What would you think if someone told you that they were fighting for a “share” of your stomach? Bring to mind organ harvesting? alien invasion? theft? But this is in fact what the food industry is doing, and has been for some time. I first heard this term last week when I took part in [...]
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Stomach Share
Posted in business, consumer culture, food, health, technology on October 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Slow Food and Less Food
Posted in business, consumer culture, food, health, uncategorized on October 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Slow foods & local foods are fabulous, and we should be grateful to those who have made them part of the landscape. Thanks to advocates in recent years, many of us can now purchase a tomato from the store and know where it came from or have a conversation with a grower while getting apples [...]
Food Stamp Soda Ban Means More Coke Zero
Posted in business, consumer culture, food, health on October 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mayor Bloomberg would like to prevent New Yorkers on food stamps from trading “stamps” for soda. Under his newly proposed plan, food stamps won’t be an acceptable form of payment for beverages (other than milk and some fruit juices) that contain more than 10 calories per 8 oz serving. By cutting down on soda consumption, [...]
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