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• Changing consumer tastes forcing companies like General Mills to change — fast - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  19-12-2015 22:56 via
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Changing consumer tastes forcing companies like General Mills to change — fast
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  JERRY HOLT • [email protected] General Mills CEO Ken Powell says his company listens to millennials. “They are looking for real food, authentic food, simple food, and it shows up in a lot of ways.” Text size. comment2. share · tweet · email. Print ...and more »
  

• Polar Pioneer makes huge donation to Clallam Co. food banks - KOMO News

  19-12-2015 21:51 via
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  Polar Pioneer makes huge donation to Clallam Co. food banks
  KOMO News
  PORT ANGELES, Wash. -- The Polar Pioneer, Shells' giant oil-drilling rig that caused controversy throughout the Northwest earlier this year, dropped off a huge donation to the people of Clallam County. About 15 tons of high-quality food that's no ...and more »
  

• Food pantry helping laid off U.S. Steel workers closes - NEWS10 ABC

  19-12-2015 21:19 via
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  Food pantry helping laid off U.S. Steel workers closes
  NEWS10 ABC
  FAIRFIELD, Ala. (WIAT) — Volunteers at a pop-up food pantry said their goodbyes Friday afternoon, and went their separate ways. The food pantry opened in October to give much needed help to families of U.S. Steel employees, who'd been laid off, thanks ...and more »
  

• Pollan makes a common sense case 'In Defense of Food' - San Francisco Chronicle

  19-12-2015 20:57 via
  Pollan makes a common sense case 'In Defense of Food'
  San Francisco Chronicle
  By the time you get through watching the “In Defense of Food” special on PBS on Wednesday, you may be ready to nominate Michael Pollan for culinary, not to mention cultural, sainthood. Taking its title from Pollan's recent book, the film cuts through ...and more »
  

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• Holiday food drive scheduled Saturday in Pacoima - Los Angeles Times

  19-12-2015 20:43 via
  Holiday food drive scheduled Saturday in Pacoima
  Los Angeles Times
  A Sikh American nonprofit organization is hosting a holiday food drive Saturday for 500 low-income families in Pacoima. The Khalsa Care Foundation is sponsoring the event from noon to 2 p.m. at the Sikh Temple, 9989 Laurel Canyon Blvd., officials said.and more »
  

• Ancient Spice May Be Next Big Thing in Food Safety - Newser

  19-12-2015 20:30 via
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  Ancient Spice May Be Next Big Thing in Food Safety
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  (Newser) – Turmeric, a spice best known for its use in Indian cuisine, may someday help prevent E. coli outbreaks, but in a highly unusual way. Researchers at Southern Illinois University have made progress on incorporating turmeric into food ...
  Food porn shot of the day: turmeric is keeping me safe (apparently)Barfblog (blog)all 2 news articles »
  

• Food pantry safety involves more than checking sell-by dates - Lexington Herald Leader

  19-12-2015 16:30 via
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  Food pantry safety involves more than checking sell-by dates
  Lexington Herald Leader
  FILE-In this Sept. 13, 2013, photo, volunteers Carmel Foliano, left, and Roslyn Sanatass pack food to be distributed at the Catholic Parish Outreach Food Pantry in Raleigh, N.C. Food pantry volunteers do more than check sell-by dates: they must decide ...
  Food pantries meeting a need in southwest KansasThe Garden City Telegramall 28 news articles »
  

• Food Packaging: Pourable straw

  19-12-2015 15:00
  
  Nippon Straw, a manufacturer of drinking straws based in Tokyo, has created the Ex straw that facilitates smooth pouring of a package’s contents into another vessel.
  
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• Making the Case for Food Freedom and Free Speech - Reason (blog)

  19-12-2015 14:06 via
  Reason (blog)
  Making the Case for Food Freedom and Free Speech
  Reason (blog)
  Credit: jpalinsad360 / photo on flickrDuring a week in which we learned that dozens of Yale University students had signed a petition to repeal the First Amendment—which, after all, protects the freedom to petition, among other fundamental rights—it ...
  

• GMO food-labeling foes to meet in DC - Great Falls Tribune

  19-12-2015 02:03 via
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  GMO food-labeling foes to meet in DC
  Great Falls Tribune
  WASHINGTON — The food industry, consumer groups and other stakeholders in the debate over how to label products containing genetically modified ingredients are expected to be summoned to the Agriculture Department early next month to try to resolve ...and more »
  

• Shut up, food snobs. Chain restaurants are awesome. - Washington Post

  19-12-2015 00:58 via
  Washington Post
  Shut up, food snobs. Chain restaurants are awesome.
  Washington Post
  In America, chain restaurants get a bad rap. We blame them for the spike in obesity and the death of the family dinner. We demonize them as “the core of what is wrong with our food system.” No wonder our bougie, West Coast friends shun Bloomin' Onions ...and more »
  

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