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un.org - In Somalia, AI is helping deliver food to hungry families
In Somalia, AI is helping deliver food to hungry families
United Nations

Although the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) cannot reach all 6 million Somalis facing hunger, data collected by its partners and analysed through AI tools in its hunger-tracking platform HungerMap Live help the agency position resources in…

mirror.co.uk - Ben Hurst - Supermarkets like Tesco, Asda, Aldi told to change food rules
Supermarkets like Tesco, Asda, Aldi told to change food rules
Daily Mirror

A campaign calling for a new law which would ban supermarkets from throwing away ‘edible' food has seen suppose soaring. According to London Business School, supermarkets in the UK wasted around 200,000 tonnes of food, equivalent to over 350…

bbc.co.uk - Ethan Gudge - Advice to vendors after Truck Festival food poisoning reports
Advice to vendors after Truck Festival food poisoning reports
BBC

An industry body has issued advice to food vendors and festival-goers after dozens of people reported eating from a stall at an Oxfordshire music festival and falling ill. Posts shared on social media documented dozens of cases connected to the…

abc.net.au - Adele Ferguson - The vulnerable workers bearing the cost of providing Australia with cheap food
The vulnerable workers bearing the cost of providing Australia with cheap food
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Warning: This story contains discussion of suicide Some days Gershom Isaac says he feels suicidal. He spends up to 12 hours a day climbing ladders to pick fruit or bent over pulling onions and pumpkins, sometimes earning less than $7 an hour. At…

bloomberg.com - Matt Day - Under Amazon, Whole Foods Is Shedding 'Whole Paycheck' Reputation
Under Amazon, Whole Foods Is Shedding 'Whole Paycheck' Reputation
Bloomberg

In a commercial test kitchen in downtown Austin, Whole Foods Market is waging a war against “Whole Paycheck,” a moniker the grocery chain has been trying to shake since the 1990s when it first gained a reputation as a pricey emporium…

theweek.com - The Week US - Cutting the food safety net
Cutting the food safety net
The Week

The nonpartisan Urban Institute reports that nearly 1 in 4 adults last year experienced household food insecurity, defined as not having enough to eat or knowing where the next meal may come from. That's up from 1 in 5 in 2020. (The Trump…

foodnavigator.com - Benefit stacking, not hero ingredients, is the future of food
Benefit stacking, not hero ingredients, is the future of food
FoodNavigator.com

Learn why food companies are shifting from hero ingredients to benefit stacking as GLP-1, nutrient density and value reshape product innovation in this episode of FoodNavigator-USA's Soup-To-Nuts podcast…

rediff.com - Suman Ray - Food poisoning cost me gold': Selva Prabhu
Food poisoning cost me gold': Selva Prabhu
Rediff.com

Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Selva Prabhu reveals how food poisoning impacted his performance in Glasgow, costing him a potential gold medal, as he now sets his sights on the upcoming Asian Games. Selva Prabhu, a Commonwealth Games bronze…

buzzfeed.com - Sydney Mills - Be Real, Would You Actually Eat These Vintage Foods For Just $100?
Be Real, Would You Actually Eat These Vintage Foods For Just $100?
BuzzFeed

Everyone has a price, but is $100 enough to make you try water pie, jellied eels, or a tuna-filled Jell-O mold?

bloomberg.com - Mathieu Dion - Howard Schultz-Backed Pet Food Maker Open Farm Eyes Toronto IPO
Howard Schultz-Backed Pet Food Maker Open Farm Eyes Toronto IPO
Bloomberg

It's one thing for life partners to start a business together. It's another to turn it into a $1 billion company. That's what Isaac Langleben and Jacqueline Prehogan might accomplish by going public with Open Farm Inc. The couple's business got its…

foodnavigator.com - Cyberattacks surge as food and beverage becomes prime target
Cyberattacks surge as food and beverage becomes prime target
FoodNavigator.com

From Coca-Cola to Co-op, cyber attacks are hitting the food and beverage industry harder than ever. Here's how companies can tackle the growing threat.

fastcompany.com - Sarah Bregel - Baked products sold at Kroger, Food Lion, Publix, and elsewhere are being recalled over fears of aluminum slivers
Baked products sold at Kroger, Food Lion, Publix, and elsewhere are being recalled over fears of aluminum slivers
Fast Company

Ukrop Homestyle Foods, a Virginia-based food manufacturer that makes prepared comfort food and bakery items, just issued a voluntary recall of six of its products. According to the company, which made the announcement on July 30, the recall was…

ndtv.com - Press Trust India - No '100%' Tag On Honey, Coconut Oil: Food Regulator's Directive To Dabur
No '100%' Tag On Honey, Coconut Oil: Food Regulator's Directive To Dabur
NDTV

The FSSAI said that it had issued notice to Dabur earlier,. Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed FSSAI banned Dabur India from selling products with misleading 100 percent claims Products affected include honey, cow ghee, oils, apple cider…

express.co.uk - Ciaran McGrath - Russian food crisis looms with 'every fifth farmer facing bankruptcy'
Russian food crisis looms with 'every fifth farmer facing bankruptcy'
Daily Express

A combine harvester in Rostov in Russia Huge numbers of Russian farmers face bankruptcy, with many choosing to dump grain in fields rather than harvest it, online reports suggest. Former Ukrainian official Anton Gerashchenko posted on Monday:…

kpbs.org - 'Kids are actually eating the food': State expands lunch program that pairs schools with farms
'Kids are actually eating the food': State expands lunch program that pairs schools with farms
KPBS Public Media

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In school lunchrooms around Lake Tahoe, students line up for a red, hairy fruit called a rambutan. On pozole day, they shout, “We want more!” And when…

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