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In Food Policy This Week: 5 News Bites
The headlines we've been reading recently: child slavery in the Ivory Coast fueling the enormous cocoa industry, a campaign to force a fair-wages agreement with the Trader Joe's grocery chain last week, and more.In Food Policy This Week: 5 News Bites
The headlines we're reading this week: Sysco's attempt to sell more local food, a plan submitted by the Senate and House Agriculture Committees to cut $23 billion from the Farm Bill, a virus discovered in salmon off the coast of British Columbia, and more.In Food Policy This Week: 5 News Bites
Here are the food policy headlines we're reading this week: a debate in Oakland over the legality of slaughtering backyard chickens and other animals, the FDA's finished report on the environment impact of genetically-engineered fish, and more.In Food Policy This Week: 5 News Bites
Here are the food policy headlines we're reading this week: the global outcry against shark's fin soup; the "cost of hunger" in the U.S. is $167.5 billion according to research; India's lawsuit against seed giant Monsanto; and more.In Food Policy This Week: 5 News Bites
The food policy headlines we're reading this week: contaminated cantaloupes from a Colorado farm have so far sickened 84 people in 19 states and 15 people have died; the world's first "fat tax" in Denmark; Paul Greenberg on fishery sustainability; an infographic demonstrating the cost effectiveness of food stamps in a dozen U.S. cities; and more.In Food Policy This Week: 5 News Bites
This week in food policy news: there's a serious pumpkin shortage in the Northeast after Hurricane Irene, so expect pumpkin prices to go up; Greenpeace tries to reform the tuna fishing industry; a Wisconsin law makes it illegal to replace butter for margarine; and more.Harvard's New 'Healthy Eating Plate' Provides Alternative to USDA's MyPlate
A while back, the USDA released its newest version of the food pyramid—except it wasn't a pyramid at all. The new "MyPlate" icon demonstrated what the USDA considers the appropriate balance of fruits, vegetables, dairy, grains, and proteins for your diet, in a handy plate-shaped icon. Recently, another version of the plate emerged. The Harvard School of Public Health just released its Healthy Eating Plate, which they say "offers more specific and accurate recommendations...than MyPlate."In Food Policy This Week: 5 News Bites
This week we're reading about the second Cargill turkey recall, HFCS's recent rebranding to "corn sugar," Michelle Obama's campaign to get more restaurant chains serving healthy kids' meals, and more.In Food Policy This Week: 5 News Bites
This week in food policy news, we're reading about: California's law against foie gras, a recent recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey, restaurants hoping to accept EBT, and more.Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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