Topic: food - on June 5, 2010 at 12:11:00 PM CEST
Monsanto’s 475-ton seed donation challenged by Haitian peasants
Advocates for Haitian peasants said a U.S.-based company’s donation of up to 475 tons of hybrid vegetable seeds to aid Haitian farmers will harm the island-nation’s agriculture.
The advocates contend the donation is being made in an effort to shift farmer dependence from local seed to more expensive hybrid varieties shipped from overseas.
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Topic: food - on May 27, 2010 at 1:38:00 PM CEST
Pilz gefährdet Weizenernte weltweit
In Afrika ist ein Pilz mutiert, der sich jetzt ausbreitet. Er bedrohe die globale Weizenernte, warnen Experten. Vor allem dicht besiedelte Gebiete Asiens seien gefährdet - und damit die Nahrungsgrundlage von Milliarden von Menschen.
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Topic: food - on November 27, 2009 at 12:29:00 PM CET
Happy thanksgiving - The chemistry of Thanksgiving
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Topic: food - on October 27, 2009 at 5:32:00 PM CET
Whisky on (Antarctic) ice
Conservators in Antarctica are toasting to a fascinating discovery: buried under the frozen Antarctic ground , they found two intact cases of Scotch whisky left behind a century ago by Sir Ernest Shackleton from a failed expedition in 1907. The cases of Charles Mackinlay & Co. whisky won't be retrieved until January, when the Antarctic Summer sun can melt the ice around them.
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Topic: food - on September 27, 2009 at 10:30:00 AM CEST
The whisky social network
Site designed and produced by Jean-Luc Thiébaut, web developer and all round whisky enthusiast.
This site is independently owned and aims provide an impartial reviewing service for all to share.
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Topic: food - on September 2, 2009 at 1:08:00 PM CEST
Freshness Label
Japanese design agency To-Genkyo proposes a dynamic freshness label for meat products. The hourglass-shaped label contains special ink that changes color based on the amount of ammonia emitted by the meat (the older the meat, the more ammonia it releases).
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Topic: food - on August 21, 2009 at 11:37:00 AM CEST
Philips Food Design Probes
Food Design Probes is a research project by Philips. They developed ideas how we will eat and source our food in the future, like in 15 to 20 years. There are 3 products we might have in our homes by then:
The Nutrition Monitor. It basically has 3 parts, a sensor which you have to swallow, a scanner which can measure the nutritional value of food and a display device. So you’ll exactly know what your body needs and what kind of effect your food will have on it.
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Topic: food - on August 13, 2009 at 11:39:00 AM CEST
Bottled Water Sucks
I knew bottled water was a social ill but I didn't know how damaging it was until I saw an explosive and compelling new documentary called Tapped.
With style, verve and righteous anger, the film exposes the bottled water industry's role in suckering the public, harming our health, accelerating climate change, contributing to overall pollution, and increasing America's dependence on fossil fuels. All while gouging consumers with exorbitant and indefensible prices.
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Topic: food - on July 10, 2009 at 2:31:00 PM CEST
Verbraucherschützer decken Lebensmittel-Tricksereien auf
Pflanzenfett statt Kuhmilch, gepresstes Eiweiß statt Fisch, Geschmacksverstärker statt Meerrettich: Immer mehr Lebensmittelhersteller sparen an den Zutaten - ohne dass der Verbraucher es merkt. Eine Liste der Verbraucherschutzzentrale Hamburg nennt die Plagiatoren.
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Topic: food - on July 4, 2009 at 1:06:00 PM CEST
LEBENSMITTEL-IMITATE - Gel-Schinken entsetzt Verbraucherschützer -
Seit Jahren haben Gastwirte und Händler Kunden mit künstlichem Schinkenimitat getäuscht - und stattdessen "Stärke-Gel mit Fleischstücken" als Kochschinken angeboten. Verbraucherschützer laufen Sturm und fordern die Veröffentlichung von Kontrollergebnissen der Behörden.
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Topic: food - on June 26, 2009 at 12:35:00 PM CEST
Rechtliche Situation von Stevia in der EU
Stevia Blätter enthalten einen natürlichen Süßstoff und erfreuen sich in vielen Ländern großer Beliebtheit als natürliche Alternative zu künstlichen Süßstoffen. In der EU ist Stevia zurzeit allerdings nicht als Lebensmittel oder Lebensmittelzusatzstoff zugelassen. Nicht zuletzt hängt dies mit der angeblich von Monsanto (Erzeuger des Süßstoffes Aspartam) in Auftrag gegebene Untersuchung zusammen, die Zweifel an der gesundheitlichen Unbedenklichkeit von Stevia ergab.
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Topic: food - on June 24, 2009 at 12:45:00 PM CEST
UN: World hunger at all-time high due to economic slowdown
The number of hungry people in the world is projected to reach an all-time high of 1.02 billion this year, according to a report published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The report blames this latest spike in world hunger chiefly on the global economic recession, which has increased unemployment and reduced incomes among the poor, leading to greater food insecurity.
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