Food news

• Refugee Chefs Bring Their Recipes to NYC Food Company - ABC News

  02-04-2016 21:33 via
  Refugee Chefs Bring Their Recipes to NYC Food Company
  ABC News
  The kitchen hums with activity. Rachana Rimal is at one table, making momos, the traditional dumplings from her native Nepal. Next to her, Iraqi immigrant Dhuha Jasif mixes some pureed eggplant for baba ghanouj. Containers of adas, a lentil stew from ...and more »
  

• Farm and Food: Free markets work, when we let 'em - Lincoln Journal Star

  02-04-2016 19:06 via
  Lincoln Journal Star
  Farm and Food: Free markets work, when we let 'em
  Lincoln Journal Star
  There is a certain poetry in the failure of Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, to convince the U.S. Senate to squash state and local food labeling laws. His proposed fix, fail though it did, may have done more to boost consumer faith in the market than ...
  Consumers deserve to know what's in their foodThe Boston Globeall 19 news articles »
  

• Dates Announced For April, May Mobile Food Bank Stops In Flint - CBS Local

  02-04-2016 18:36 via
  CBS Local
  Dates Announced For April, May Mobile Food Bank Stops In Flint
  CBS Local
  FLINT (WWJ) – The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan in Flint and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services are announcing the April and May schedule for mobile food pantry stops to distribute foods rich in calcium, vitamin C and iron.and more »
  

• Food Warriors Complete Their Culinary Journey Along The A Train - Gothamist

  02-04-2016 18:08 via
  Gothamist
  Food Warriors Complete Their Culinary Journey Along The A Train
  Gothamist
  Dallas Penn, left, and Rafi Kam close in on the tail end of their food voyage at the Rockaway Beach Surf Club. (Facebook). Mediocre ramen noodles from a much-hyped food truck, greasy breakfast grub from a beloved diner, and musings on how New York's ...
  

• Advertisement

• Is Growing Your Own Food the Only Way to Truly Be Vegetarian or Vegan? - EcoWatch

  02-04-2016 17:54 via
  EcoWatch
  Is Growing Your Own Food the Only Way to Truly Be Vegetarian or Vegan?
  EcoWatch
  Don't miss out. Stay Informed. Get EcoWatch's Top News of the Day. Email. Meat lovers will be forgiven if they feel like the wagons are circling around their protein of choice. The raising of animals for food has been implicated in a host of ethical ...and more »
  

• Ubifood app aims to curb food waste in Montreal - CBC.ca

  02-04-2016 17:29 via
  CBC.ca
  Ubifood app aims to curb food waste in Montreal
  CBC.ca
  Like many Montrealers, Caroline Pellegrini is a full-fledged foodie. But she's the kind of foodie that thinks about more than just taking pretty food pictures and posting them on Instagram. Her aim is to curb food waste in Montreal. Food waste costs ...
  

• Volunteers distribute food across Chicago area - WLS-TV

  02-04-2016 16:01 via
  WLS-TV
  Volunteers distribute food across Chicago area
  WLS-TV
  The Hunger Resource Network is back in action for a Community Outreach Day on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at the Whole Foods in Northbrook. (WLS). Embed. <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7chicago.com/video/embed/?pid=1272268" ...
  

• Don't Blame Food Companies for What You Feed Your Kids - Reason

  02-04-2016 14:12 via
  Reason
  Don't Blame Food Companies for What You Feed Your Kids
  Reason
  Parents feed babies candy, soda, and chips. What does this have to do with the industry? Baylen Linnekin | April 2, 2016. EMAIL · SHARE. Facebook · Twitter · Tumblr · StumbleUpon · Digg; Delicious · Reddit · Google; Linkedin; Kindle. PRINT. Snacks ...and more »
  

• Advertisement

• No amount of 'free from' labelling will make processed food good for you - The Guardian

  02-04-2016 13:30 via
  The Guardian
  No amount of 'free from' labelling will make processed food good for you
  The Guardian
  Campbell's is phasing BPA out of its cans. That, and GMO-labelling initiatives, are all great, but canned foods still aren't fresh, local or sustainable. Can of Campbell's tomato soup with bowl of tomato soup in it on white background cutout. Tastes ...
  Two-thirds of food cans tested contain BPA, and the alternatives may not be much betterTreehugger
  Food companies move away from potentially toxic
  

• Work rule lives again, cutting off food aid - Arkansas Online

  02-04-2016 10:15 via
  Kankakee Daily Journal
  Work rule lives again, cutting off food aid
  Arkansas Online
  As many as 1 million Americans will lose food-stamp benefits this year, the consequence of a work mandate that was reinstated in 22 states -- including Arkansas. The 20-year-old rule -- which was suspended in many states during the economic recession ...
  Why tens of thousands of people just lost their food stampsKankakee Daily Journal
  Food stamp benefit cutoff to affect about 26000 statewideColumbia Daily Tr
  

• Thousands Could Lose Food Stamps as States Restore Pre-Recession Requirements - New York Times

  02-04-2016 03:48 via
  RT
  Thousands Could Lose Food Stamps as States Restore Pre-Recession Requirements
  New York Times
  WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of people could soon lose food stamps as states reimpose time limits and work requirements that were suspended in recent years because of high unemployment, state officials and advocates for the poor said Friday.
  No joke: 500k food stamp recipients to lose benefits on April 1RTall 24 news articles »
  

Follow @Food_news_usa on Twitter!