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Why food companies sponsor research: the Beef Checkoff explains
Jessi Silverman, a policy associate at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, sent […]
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GAO tells USDA to get busy on worker safety at meat-packing plants
The summer is a good time to catch up on reports. Early in July, the […]
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Unethical food marketing ad of the week: infant formula, organic no less
When my partner, Mal Nesheim, showed me this ad in Sunday’s New York Times, I […]
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Weekend reading: Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet?
Jessica Fanzo. Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet? Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021. This is […]
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The food news from China: a roundup
I’ve been collecting items about China’s food system as well as that country’s role in […]
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The food system is unfair to real farmers
This study in Nature Food caught my eye: Post-farmgate food value chains make up most of consumer food […]
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America’s food monopolies and power imbalances
The Guardian and Food and Water Watch have produced a lengthy, interactive, and fact-filled investigative […]
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Weekend reading: What food really costs
One big question about a food system is what it costs, not only at the […]
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The UK’s National Food Strategy
Yesterday’s post was about the UK’s efforts to restrict the marketing of junk foods to […]
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UK Government to restrict TV and online junk food ads to kids (by the end of 2022)
The UK government is actively trying to promote healthier diets. On June 24, the British […]