"New Dietary Guidelines Will Not Include Sustainability Goal" [1]
"When it comes to eating well, should we consider both the health of our bodies and of the planet?"
"When it comes to eating well, should we consider both the health of our bodies and of the planet?"
"Each year, Americans throw away about a third of the country's food supply. But today, the US Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency announced the country's first-ever food waste reduction goal, calling for a fifty percent reduction by 2030."
"France is to use a new European opt-out scheme to ensure a ban on the cultivation of genetically modified crops in the country remains in place, it said on Thursday."
"Only Chipotle and Panera get an 'A'"
"WASHINGTON - Food manufacturers must be more vigilant about keeping their operations clean under new government safety rules released Thursday in the wake of deadly foodborne illness outbreaks linked to ice cream, caramel apples, cantaloupes and peanuts."
Investigative reporting in the environmental area depends on the Freedom of Information Act. The latest exposé on GMO lobbying in the New York Times by double-Pulitzer-winner Eric Lipton is a good example.
"Perdue Farms Inc. agreed to acquire Natural Food Holdings and its Niman Ranch brand, a pork supplier for Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., as part of its goal to expand into organic and antibiotic-free meat."
"In the annals of ill-conceived public relations campaigns, the egg industry's war on Just Mayo deserves at least a mention."
"This morning, a new, controversial ad campaign hit the press. New Yorkers, en route to work, were likely the first to see it, because its inaugural imprint was in the New York Post, in the form of a full-page advertisement. And it isn't at all kind to Chipotle."
"Hampton Creek, the food technology company, has apparently been the subject of much discussion at the American Egg Board—an egg research and promotion program overseen by the US Department of Agriculture. Newly released documents show high-level members of the American Egg Board, a USDA employee, and an outside PR firm discussing strategies for dealing with Just Mayo, Hampton Creek’s plant-based mayonnaise substitute, the Associated Press first reported."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-dietary-guidelines-will-not-include-sustainability-goal
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food
[3] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[5] http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/10/06/446369955/new-dietary-guidelines-will-not-include-sustainability-goal
[6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/first-time-united-states-will-actually-try-waste-less-food
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[8] http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/09/first-time-us-announces-food-waste-goals
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/france-bolsters-ban-genetically-modified-crops
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/europe
[12] http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/17/us-france-gmo-idUSKCN0RH1BV20150917
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/25-fast-food-chains-ranked-antibiotics-usage
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[15] http://time.com/4033496/fast-food-antibiotics/
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-federal-food-safety-rules-issued-after-deadly-outbreaks
[17] http://www.thesunchronicle.com/vip/features/stories/new-federal-food-safety-rules-issued-after-deadly-outbreaks/article_c2a12a1f-1b84-5849-954e-7c2c4b5eace1.html
[18] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/foiad-e-mails-open-window-gmo-lobbying-academics
[19] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/watchdog-tipsheet
[20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology
[22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/perdue-farms-buy-chipotle-pork-supplier-niman-ranch
[23] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-08/perdue-farms-to-buy-natural-food-holdings-from-lnk-partners
[24] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-big-egg-tried-bring-down-little-mayo-and-failed
[25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[27] http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/09/03/437213511/how-big-egg-tried-to-bring-down-little-mayo-and-failed
[28] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chipotle-evil-ad-campaign-says-absolutely
[29] http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/09/03/is-chipotle-evil-this-ad-campaign-says-absolutely/
[30] https://www.sej.org/headlines/there-literally-us-government-conspiracy-against-vegan-mayo
[31] http://qz.com/493958/there-is-literally-a-us-government-conspiracy-against-vegan-mayo/
[32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=64
[33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=61
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=62
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=63
[36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=66
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=67
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=68
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=69
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=123