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Friday Wrap: 8/14/15

The UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read as you end your work week. On the menu, in no particular order: 1. ‘Godzilla’ El …

Daily Wrap: 8/5/15

The UC Food Observer chooses some important stories for you to read each work day. On today’s menu, in no particular order: 1. ‘Just Label It’: GMO labeling proponents will …

Daily Wrap: 8/4/15

The UC Food Observer chooses some important stories for you to read each work day. On today’s menu, in no particular order: 1. ‘Good food’ vs. ‘big food’: Food and …

The $5 billion battle for the American dinner plate

Meal-kit startups are springing up everywhere (part of a larger movement of “kits” in general, including those catering to outdoor buffs, crafters, etc.).  Elizabeth Segran (@LizSegran) writes an incredibly smart …

Friday Wrap: 3/20/15

UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read as you finish your work week. On the menu, in no particular order: Consumer Reports comes out …

USDA urges “co-existence” as biotech factions clash

The debate between supporters of biotechnology and non-GMO adherents has grown increasingly strident. Biotech seed makers like Monsanto (along with some farmer groups) argue that GMOs are essential to global …

Senate GOP budget expected to target SNAP

The Senate Republican budget set to be released next week is expected to identify savings by shifting funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as “food stamps”) …

Vilsack: Dietary guidelines about health, not environment

Last month a panel of nutrition experts generated controversy in some quarters when it explicitly linked environmental health with human health by recommending that the nation’s dietary guidelines consider environmental …

Americans love smoothies; sales of frozen fruit up

Americans love smoothies. Sales of frozen fruit have more than doubled since 2011, and broke $1B in 2014. (Simultaneously, sales of blenders also topped $1B). Frozen fruit companies, including Dole, …