Archive for the 'Food' Category
Malnourished American Children Face Long Term Learning and Developmental Problems
July 28th, 2011Via: Boston Herald: Doctors at a major Boston hospital report they are seeing more hungry and dangerously thin young children in the emergency room than at any time in more than a decade of surveying families. Many families are unable to afford enough healthy food to feed their children, say the Boston Medical Center doctors. […]
Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Maize Fields
July 26th, 2011Via: IB Times: In an effort to rid the country of Monsanto’s GMO products, Hungary has stepped up the pace. This looks like its going to be another slap in the face for Monsanto. A new regulation was introduced this March which stipulates that seeds are supposed to be checked for GMO before they are […]
Famine in Somalia
July 21st, 2011Via: Guardian: By officially declaring parts of Somalia to be in the grip of famine, the UN will be hoping to galvanise governments and the public into action to address the food crisis in east Africa. The UN estimates that 12 million in the region are now in need of emergency help and warns that […]
Did the USDA Just Deregulate All New Genetically Modified Crops?
July 18th, 2011Via: Mother Jones: In a surprise move, the agency green-lights Roundup Ready lawn grass—and perhaps much, much more. It’s a hoary bureaucratic trick, making a controversial announcement on the Friday afternoon before a long weekend, when most people are daydreaming about what beer to buy on the way home from work, or are checking movie […]
Beef Contamination Spreads in Japan as Cattle Eat Radiation-Tainted Straw
July 15th, 2011Rice straw. Via: Bloomberg: More beef from cattle in Japan that ate straw tainted by radiation has found its way into the food supply, deepening concern about the safety of meat as the country struggles to contain the spread of the contamination. Cattle at the farm in Asakawa, about 60 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima […]
Charges Dropped Against Oak Park Woman Over Veggie Garden; City May Now Prosecute Her for Absurd Pet Issue
July 15th, 2011Via: The Detroit News: Charges against the woman who planted a vegetable garden in her front yard have been dropped, her attorney said Thursday. But other charges against Julie Bass have been resurrected for not having licenses for her two dogs — even though she took care of that issue, lawyer Solomon Radner said. “This […]
Fallout Tainted Beef Hits Japanese Market
July 14th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal: Japan grappled with a fresh radiation scare Tuesday, as authorities found that beef contaminated with radioactive cesium had been shipped to shops and restaurants throughout the country. The beef, from six cattle raised on a farm near the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, registered radioactive-cesium levels up to seven times that […]
Automatic Butcherbot Debones 1,500 Whole Chickens Per Hour
July 11th, 2011Via: Popular Science: The fastest human butchers can fully debone about 150 chickens per hour. That’s a lot of chickens! But the new Mayekawa Automatic Chicken Deboner easily bests it, masterfully breaking down a whopping 1,500 chickens in the same amount of time–which, if our math is correct, is ten times faster than a flesh-and-blood […]
Woman Faces 93 Days in Jail for Planting Vegetables in Her Front Yard
July 8th, 2011Via: Oak Park Hates Veggies: our attorney spoke to the prosecutor today. (for the record, my crush on him is totally finished after today.) his position: they are going to take this all the way. officially, this means i am facing 93 days in jail if they win. no joke. Short Version: The Agitator
As Commodity Prices Soar, So Does Demand for Wood Pulp—As a “Food Extender”
July 7th, 2011Just the other day, I was joking with my wife about how eating those cheap tacos is like eating meat flavored sawdust. Well… Via: The Street: Are you getting what you pay for on your plate? The recent class-action lawsuit brought against Taco Bell raised questions about the quality of food many Americans eat each […]
