Why do Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas?
Every year around this time a certain handwritten sign goes viral on Jewish Facebook: “The Chinese Rest. Assoc. of the United States ...
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US overpaid corn farmers $3 billion in Trump trade aid
The Department of Agriculture overpaid US corn farmers in 2019 by around US$3 billion for impacts from former President Trump’s ...
China’s food import rules to change
China’s new rules on food imports will take effect on January 1st as planned, according to Bloomberg. This is even ...
WholeFoods “banned” Black Lives Matter masks
Bloomberg reports that Whole Foods Market illegally banned employees from wearing “Black Lives Matter” masks and punished workers who did, ...
World Bank backs aid to Afghanistan
Reuters reports that the World Bank's board has backed transferring $280 million from a frozen trust fund to two aid ...
Close to half the calories produced in America go uneaten
Americans are wasting enough food for 150 million people a year – more than four times the country's need, as ...
Maine’s new right to food’s legal challenges
The Economist reports that earlier this month 61 per cent of voters opted to change the state constitution to ensure ...
Indigenous tribes preserve food culture
An NPR audio piece says the origin story of America's Thanksgiving holiday imagines the pilgrims surviving harsh winters because of ...
New Yorker article: The great organic-food fraud
The New Yorker uncovers how Randy Constant exploited our trust in the labels—and made a fortune. en Borgerding met Randy ...
US sees spike in contaminated Aus meat
US food safety officials have blocked a rising number of meat shipments from Australia since 2019 due to fecal contamination, ...
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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