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  • September 2008

    • Eat Less, Or the Icecaps Melt

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 30, 08 1:21 PM CDT

      Eat Less, Or the Icecaps Melt

      (Newser) - To avoid catastrophic global warming, people need to cut way down on their meat and dairy consumption, a new report on climate change says. Four modest servings of meat and about a quart of milk a week are all we should be consuming, the Guardian reports. And the report urges government programs to limit emissions, because consumers won’t make these changes voluntarily. More »

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      climate change  • food  • carbon emissions  • meat  • food industry  • food production  • dairy products

  • August 2008

    • As Food Prices Rise, Lobster Treads Water

      Slate  |  Aug 20, 08 12:43 PM CDT

      As Food Prices Rise, Lobster Treads Water

      (Newser) - As global demand drives food prices to new highs, there’s one high-end food item whose price is in decline, Daniel Gross points out in Slate: lobster. In Portland, Maine, a pound of lobster costs slightly more than a gallon of gasoline, a ratio that historically was more like 4-to-1. And the prices get even lower farther upstate. More »

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      food prices  • food industry  • speculation  • supply and demand  • lobster  • global food crisis

    • Bluefin Tuna Tricked Into Spawning

      Time  |  Aug 17, 08 7:22 AM CDT

      Bluefin Tuna Tricked Into Spawning

      (Newser) - A seafood entrepreneur thinks he can solve the world's bluefin tuna shortage by making the fish feel frisky, Time reports. German ex-pat Hagen Stehr, the baron of a $230-million Australian seafood empire, is simulating the tuna's breeding grounds in a hatchery—a "fishy virtual reality" with 14 hours of daylight and water at 73°F—and has succeeded in harvesting fertilized eggs from bluefin breeding stock. More »

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      environmentalism  • endangered species  • fishing  • food industry  • sushi  • tuna  • overfishing

  • July 2008

    • Bankruptcy Shutters Bennigan's, Steak & Ale

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 29, 08 2:33 PM CDT

      Bankruptcy Shutters Bennigan's, Steak & Ale

      (Newser) - In a move that has hundreds of restaurants closed and thousands of workers laid off, casual-dining chains Bennigan’s and Steak & Ale filed for bankruptcy today, the Wall Street Journal reports. Sources say the restaurants’ parent company—which violated a lending agreement this year—had put off declaring bankruptcy for months as it negotiated with lenders. More »

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      bankruptcy  • food industry  • restaurants

    • 'Whole Grain' Lawsuit Hits at Truth About Health Food

      BusinessWeek  |  Jul 23, 08 11:05 AM CDT

      'Whole Grain' Lawsuit Hits at Truth About Health Food

      (Newser) - The food industry is coming under pressure to start telling the whole truth about whole grain products, BusinessWeek reports. Sara Lee, facing a lawsuit from a consumer advocacy group, has agreed to change the labels on its Soft & Smooth bread to reflect that it's made from just 30% whole grains, with refined white flour making up the rest. More »

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      food  • nutrition  • food industry  • bread  • whole grains  • food company

    • We Live in a Time of Bacon— Resistance Is Futile

      Salon  |  Jul 10, 08 8:33 PM CDT

      We Live in a Time of Bacon— Resistance Is Futile

      (Newser) - Everywhere Peter Meehan looks, he sees bacon. Fatty, salty, bombastic, and blissfully delicious bacon. The Salon writer tries to figure out "where we are in the bacon bonanza"—he cites bacon spray, scented candles, trendy recipes, even a bacon-of-the-month club—and reaches out to experts "to see if there's relief from or more fervent bacon mania on the horizon." The upshot: Bet on the bacon. More »

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      junk food  • food industry  • pork  • salt  • fast food industry  • cocktails

  • June 2008

    • US, S. Korea Reach Beef Deal

      Associated Press  |  Jun 21, 08 10:46 AM CDT

      US, S. Korea Reach Beef Deal

      (AP) - All US beef imported into South Korea will come from cattle less than 30 months old, officials said today, in a deal made to placate South Korean protesters worried about mad cow disease. Nonetheless, thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Seoul, calling for a complete renegotiation of an April agreement to resume imports of American beef. More »

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      business  • South Korea  • beef  • US exports  • food industry  • beef industry  • imported food

    • Dear Lobster, I Hardly Knew Ye

      Gourmet  |  Jun 11, 08 12:25 PM CDT

      Dear Lobster, I Hardly Knew Ye

      (Newser) - Francis Lam eases his guilt about chowing down on a certain tasty crustacean by creating an unlikely enemy on his dinner plate, writing an open-ended letter to “Lobster” in Gourmet. He's not sorry for chowing down, "for your meat was like butter and nuts," but his conscience is uneasy: “I had to pretend you had done something awful,” Lam writes, “maybe to my mother.” More »

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      food industry  • seafood  • delicacy  • lobster

    • Rising Food Allergies Drive a Swelling Specialty Market

      Washington Post  |  Jun 8, 08 12:19 PM CDT

      Rising Food Allergies Drive a Swelling Specialty Market

      (Newser) - As the number of people with allergies soars, so does the “free-from” food market—that is, foods that avoid common allergens like peanuts, the Washington Post reports. Specialty foods are expected to bring in $3.9 billion this year, a study says, while gluten-free products will likely bank some $1.3 billion by 2010. Special-needs customers have become a coveted slice of the market. More »

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      health  • food industry  • food production  • food allergies  • peanut  • gluten free diets

  • April 2008

    • US Farmers Want Feds' Help on Food Crisis

      Washington Times  |  Apr 23, 08 1:24 PM CDT

      US Farmers Want Feds' Help on Food Crisis

      (Newser) - US farmers asked for federal help yesterday in stemming a tide that has seen speculators hitting grocery stores and consumers hoarding basic foodstuffs, the Washington Times reports. "The public is all too aware of the recent credit crisis on Wall Street," a farmers-union rep said. "We don't want a lack of oversight and regulation to lead to a similar crisis in rural America." More »

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      food prices  • biofuel  • farmer  • food industry  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    • Behind Organic Labels Lurk Megacorporations

      Treehugger  |  Apr 20, 08 1:06 PM CDT

      Behind Organic Labels Lurk Megacorporations

      (Newser) - Yes, your probiotic flaxseed Kashi cereal is still organic, but shoppers looking to stick it to the man by going green be advised: the nation's top 30 corporate food processors—think Pepsi, Kellogg, Kraft, General Mills—have been quietly buying up vast swaths of the organic aisle of your supermarket, Treehugger reports. More »

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      organic food  • Pepsi  • USDA  • food industry  • corporations  • Kraft Foods

  • March 2008

    • Wal-Mart Helps Farmers Grow, American Style

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 9, 08 6:00 PM CDT

      Wal-Mart Helps Farmers Grow, American Style

      (Newser) - Wal-Mart is helping Central American farmers even as the chain threatens to render their mom-and-pop ways outdated, the Los Angeles Times reports. Thousands of small farmers are financially at risk, unable to grow produce that fits the US giant's supply chain—so Wal-Mart, Washington, and a Portland, Ore., relief group have kicked in more than $2 million to help. More »

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      Mexico  • Wal-Mart  • agriculture  • retail  • farmer  • Guatemala  • food industry  • Central America

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