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Balloon inflation drives a massive crowd into the Parrish Food Pantry

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PARRISH, Fla. (WWSB) – As the price of basic goods grows alongside inflation in the United States, so do lines of cars piled up outside food pantries. The Parrish United Methodist Church, which distributes free meals twice a month, is handling heavy waves of locals trying to get a break. Saturday was one of many busy days with at least 170 drivers queuing for their share of goods, some of them arriving before dawn. Jim Racky, who runs the church’s food pantry with his wife, pointed out 17 cars were waiting when he got to the site. “If they’re goingRead News

Children are being encouraged to eat junk food on holiday with a UK government campaign

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Ailing families are being encouraged by the government to feed their children with discounted supermarket bar menus that include ultra-processed junk food during the summer holidays, experts said. The government’s ‘Aid for Families’ campaign last week urged cost-of-living families to take advantage of new or existing supermarket meal deals, including a ‘kids eat for £ 1’ offer in Asda. and “kids eat free” with a paying adult customer in Morrisons. David Buttress, the government’s “cost of living” czar and co-founder of food delivery company Just Eat, said the first phase of the campaign was about school holidays. “It’s a goodRead News

Kenya: Life on the front lines of severe food shortages

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By Chief Africa Correspondent Anne Soy Children, some with empty sacks in their hands, wait outside a feeding centre Drought, Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine have led to severe food shortages in the Horn of Africa, with millions of people starving. The BBC’s Anne Soy reports from northern Kenya, where food is scarce and many are struggling to feed themselves and their families. At a food distribution center in the village of Kachoda, a mother smiles as she picks up some grains and cooking oil, but is too weak to carry it. The package falls to the ground asRead News

Hartford’s first food truck park opens Friday

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HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) – Hartford’s first ever food truck park is set to open Friday. Rebeca Quach took a few minutes out of her crazy schedule to show Eyewitness News around her brand new business. Rebeca and her husband Quan will officially open the Westside Square Food Truck Park at 4 p.m. “We’re excited that this is finally where we just wanted to get started,” Rebeca said. “Has everyone seen what we’ve been working on for so long.” This dream is two years in the making. The Quachs transformed this once-vacant lot on Farmington Avenue in Hartford’s west end intoRead News

IFPA Proposes National Director of Food and Nutrition – Produce Blue Book

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International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) BB #:378962 shoots the moon, or shoots the moon (whichever idiom you prefer). He published a policy statement entitled Snapshot of Fruits and Vegetables: Recommendations of the International Fresh Produce Association. The statement contains eight main recommendations aimed at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, which is scheduled to take place in September. One proposal concerns the innovative idea of ​​writing medical prescriptions for products, which would allow health insurers to subsidize better food choices for their customers. Recommendation 7 is interesting: “Establish a Cabinet-level National Director of Food and Nutrition toRead News

The Bills Foundation is helping to run this healthy food program in Niagara Falls

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Today is Field & Fork Network announced the launch of Double Up Food Bucks NY at Niagara Falls City Market. The program improves access to local fresh produce, helps families with SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), formerly food brands, to expand their grocery budgets, and invests in New York farmers. “Niagara Falls is a community where our organization’s goal is to bring SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks to the Niagara Falls City Market. Several years in the works, this project was the top priority of Niagara Falls’ Local Food Action Plan. We are grateful to our dedicated group ofRead News

Which expired foods are safe to eat

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Florida’s listeria outbreak has so far led to at least one death, 22 hospitalizations and an ice cream recall since January. People get sick from listeria infection, or listeriosis, from eating food contaminated with soil, undercooked meat or raw, or unpasteurized, dairy products. Listeria can cause confusion, coma, miscarriage and birth defects. And it is the third leading cause of food poisoning in the U.S. Avoiding hidden food hazards is why people often check food packaging dates. And printed every month is usually one of those strange phrases: “best by,” “use by,” “best if used before,” “best if used by,”Read News

Ohio Craft Museum’s new exhibit examines food security and access

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The Ohio Craft Museum’s new exhibit is designed to make visitors think. “Food Justice: Growing a Healthier Community Through Art” features works by 15 artists that explore issues related to food security and food access, said museum executive director Kim Nagorski. “Many people wonder how in a nation that is so rich and provides food to so many people in other countries that we have so many of our own citizens facing food insecurity,” said Mike Hogan, extension educator and associate professor from Ohio State University. Hogan is one of the presenters who will lead programs in conjunction with the exhibition andRead News

Pictured: Greater Lansing Food Bank organizes an annual garden tour

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Posted July 22, 2022, 4:04 pm (EDT). The Greater Lansing Food Bank hosted its 16th garden tour earlier this week, presented by the Garden Project. The Garden Project supports approximately 56 community gardens in the Lansing area. The event showcased about 10 of these gardens. Project manager Julie Lehman said three types of routes were offered. You can take it on foot, by bike or by bus. “It’s a celebration just to say thank you to the gardeners and the volunteers who help make these spaces grow,” Lehman said. In the past year, the Greater Lansing Food Bank has donatedRead News

Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity Update: Focusing on Food to Improve Health Equity

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In several communities, it is enough to travel from one neighborhood to another to see the huge differences, all too often related to race, in health outcomes. For example, in some parts of the country, the life expectancy of people living in one neighborhood may be 20 to 30 years shorter than those of people living nearby, and we often see these gaps in areas divided by racial lines. In more than 15 years of working in the food and nutrition industry in many communities, I have witnessed such disparities with my own eyes, where too often the Black andRead News

Incidents remain stable for the international food safety network

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The number of food safety incidents involving an international network remained almost flat in the second quarter of 2022. The International Food Safety Authority Network (INFOSAN) was part of 46 alerts from April to June this year, compared to 47 in the first quarter of 2022. A total of 22 incidents involved a biohazard with Listeria monocytogenes causing eight and Salmonella causing seven. Norovirus was responsible for three and hepatitis A for one. In two cases, the danger has not yet been identified. Seventeen warnings were due to an undeclared allergen or ingredient such as milk, shellfish, peanuts, almonds, eggs,Read News

Community, Tradition and Food Bring Health in Kitchenistas Documentary – Food Tank

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The award-winning documentary, The Kitchenistas, follows the lives of women who are leading a movement in Southern California to reconnect their community with healthy and traditional food. The women receive the Kitchenista title when they graduate from Cooking for Salud, a bilingual culinary program at Olivewood Gardens in National City, California. Olivewood Gardens is a non-profit organization dedicated to gardening and nutrition education. They initially designed Cooking for Salud to help women bring healthy whole food cooking into their homes. The Kitchenistas actively engage with their community through events and by speaking at local government meetings to address the NationalRead News

Do you take pictures of your food?

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July 21, 2022E Catholic Review Listed below: Blog, Comments, Open Source My sister had just taken her four teenage children on a long -awaited trip to Italy. Every day or so, they text me a few pictures. I get excited every time I see his name pop up in my watches. I click on pictures of the ruins of Ancient Rome, the amazing artwork in the churches, and the blue skies of Rome. I saw pictures of her smiling with her children as they looked like nearby statues. I rooted for them to spend a gondola ride — and wasRead News

Fuel and Iron Food Hall announces tacos de canasta concept

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Kanastakos, the fifth and final concept announced for the Pueblo Fuel and Iron Food Hall, will serve tacos with ingredients sourced from Pueblo farms and recipes inspired by chef José Avila’s childhood in Mexico City. Avila, a James Beard Award-nominated chef with more than two decades of experience in the Denver dining scene, considers himself fortunate to have grown up in Mexico City. He saw people from all over Mexico and neighboring countries flock to the big city and bring their cuisine with them during the first 20 years of his life. For his Kanastakos concept, he takes inspiration fromRead News

How Americans Are Getting Food During the COVID-19 Pandemic: 2020-2022 • daily farmdoc

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The COVID-19 pandemic affected how much Americans purchase groceries. More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, there is value in understanding how the ways Americans access food has changed over time. In a recent article in PLoS ONE (2022), we analyzed food procurement activities at three different points in the pandemic: September 2020, December 2020, and March 2021. We show how these activities differed across the pandemic and discuss how these trends differed across consumer segments (eg, age, geographic region). Today, using results from the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey, we extend these findings by adding a fourthRead News

Minnesota food shelves struggle to meet surging demand amid rising inflation

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More Minnesotans are seeking help from food shelves this summer as the high cost of everything from gas to groceries forces more people to rely on food assistance — some of them for the first time. Nonprofits across the state are experiencing an influx of demand amid high inflation, with some organizations serving more people now than in the summers of 2020 or 2021, when the need for food assistance increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From December to June, food shelf visits in Minnesota increased 57%, according to preliminary data from Hunger Solutions Minnesota, an advocacy group. And visitationRead News

The ephemeral art of Mexico City’s food stalls

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In the heart of Mexico’s capital, the colorful signs that have come to define the urban landscape of the city are being erased. Photo by Jordi Ruiz Cirera MEXICO CITY – Mexico City’s street vendors have not, until recently, strived for subtlety. Their walls are covered with primary colors, loudly announcing their specialties. Tortas – Mexican sandwiches – not just tortas. They are “giant tortas,” “hot tortas,” “delicious tortas,” and “super tortas.” Juice can be super, delicious and “curative”. The signs are part of a long tradition of hand-painted advertisements adorning the facades of small businesses in Mexico. They oftenRead News

Food expiration dates are not based on science. Here’s What You Can Do

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A listeria outbreak in Florida has so far led to at least one death, 22 hospitalizations and an ice cream recall since January. People get sick with listeria infection, or listeriosis, if they eat food contaminated with soil, undercooked meat, or dairy products that are raw or unpasteurized. Listeria can cause convulsions, coma, miscarriage and birth defects. And it is the third leading cause of death from food poisoning in the US. Avoiding unseen food hazards is why people often check the dates on food packaging. And printed with the month and year is often one of a dizzying arrayRead News

Malis in Raynham offers contemporary South East Asian street food

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RAYNHAM – The flavors of Southeast Asia, under the influence of a pair of Cambodian restaurateurs and chefs, have come to Raynham. Malis, located on Route 44, is in the midst of a soft opening and serves what the owners’ partners and longtime friends, Sotheavong Meas and Nero Keo, describe as “modern Asian comfort food,” modeled in the spirit of street food found throughout . Southeast Asia, in general, and Cambodia, more specifically. “What we do is Southeast Asian street food,” Meas said. “And we’re also focusing on, you know, being more creative in what we do, you know, and tryingRead News

Russia’s Fertilizer Shipment Heads to US as Many Worry About Food Shortages

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Signal is seen outside the United States International Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., U.S., on August 31, 2020. REUTERS / Andrew Kelly HOUSTON / WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – A tanker carrying a liquid fertilizer product from Russia is due to arrive in the United States, sources and vessel tracking data have shown in recent days, at one point of general concern that the global fertilizer from the sky. prices can lead to a food shortage. The administration of President Joe Biden did not blacklist Russian agricultural products, including fertilizers, after the invasion of Ukraine. However, many Western banks andRead News

NEST Café is entitled ‘Member of Food Rescue’

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ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) – NEST Cafe was recently awarded the title of ‘Member of Food Rescue’ by the Food Rescue Partnership for its efforts to minimize food waste and the rate of food insecurity in the Quad Cities. “When we look for a restaurant or organization to join our ‘Member of Food Rescue’ program, we want them to be located in our Quad Cities, we want them to donate food regularly,” said Christina McDonough, chairman of the Food Rescue Partnership. “NEST Café is a perfect example. They actually accept food donations, incorporate them into their dishes during the weekRead News

Historian Fatmata Binta is giving the world a taste of nomadic food culture

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Every dish that Binta serves pays tribute to her Fulani heritage. There are approximately 20-45 million Fulani people, most of whom are scattered throughout West Africa. Binta says their plant-based cuisine, which often includes sun-dried vegetables and ancient grains like fonio and millet, is heavily influenced by their nomadic lifestyle. She described sharing meals as a child with Fulani elders, and said they would sit on mats and “combine food” discussing morals and values ​​- a sense of community she has seen change over the years. “It broke my heart to see it disappear slowly,” she said. “These days weRead News

In Mozambique, “sex was required in exchange for food,” says a Catholic entity

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YAOUNDE, Cameroon – The director of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI) in South Africa has highlighted the dehumanizing treatment that women and children have been suffering in the Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique as the country continues its war on terror. In exclusive comments to Crux, the head of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) peacekeeping arm said women and children have been sexually exploited in exchange for food they should normally have received for free. “It is frequent. Since 2020 we have been receiving complaints of women and children being demanded of sex in exchange for foodRead News

USAID pledges nearly $1.3 billion to support food security in the Horn of Africa – Food Tank

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Julia Agostino Julia is a research and writing intern at Chicago-based Food Tank. He has a B.A. degree in design from the University of Notre Dame where she also studied anthropology and business economics. With a strong interest in public health and evolutionary biology, she empowers consumers to make more informed food choices by working with WhatsGood, a company that takes a modern approach to localizing food systems. When not working, Julia spends her time learning about urban agroecology, visiting museums, playing the piano, and spending as much time outdoors as the Midwest climate allows.

SNHD now offers online renewal of food handler cards

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) — The Southern Nevada Health District announced that it will now offer an online safety training card renewal system for grocers. According to SNHD, the service is available to those who took their food safety test in person at a health district location after July 2018. The Health District says to check if someone qualifies for an online renewal, people should have their grocer card number and expiration date ready when beginning the online process. Customers who did not complete the training at a health district location or who completed the training prior to July 2018Read News

How canine heart disease was linked to grain-free dog food

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In 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration, acting on input from a group of veterinary researchers, began investigating whether there was a sudden increase in potentially fatal heart disease in dogs, due to the increased popularity of the foods grain free dogs, resulting in potentially fatal heart disease in dogs. Dog food is displayed at a pet store in Westfield, Ind., Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In 2018, the FDA began investigating whether the growing popularity was leading to a sudden increase in potentially fatal heart disease on grain free dog foods. in dogs. Four years later, the FDA hasRead News

How to Kindly Return Food at a Restaurant

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Mixing while eating out can be confusing. Here’s how to avoid it, and what to do if something goes wrong with your diet, according to a behavioral expert. Whether you’re going out for dinner to celebrate, to try a new food or because you don’t like to cook, eating out can be fun and relaxing. However, your diet can be ruined (sometimes true) if something goes wrong with your food order. If you’re not one for controversy, or you’re just feeling uncomfortable, here’s a guide on how to get your food back according to a professional. When to Send BackRead News

What is the Agriculture (Food and Agriculture) Bill and Why Is It Important?

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Going back nearly 100 years, the history of the Farm Act largely follows the history of food production in the United States as the legislation evolves to meet the needs of its constituents today – farmers. and consumers. The role of agriculture in providing food security, and therefore national security, in the United States is more important than ever. And now, work on the next farm bill has begun during a time of volatility on all fronts – political, economic and beyond. So why is this food and agriculture bill so impactful and influential? A history and brief history ofRead News

Cost of living: ‘Blood, sweat’ for a Seoul food delivery driver

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Seoul, South Korea – Every weekday morning, Park Jung-hoon’s first task of the day is to bring a box of bottled water from the fridge. With humidity and high temperatures approaching 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), the bottles quickly became coated in condensation as he carried them out of his basement and loaded them onto the back of his motorbike. He then takes them to coolers installed all over Seoul where fellow food delivery drivers can stop to grab a cold drink. South Korea is in the midst of a scorching, record-breaking summer that has prompted an increase inRead News

Global Food Supply Scale

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As Chairman of Revieve, I speak regularly at conferences around the world, frequently meeting fellow speakers and CEOs who declare that their company is about to change categories like health, beauty, wellness—and food. When I met Alan Hahn at an event recently, I was reminded that his Denver-based company, MycoTechnology, is influencing the evolution of food, by creating essential ingredients that are often overlooked to scale the next generation of food. Standing in their booth on the show, as I sampled the world’s first mushroom milk that Alan’s team had just produced (yum, no mushrooms, just cream), I invited himRead News