Tag: food
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Who Controls Your Food? Take This Quiz and Find Out
Big Food giants like Nestlé, Kraft, PepsiCo and others have been buying up more and more of their competitors, big and small. The result is that some of the biggest companies have products on nearly every aisle of the supermarket and dominate the market in many categories. For example, Kraft not only sells more macaroni and…
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Shrimp Fishing Banned in Gulf of Maine Due to Ocean Warming
Warming ocean waters in New England have caused shrimp populations to fall so low that shrimp fishing in the Gulf of Maine has been banned for the 2014 season. That means the small Maine shrimp sold by stores and served by restaurants will get scarce or disappear entirely. Often called bay shrimp or pink shrimp,…
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Costs of Eating Healthy Pay Off Over Time
Eating healthy costs a little bit more every day, a new study says. But in the long run, a healthy diet costs very little compared to the lifetime cost of treating diet-related chronic diseases, said the study’s authors. The study, published this week in the journal BMJ Open, analyzed diet and price information from 10 countries.…
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How Big Food Creates an Illusion of Choice at the Supermarket
A new analysis shows that the top four or fewer food companies control a substantial majority of the sales of each item, and they often offer multiple brands in each type of grocery, giving consumers the false impression they are choosing among competing products. The in-depth analysis, released by Food & Water Watch on Thursday, illustrates the…
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Schools Ditch Styrofoam Lunch Trays for Compostable Plates
Replacing non-biodegradable polystyrene trays with a compostable version is the first target of a pioneering attempt by six big-city school systems to create new markets for sustainable food and lunchroom supplies. The Urban School Food Alliance—whose members are public school districts in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and Orlando, FL—hopes to persuade suppliers to create and…