food
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Honey laundering: tainted and counterfeit Chinese honey floods into the U.S.
A third of the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals, according to a blockbuster story in Food Safety News.
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The great oyster crash
When oyster larvae in the Pacific Northwest started dying by the millions, ocean acidification was discovered to be the culprit.
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New made-from-scratch school lunches trick kids into eating healthy
Schools in Greeley, Colo. are forgoing the frozen pizzas and assorted horse parts in favor of meals made from scratch with fresh ingredients. That's obviously better for students, who get better nutrients and fewer additives, but children are not historically great at doing things that are good for them. How do you sell kids on freshly cooked food when they're clamoring for junk? Greeley's new chef has some tricks up his sleeve:
Take macaroni and cheese, for example. It will still be a staple on the new menu and will still have that bright, strange yellow color that children have become accustomed to, but it will not be artificial. “No natural cheese is that color,” he said.
Greeley’s version will be colored by turmeric, a spice associated with Indian cooking. “Adds a really interesting, subtle flavor, too,” Mr. Coates said.
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Baby steps: USDA tiptoes toward fighting animal cruelty
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service takes an important step to crack down on livestock abuse. But there's still more work to be done.
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Safe, organic food too expensive? Eat less meat
Laments over the high cost of sustainably raised meat, poultry, and dairy products miss the bigger picture: Americans eat too much meat, period.
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The Lexicon of Sustainability
Douglas Gayeton's smart, visually packed collages bring the language of the food movement to life. Plus: They look damn cool.
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FoodCorps will teach kids, link farms and schools
FoodCorps puts young workers into communities to deliver nutrition education, build and tend school gardens, and implement farm-to-school programs.
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New trend: Going produce shopping in abandoned gardens
Most cities these days are chock-full of foreclosed properties. Some foreclosed properties are chock-full of fruit trees, vegetable gardens, and other sources of fresh produce. That adds up to a lot of tasty plant matter going to waste -- unless people take it upon themselves to harvest food from abandoned houses, either for their own use or to distribute to shelters. That's not legal, but as a New York Times piece makes clear, that doesn't mean it's not a good idea.
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Grass is good: Natural meats benefit the economy and family farms
Graham Meriweather's new documentary American Meat celebrates American farmers and their efforts toward a more sustainable food system.