, 2013 Comments Off on Yes, Restaurant Food CAN Be Donated — VERY Carefully
Do you ever feel queasy or squeamish just thinking about how much food restaurants throw away? Most of us do. Of course, many of us are guilty of home food waste, too (in fact, Americans throw away more than 25 percent of the food we prepare, about 96 billion pounds of food waste each year […]
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