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rachna purpose, Food-Lover
New York, New York
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Co-Founder of Foodstand. Lover of spices, bubbles, sunshine, brunch parties, & dance breaks. Sharing seasonal Indian experiments, good food finds, and incredible stories from NY and Detroit
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Thefoodstand.comWhy the new nutrition labels won't work <- I disagree with this. Do you?
politico.com
This article kind of boils my blood. It doesn't take into account that nutrition labels were paired with advice to reduce fat and no info about sugar. So in that case, i imagine people followed the...
Jun
13
Our next Good Food Spotlight is June 13th! Applications are now open.
thefoodstand.com
Foodstand HQ
We're celebrating #NoFoodWaste month in June, so special consideration will be given to businesses that are doing their part to reduce food waste.
Jun
2
The Anatomy of Change: Journalism & Food Industry Tickets - Featuring our Book club author Michael Moss
eventbrite.com
This event looks incredible. and FREE. Thanks for the tip @pulin. "Upton Sinclair’s seminal novel, The Jungle, shed light on the notorious malpractice of meat production in the US. Today, journali...
First kale harvest!
I planted these seedlings less than a month ago and I was already able to harvest enough for dinner. I snipped these with regular sheers, close the base, but only the outside leaves to let new ones...
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lauren How exciting!
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JenniferEmilson How wondrous!!
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annefood Nice!!
Justin's nut-butter company sold to Spam's parent Hormel for $286M - The Denver Post
denverpost.com
Another small batch producer gets snatched up by big food. "Hormel Foods Corp., the maker of Skippy peanut butter, Jennie-O bacon and Spam, has acquired Boulder-based nut butter company Justin's."
Inside Munchery's Big "Plaid Box" Meal-Delivery Expansion | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
fastcompany.com
Munchery has launched a meal kit service with pretty limited 'cooking' required. I'm not sure if this is really a #FoodRevolution example, but hey, if it gets you back in the kitchen even for 15 mi...
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etsummer Hopefully it will serve as a catalyst to get people back in the kitchen; maybe they'll flash fry that steak or cook up the pre-steamed potatoes and be inspired to get into more involved cooking!
Soda makers must issue ad warning in San Francisco
usatoday.com
This is progress! "Soda manufacturers will be forced to include warnings about the dangers of their products on certain advertisements in San Francisco after a federal judge declined to halt a new ...
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DietID_TeamDietitians Huge progress! @etsummer @Jrzimmer - what's the reaction like out west?
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GooseBarry How do we replicate this ruling in other cities? Seems like a good idea.
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Zesty_Z Yessssssss
May
17
Are you at our #FoodRevolution celebration with @diginn and Michael Moss? Say hi in the comments below!
Our #FoodBookandFilm chat will be on Facebook live if you can't join in person!
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DietID_TeamDietitians Here!
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JamieOliversFoodRevolution Hey everybody!! Thanks so much for joining us tonight!
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sugardetoxme here!
The world eats cheap bacon at the expense of North Carolina’s rural poor — Quartz
qz.com
"Neighbors battle pig farms and their stinky manure-filled lagoons in North Carolina." Wondering if the North Carolina folks can weigh in on what it's like to live near a hog farm. @MargaretG @oliv...
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etsummer University of Iowa did a study of health impacts of living near CAFOs. Really bad for respiratory systems of the workers, and increased instance of same kinds of problems in the children of workers...
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olivettefarm We don't have any of these near us, but it sounds awful. I'm not sure how I feel about them spraying the waste on their crops either.
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munchiemummy Factory farming is so appalling. Like cigarette packets in the EU have to show photographs of diseased lungs and cadavers, factory farmed and processed meats in America should have to show...
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garv
So the rules are made to help companies world over to find a work around. Rather keep it simple , symbols that denote stuff like suited for diabetics , not suitable for pregnant ladies , how...
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DietID_TeamDietitians
Yes!! Totally agree! The many faces of sugar are highly problematic. I hope we can get simplified labels soon. And yes - great idea - we should get the movie teams on this issue!
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etsummer
The line about "maybe it's time to start considering genetically modifying foods to make them healthier"...do we have that little faith in the public's disrection? yeesh
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