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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] 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] Stolen, Sold and Savored: Ice Cream Is a Hot Commodity in Manhattan
Read: 23/11/2021 www.nytimes.com
The thieves know just where to strike, entering stores and making their way through the aisles, past the diapers, the formula, the razors and the deodorant. You scream.
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[Link] Ethiopian rebels form new alliance to oust PM as forces advance on the capital
Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The war, which has killed thousands of people and forced more than 2 million from their homes, has intensified in recent weeks. The Tigray People's Liberation Front claims to have captured several towns in recent days and says it is considering marching on the capital.
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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] 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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