Food corporations donate $17.2 million to fight GMO labeling in Washington state
The fight to "follow the money" heats up in as Washington prepares to vote on GMO labeling.
Food in Focus at New Wetlands Art Show
This year's Cheng Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Project is asking artists to create sculptures using local materials such as oyster shells and bamboo to spark dialogue about healthier ways to produce food in Taiwan.
Food for Thought: Do The Health Care Views of Whole Food's CEO Keep You Away?
I went to Whole Foods in Oakland on Saturday, like I do most weekends, but I missed the dance/theater/protest against the grocery chain's co-founder and CEO John Mackey, he of the now infamous quote: "A careful reading of both the Declaration of
Food Stamps and the Growing Suburban Safety Net
An important federal program that tends to fly under the radar received some unprecedented real estate this past weekend--an enormous spread on page A1 of Sunday’s New York Times.
Jason DeParle’s article, and some nifty interactive maps on the Times website, portray the recent rapid growth of the food stamp program, now officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or by its rather unfortunate acronym, SNAP. DeParle documents how, in the wake of welfare reform in the mid-1990s, successive administrations--from Clinton to Bush, and now Obama--have worked in a bipartisan fashion to erase the stigma that once haunted the program, and ensure that eligible families receive access to its benefits.
Because welfare reform transformed what was an individual entitlement into a block grant to states, cash welfare caseloads in many states have remained relatively flat despite the worst recession in generations. As a result, food stamps--which remain a federal entitlement--have become an even more important countercyclical tool for fighting poverty, and enrollment has expanded by about one-third since 2007. DeParle charts that rise over the past two years across a broad cross-section of U.S. communities, all of which are feeling the economic pain of rising foreclosures, mounting job losses, and declining family incomes.
Of particular note, the article discusses the significant increases in food stamp receipt occurring in many suburban communities, now that a majority of the nation’s metropolitan poor live outside central cities. Indeed, the counties in which food stamp receipt has doubled, and which have at least 5,000 recipients today, are largely suburbs--around Atlanta, Florida’s Gulf Coast, Austin, and Youngstown. As my colleagues Elizabeth Kneebone and Emily Garr reported earlier this year, however, increases in food stamp enrollment in outer suburban counties have been somewhat lower than might be expected based on the rapid unemployment increases they have suffered. Lack of familiarity, distance to the nearest welfare office, stigma, or real eligibility differences may be to blame for under-enrollment in these farther-out areas.
All of which is to say, as food stamps become the de facto federal support system for millions of families during the next few years of elevated unemployment, plugging participation gaps in suburbia may be an important new frontier for fighting hunger and poverty in America.
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Food for Thought (and Health): Day 2 Notes from the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference
Addressing the Social Determinants of Health: Is the healthcare industry pushing a rock up a hill? We collectively are trying to provide healthcare with improved quality and reduced cost, but the structure of the nation’s healthcare system remains heavily siloed with the social determinants of health often falling wholly or partly outside the mandate and...… Continue Reading
Food Storage and Processing Facility in Washington State Agrees to Resolve Seizure Action
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington has entered a consent decree against Dominguez Foods of Washington Inc. to resolve a food seizure action alleging violations of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), the Justice Department announced today.
Food Processor to Pay $390,000 Penalty for Illegal Wastewater Discharges into Kansas-Oklahoma River
An Illinois food processing company has agreed to pay a $390,000 civil penalty to the United States to settle allegations that its Baxter Springs, Kan., processing facility overloaded the city’s wastewater treatment system with millions of gallons of industrial wastewater, at times causing pollution along a 22-mile-long section of the Spring River in southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma.
Food porn, be gone! Ready Steady Cook is back and better than ever
Who needs pretentious chefs? After a decade away, TV’s simplest cookery show is on the air again, and with Rylan at the helm it’s the perfect recipe for success
This week, the first new episodes of Ready Steady Cook for a decade are broadcast on BBC One. The miraculous thing is that, watching it, you’d never know that it ever went away.
Sure, some things are little different. The budget for the ingredients has risen from £5 to a colossal £7.50, and they are presented in reusable totes rather than single-use plastic bags. The theme tune now comes with a weird techno burble that makes you feel as if you are playing an imported PlayStation 2 game about different methods of cooking mince. Sumac exists. And there is a new host in Rylan Clark-Neal, continuing his monomaniacal quest to seize and hijack every defunct daytime gameshow made during the 1990s.
Continue reading...Chrissy Teigen admits she feels 'crappy' after comments by food writer Alison Roman
Food writer Alison Roman accused Teigen of having people 'run a content farm' for her
Food For London Now: KSI hails the 'amazing' work of Felix Project after lending a hand to feed the vulnerable
British YouTube star KSI joined the Evening Standard's campaign to feed London during the coronavirus crisis, hailing it as "amazing".
Food shortages, run-ins with soldiers and liberation: a Channel Islander remembers life in the only part of the British Isles under German occupation
Food For London Now: This is the biggest crisis since the war... thanks to the heroes feeding the vulnerable
Londoners who lived through World War II have hailed the "heroes" behind the emergency food operation helping people in the capital get through the current crisis.
Food For London Now faces: 'The Felix Project directly helps counter malnutrition and poor health for people of all ages'
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Food For London Now: Chefs stage a big Wembley takeover
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Food For London Now faces: 'So much stress is alleviated when people have access to food'
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Food For London Now: Top chefs cook up feast for children
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Food For London Now faces: 'The opportunities to support those in need are endless'
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Food For London Now: Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge hits road on Standard's 'rescue mission' for London
In a bustling depot in north London filled with donated food, Phoebe Waller-Bridge compared the work of The Felix Project to "a rescue mission".
Food For London Now faces: 'Beyond the pandemic the need for food is unquantifiable'
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Food For London Now appeal reaches £3.5m to feed the hungry
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Food For London Now faces: 'Children can't learn if they're hungry'
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Food For London Now faces: 'The biggest challenge is unlocking more food'
Damien Conrad from The Felix Project shares his story You can donate here virginmoneygiving.com/fund/FoodforLondonNOW
Food For London Now: Thank you for your food donations – but it's not just NHS doctors and nurses who need your kindness
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Food For London Now: Family takes on 813 mile walking challenge equivalent to John O' Groat's to Lands End
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Food For London Now: Jack Whitehall reveals 'I only discovered how vital Felix Project is when I volunteered to help food deliveries for vulnerable'
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Food For London Now: Take your seats to help feed city with star cast in classic Stoppard play
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Food For London Now: The human cost of the crisis – 400,000 go hungry in the capital
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Food For London Now: Jose Mourinho digs in to help feed Londoners
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Food For London Now: Demand has rocketed, now we need to get food to right people
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Food For London Now: Families on frontline of hunger emergency
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Food For London Now appeal sets its sights on raising £10 million to feed capital's hungry over three years
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Food For London Now: Pick your own to help feed the capital… Felix Project volunteers hit the fields
Volunteers spent the day on a farm to harvest vegetables that would have otherwise gone to waste so the produce could be turned into meals for our Food for London Now appeal.
Food For London Now: Shut, but faith groups still helping vulnerable thanks to the Felix Project
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Food For London Now donations reach £3m but warning remains of escalating hunger crisis
Barclays donates £250,000 to help our appeal to tackle hunger in virus crisis But demand grows amid growing reports one in five at risk of food poverty You can donate here virginmoneygiving.com/fund/FoodforLondonNOW
Food For London Now: Olivia Colman joins us on the delivery round to see the crucial work feeding the vulnerable
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Food For London Now: Faith leaders back campaign to feed the vulnerable during coronavirus outbreak
The Bishop of London tells April Roach there has never been a greater need for people to come together to help feed hungry Londoners You can donate here virginmoneygiving.com/fund/FoodforLondonNOW
Food For London Now: Former Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino backs appeal to help vulnerable
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Food For London Now: Meet the super volunteers helping to feed the vulnerable
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Food For London Now: Damien Hirst's heart of hope goes up across London
A new artwork from Damien Hirst supporting the Evening Standard's Food For London Now appeal has been displayed in windows across the capital.
Food For London Now: Print out your Damien Hirst heart and join star artist in standing with volunteers
Donate at virginmoneygiving.com/fund/FoodforLondonNOW Download Damien Hirst's Butterfly Heart 2020 image here to print out and display in your window
Food For London Now: The Felix Project quadruples supplies to the vulnerable with 100,000 meals a day
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Food For London Now: UK food waste czar Ben Elliot warns pandemic could leave millions hungry
Ben Elliot, the government's food waste Czar, has warned that the coronavirus pandemic could leave millions of Britons hungry.
Food For London Now: Meet the heroic volunteer cyclists delivering meals to the vulnerable
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Food For London Now: Sir Peter Blake posters for appeal sell out, raising £100,000
A series of 100 limited edition Sir Peter Blake prints that yesterday went on sale to support our Food For London Now appeal sold out in just nine hours.
Food For London Now: Pret A Manger opens 10 shops close to hospitals and throws weight behind Standard appeal
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Food For London Now: Duchess of Sussex backs Evening Standard appeal to help feed the hungry
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Food For London Now: You have a chance to buy Sir Peter Blake's image of hope for London
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Food For London Now: Celebs rally behind campaign to feed the vulnerable during coronavirus outbreak
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Food For London Now: Silent heroes delivering for the hungry
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Food For London Now: Donations hit £1.5m in our appeal to feed vulnerable people in the capital
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