M&S blames Brexit, closes 11 French stores
The BBC reports that Marks & Spencer is closing 11 of its French stores because of problems supplying them with ...
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Marseille workers turned a McDonald’s into a foodbank
Gal-dem magazine features a long-read about an abandoned McDonald’s in Marseilles, France where in March 2020, a group of former ...
France fines Monsanto for data on journalists, activists
France 24 reports that France's personal data protection agency on Wednesday fined US firm Monsanto for illegally compiling files of ...
Forget about meat, France’s Avril to focus on plants
Reuters reports that French agri-food group Avril has decided to sell its animal processing units to focus acquisitions and investment ...
Indigenous groups sue Groupe Casino in France
Indigenous groups from the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon are suing retail giant Groupe Casino in France, for selling beef linked ...
Danone sees plant-based growth, picks up Earth Island
Danone has announced it’s buying Earth Island, US maker of the vegan mayonnaise and cheese brand Follow Your Heart. Danone’s ...
Danone Welcomes Follow Your Heart to Its Plant-Based Family of Brands
PARIS and LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading global food and beverage company Danone and Earth Island®, maker ...
Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba meet President Macron
President Macron of France has met with UN Goodwill Ambassadors Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba, ahead of announcing a ...
Carrefour deal rouses food sovereignty impulse
As Bloomberg reports, few countries take food as seriously as France. So perhaps it came as no surprise to see ...
Small is beautiful say meat processing advocates
As food factories in England and Wales close, with around 250 confirmed cases of coronavirus among workers, pressure for regulatory ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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