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[Link] Microplastics in Our Food Is No Joke. Just Kidding, It's Funny as Hell
Read: 10/4/2022 www.vice.com
What’s less than 5 millimeters long, toxic, and literally everywhere? The answer, unfortunately, is microplastics: Little pieces of plastic pollution that enter our ecosystem by way of body washes, plastic water bottles, fishing nets, tires, and grocery bags, among other things.
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[Link] Why Can’t You Buy Hot Meals With Food Stamps?
Read: 2/2/2022 www.vice.com
But they’re off-limits to people using food stamps. The reason is precisely that the food is warm and already prepared—a justification that’s often derided as cruel, anti-poor, and arbitrary.
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[Link] A Drug Cartel War Is Making Lime Prices Skyrocket in Mexico
Read: 31/1/2022 www.vice.com
MEXICO CITY—Limes are part of Mexico’s identity. Essential companions to tequila, tacos and guacamole, they’re critical ingredients in the country’s gastronomy. They are also a pawn in an escalating war among rival drug cartels that is driving lime prices to record levels.
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[Link] Japan’s favourite snack falls victim to global inflation with first-ever price hike
Read: 27/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
One of Japan’s best-loved snacks is to go up in price – by a whopping 20% – for the first time since its launch more than four decades ago,But Umaibo – literally “delicious stick” – will still be a steal for schoolchildren at just ¥12 apiece (US10c, not including sales tax), up from t
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[Link] Grill’d co-founder Simon Crowe apologises for wearing Native American headdress to party
Read: 9/12/2021 www.theguardian.com
The co-founder of the multimillion-dollar Grill’d burger chain, Simon Crowe, has apologised for wearing a Native American headdress to an end of year staff costume Christmas party.
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[Link] Beware the humble mango — it can leave its nasty mark
Read: 28/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The humble mango. It's delicious, it's nutritious, and it grows in abundance in Australia. It could also land you in hospital.
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[Link] Lara Trump claims pricier turkeys are a liberal plot against Thanksgiving
Read: 27/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Lara Trump, the Fox News contributor and wife of Eric Trump, has bizarrely claimed that the rising cost of the Thanksgiving turkey is part of a liberal plot to “chip away” at American traditions.
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[Link] Does Global Warming Make Rice Taste Better?
Read: 26/11/2021 www.vice.com
Steamed, scorched, pounded or fried, rice always delivers. The adaptability of rice is in part what makes this staple the culinary cornerstone for half of humanity.
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[Link] What to Do if Your ADHD Medication Messes With Your Appetite and Body Image
Read: 18/11/2021 www.vice.com
When Spencer Jardine was 15, she was diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and prescribed treatment in the form of Adderall.
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[Link] To-go orders are ruining restaurant workers' lives
Read: 8/11/2021 www.businessinsider.com
The COVID-19 pandemic closed dining rooms and led to a boom in to-go orders across the restaurant industry — but they're making things unbearable for workers.
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[Link] Meet the Guy Who’s Finessing the Six Flags Meal Pass
Read: 7/11/2021 www.vice.com
One man’s theme park is another man’s dinner plan.
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[Link] ‘You may bring shame to your family’: Australia launches campaign to stop seasonal farm workers absconding
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Australian government has launched an aggressive campaign to prevent Pacific Islander farm workers from fleeing their jobs as new figures reveal more than 1,000 seasonal pickers absconded in the past year.
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[Link] Cracks in food system driven by year-round hunger for fresh produce begin to show
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
As you consider your Christmas table – a bowl of cherries, a plump roasted bird and the cream on your pudding, you may spare a thought for the way the food gets to your table. Because three things this week signal cracks in our food production systems.
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[Link] An Oregon City Is Limiting How Often a Church Feeds the Homeless
Read: 1/11/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. An Oregon city just passed a new ordinance that would limit churches’ ability to serve free food to homeless people.
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[Link] The vegan tax: Australians pay up to double for plant-based processed products
Read: 14/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
Despite their growing ubiquity in Australian supermarkets, vegan products are still notably more expensive than their meat-based counterparts, according to new research by consumer advocacy group Choice.
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[Link] UN food summit will be ‘elitist’ and ‘pro-corporate’, says special rapporteur
Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
The UN global food summit is “elitist and regressive” and has failed in its goal of being a “people’s summit”, according to the special rapporteur on food rights.
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[Link] Why Chef Roy Choi Is Subbing Plant-Based Meat in Traditionally Meat-Heavy Dishes
Read: 9/8/2021 www.vice.com
This article was created in partnership with Field Roast. Roy Choi thinks of himself as a chef standing with a foot in two generations: “The first was where there was a big river between the guest and the establishment, between fine dining and everyday eats,” he says.
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[Link] Unique potatoes, dedicated farmers behind one of Australia's longest running chip snacks
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
It takes 120 days from planting to harvesting to create a product that can be consumed within minutes, but the journey of these spuds stretches back even further.
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[Link] Paris Hilton Is, Like, A Chef Now
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
Paris Hilton glides down the aisles of a Gelson’s, a high-end Southern California grocery store where most people don’t typically pick out cereal in a Pepto-pink gown that’s giving Marilyn Monroe.
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[Link] COVID Kills Street Food Vendor Recognized by Michelin Guide
Read: 6/8/2021 www.vice.com
Bangkok has long been recognized as one of the best places for street food in the world. But it only recently started making international lists after chef and crab omelette specialist Jay Fai became the first street food stall to be awarded a Michelin star in 2017.
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[Link] RNA breakthrough inspires high-yield, drought-tolerant rice, potatoes
Read: 28/7/2021 www.upi.com
July 22 (UPI) -- Thanks to a breakthrough in RNA manipulation, crop scientists have developed new potato and rice varieties with higher yields and increased drought tolerance.
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[Link] Get ready to share pavements with stocky little delivery bots
Read: 27/7/2021 thenextweb.com
Ioanna is a writer at SHIFT. She likes the transition from old to modern, and she's all about shifting perspectives.
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[Link] It’s Time to Be Honest About Seafood
Read: 26/1/2021 getpocket.com
If we want to eat sustainably, aquaculture has to be part of the conversation.