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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…

scmp.com - Isabelle Hon - The microbial science reshaping Hong Kong's luxury food scene
The microbial science reshaping Hong Kong's luxury food scene
South China Morning Post

Fermentation is nearly as old as human civilisation. Archaeological evidence has revealed traces of fermented grains on 13,000-year-old stone mortars in northern Israel, while closer to home there is evidence that the Shangshan culture made beer…

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…

timesleader.com - Bill O'Boyle - Plymouth Alive Kielbasa Festival marking 22nd year of good food and fun
Plymouth Alive Kielbasa Festival marking 22nd year of good food and fun
Times Leader

PLYMOUTH — Alexis Eroh, president of Plymouth Alive, said the Plymouth Alive “Kielbasa Posse” has been hard at work all year to make the 22nd Kielbasa Festival a success. “Each month, the 25-plus members of the Plymouth…

timesleader.com - Margaret Roarty - Grocery store focusing on Eastern European foods coming to Wilkes-Barre Township
Grocery store focusing on Eastern European foods coming to Wilkes-Barre Township
Times Leader

Igor Pozumentshchikov, director of food safety and compliance at NetCost Market, answers residents' questions at Monday's Wilkes-Barre Township Council meeting. Councilmember John Jablowski speaks at Monday's Wilkes-Barre Township Council meeting.

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…

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…

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…

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?

republicworld.com - Thomson Reuters - India's Food Regulator Bars Dabur from Selling Products with Misleading '100%' Claims
India's Food Regulator Bars Dabur from Selling Products with Misleading '100%' Claims
Republic World

India's Food Regulator Bars Dabur from Selling Products with Misleading '100%' Claims | Image: Reuters India's food safety regulator on Monday issued an order to ​Dabur India (DABU.NS), prohibiting the sale ‌of food products with…

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.

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