NewsRack: flenvcenter/Food_National

Minn. Bill Would End Asset Test For Food Stamps - WCCO: Local News

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A Senate panel looks at legislation Tuesday that would allow more people to qualify for food stamps.

Minnesota bill would end asset test for food stamps - Twincities.com: Politics

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A Senate panel looks at legislation today that would allow more people to qualify for food stamps.

Bill would end asset test for food stamps - Minnesota Public Radio: Politics

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A Senate panel looks at legislation Tuesday that would allow more people to qualify for food stamps.

Vertical Farms (PHOTOS): The Future Of Sustainable Farming? - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Gazelle Emami — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The idea for vertical farming was born in 1999 in a Columbia University classroom when Dickson Despommier, a professor of environmental sciences and microbology, offhandedly...

Feeding Dependency, Starving Democracy... Still - Commondreams.org Views

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Nikhil Aziz

Some of the advice for how Haiti ought to rebuild after the earthquake sounds hauntingly familiar, echoing the same bad development advice that Haiti has received for decades - even before the nation faced its current devastating situation. To avoid repeating the past failures, we would be wise to review how previous aid models led down the wrong path.

Nigella's St. Patrick's Baking Tip: Just Add Guinness - NPR: Morning Edition

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

There's so much more to St. Patrick's Day food than Irish soda bread and corned beef and cabbage. Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson shares some delectable recipes for a holiday feast you'll want to raise a glass to.

The Greenest Butcher and Seafood Champions Highlight Sustainability in Food Services - Business Operations | GreenBiz.com

GreenBiz Staff — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Two awards recently bestowed on companies and organizations around the globe highlight new levels of sustainability for fish and fowl alike.

Michelle Obama talks anti-obesity to food giants (AP) - Elections

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

AP - Michelle Obama has talked to schools and nutrition groups across the country in her effort to reduce childhood obesity. On Tuesday she will face the food companies that make the snacks and junk food that stuff grocery aisles and school vending machines. ...

North Korea rights situation has worsened: U.N. envoy (Reuters) - Yahoo: Politics

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Reuters - Human rights in North Korea have worsened over the last few years and it is time for the United Nations Security Council to protect the people who are mistreated by their own government, a U.N. envoy said on Monday.

Michelle Obama talks anti-obesity to food giants - Seattle Times: Business & Technology

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Michelle Obama has talked to schools and nutrition groups across the country in her effort to reduce childhood obesity. On Tuesday she will face the food companies that make the snacks and junk food that stuff grocery aisles and school vending machines.

Michelle Obama talks anti-obesity to food giants - AP Politics

Associated Press Writer — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michelle Obama has talked to schools and nutrition groups across the country in her effort to reduce childhood obesity. On Tuesday she will face the food companies that make the snacks and junk food that stuff grocery aisles and school vending machines....

UN rights expert tells North Korea to open farm markets, saying controls are causing hunger - Star Tribune: Nation

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

UN expert: NKorean farm controls causing hunger - Seattle Times: Top stories

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

North Korea should let farms produce freely and allow food to be sold in local markets because the communist government cannot provide enough food for its people, a U.N. human rights investigator urged Monday.

Moviegoers say they would buy healthy snacks - MSNBC

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Moviegoers say they would buy healthy snacks

UN expert: NKorean farm controls causing hunger - Boston Globe: Latest

Eliane Engeler, Associated Press Writer — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

UN expert: NKorean farm controls causing hunger

Help Make Farmers' Markets Universally Accessible - TreeHugger

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Help Make Farmers' Markets Universally Accessible

Frances Moore Lappe: Government - What's it Good for, Anyway? - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Frances Moore Lappe — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

What matters is whether government is accountable to citizens and whether we're willing to stand up in its defense because we grasp its essential roles in democracy.

The Hump: Sorry for serving whale meat - CNN: Top Stories

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A trendy California sushi restaurant charged by federal authorities with serving whale meet offered an apology Monday, saying it "ignored its responsibilities" to endangered species.

Salmonella product recall news (AP) - Yahoo: Politics

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

AP - The following products are being recalled because they could be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children and others with weakened immune systems:

Sony boss asks theater owners for healthier snacks - Seattle Times: Top stories

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The head of Sony Pictures has suggested that movie theaters offer healthier snacks to help fight obesity and give audiences a broader range of food choices.

CU and OCA Urge Action on Deceptive 'Organic' Labeling - Organic Consumers Association News Headlines

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, and the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), today filed a petition with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting action on the widespread and blatantly deceptive labeling practices of several "organic" personal care brands that do not comply with the National Organic Program (NOP).

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In Expensive New York, Pizza for $1, or Even 99 Cents - NY Times: NY Region

By MANNY FERNANDEZ — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In New York City, where an omelet can cost $1,000, incredibly cheap pizzerias are making their mark.

Continental cuts back on free food - CNN: Top Stories

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Continental Airlines will discontinue offering free food to economy-class passengers on the majority of its domestic flights in the United States and Canada and on flights to some leisure destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean, the airline announced Monday.

Vail's Greener Pastures: Become a small-space gardener - Vail Colorado: Editorials

Cassie Pence Greener Pastures — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

VAIL, Colorado - If all of in the Vail Valley just had a can-do grandmother to learn from ... It was seeing her West Indian grandmother grow potatoes in a bucket, after relocating to an apartment in the cold Canadian north from Barbados, that opened Gayla Trail's eyes to the possibilities of growing food in an urban, small-space environment. This bucket sprouted Trail's own ingenuity in gardening. It made Trail question, and subsequently, push the limits of what a "normal" garden looks like. So since college, with an "appalling" lack of gardening knowledge, Trail began growing vegetables anywhere and everywhere. Years later with a lot more gardening practice under her belt, Trail is a bona fide urban farmer, and for the last 10 years, she ...

Monsanto Critics Get Unusual Platform - Organic Consumers Association News Headlines

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Crop biotechnology giant Monsanto Co. has the most at stake in the first of an unprecedented series of public meetings that the antitrust wing of the Justice Department is holding across the Farm Belt.

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