TPP and your plate, taking on “big soda” and changing “big food”
Good morning … another busy week off to a start! We’ve selected some articles you may have missed that are worth a read. In no particular order: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and …
The UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read each work day. Typically, we offer this on Fridays, but with so many important and wonderful …
The UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read as you finish your work day. Typically, we offer this on Fridays, but with so many …
Raley’s grocery chain will tackle food waste by selling less-than-perfect produce
Allison Aubrey (@AubreyNPRFood) writes for NPR’s The Salt. She’s been working on an absolutely terrific series that is tackling the serious topic of food waste. (We wrote about her first …
Without Blue Bell, it’s a summer without ice cream for many Texans
A multistate outbreak of Listeria that hospitalized 10 and which was linked to the deaths of three people in Kansas led Blue Bell Creamery to voluntarily recall all of its …
Interview with Doug Rauch: Creating health care, disguised as a grocery store
This week’s launch of a new grocery store concept, The Daily Table, has drawn a great deal of media attention. As it should. A retail model utilizing wasted food? The …
Can this scientist bring genetic engineers and organic farmers together?
Pamela Ronald is a noted UC Davis plant pathologist and geneticist. She and her research team have isolated genes from rice that are disease-resistant and can tolerate floods.When inserted into …
Blueberries – already a “superfood” – may help with PTSD
Blueberries are considered a “superfood” – low-calorie foods with excellent nutritional and health benefits. (Other superfoods include kale, broccoli, kiwi, pomegranates, beans, salmon and sardines). Blueberries are rich in antioxidant flavonoids, …
Traditional coffee production supports biodiversity
An article from National Geographic discusses coffee production in Ethiopia. A recent research study suggests that traditional cultivation practices – on plantations shaded by native tree species – support forest …
How chickens changed the world
One of the most interesting food books of 2014 was Andrew Lawler’s Why Did the Chicken Cross the World? The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization. In it, …