·      Study: Global Food: Waste Not, Want Not http://bit.ly/VR1dWu

o   Rich Countries Trash Up To Half Of All Food: Report http://huff.to/13lrQY6

o   The Independent: Letters: End the scandal of edible food going to waste http://ind.pn/ZT48Uk

o   Dumpster Diver TV: Austrians Cook Up Food Waste Reality Show http://n.pr/ULzlVb

o   Fine dining’s trash-to-table movement http://wapo.st/13eWsM0

·      Food produced globally is enough to feed almost double the existing population http://bit.ly/XtkMp6

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·      Fewer bees in US a threat to world’s almond supply http://yhoo.it/Z5MIjM

·      Tuna’s Last Stand http://bit.ly/WiWsI3

In early January, scientists released jaw-dropping data showing that bluefin tuna in the North Pacific to be “functionally extinct.”

·      US Food Industry Battles Against Regulation http://bit.ly/Y9xRnn

·      Quinoa: To Buy or Not to Buy… Is This the Right Question? http://bit.ly/Wu4H2Q

·      Swedes Consuming Low-Fat Dairy Products Gain More Weight http://bit.ly/12KQx...

·      Report: Organic Farming for Health and Prosperity http://goo.gl/Yy9ZR

·      How Climate Change Is an Historic Opportunity for Progressives http://goo.gl/pXPJQ

·      EU Shark Fin Ban: Parliament Pushes to Protect Animal http://goo.gl/mBD9S

·      Re imagine, Prototype & Build the Future of Meat: HACK//MEAT http://goo.gl/aN1Ht

·      Science for Hire: Why Industry’s Deep Pockets May Be Depleting the Last of Our Fisheries http://goo.gl/ZpW1q

To understand how this happens one must dig...

·      The rise of sail transport for a different world economy http://goo.gl/8xW1k

·      The Food Movement in Flux: When a Good Idea is No Longer Enough http://goo.gl/cTfvo

·      D.C. Officials Want Tap Water At Inauguration http://goo.gl/3y0b8

Officials in the District of Columbia are asking Congress to serve tap water instead of bottled water at the presidential inauguration…

·      ‘Big Soda’ Splashing Bucks To Defeat Sugar Tax, Richmond California http://goo.gl/8xCMj

·      Food Waste:...

·      The Story of Change: Why Citizens (Not Shoppers) Hold the Key to a Better World http://goo.gl/1zpxc

·      The disappearing middle: Mid-sized farms that once supported rural communities are fading away http://goo.gl/0akuJ

·      The Ecology of Disease http://nyti.ms/LRN8s6

Disease, it turns out, is largely an environmental issue.

Factory farming everyone…

·      Nature’s Pooper Scoopers: Dung Beetles http://goo.gl/3S2Vd

·      Raj Patel: Food Rebellions and Political Accountability http://bit.ly...

·      To Find Fields to Farm in New York City, Just Look Up http://nyti.ms/PRH4B9

·      Wake Up Call to Grocery Stores: Young People Shop Around http://n.pr/LPLB0V and here is the report Trouble in Isle 5 http://bit.ly/MlsHQz

Fewer people are shopping in grocery stores… It’s about time.

·      Hunger in California: Study Shows Nearly Four Million Residents Can’t Afford Food http://bit.ly/NaNFEJ

·      Raj Patel Film: Generation Food Project http://bit.ly/Pw4JG5

Steve James and Raj Patel will tell...

·      Urban Agriculture In Brazil’s Favelas Grows Thanks to Hans Dieter Temp and Cidades Sem Fome http://huff.to/KYvCfN

·      Tomato Genome Decoded: Researchers to Publish Fruit’s DNA Sequence in Full http://huff.to/JXvUlt

·      Stanford nutrition guru on how to change our food system (without giving up pizza) http://bit.ly/KJnnrK

·      Extensive List of Organic Pest Control Remedies (recipes are easily made) http://bit.ly/rqmyh5

·      What humans hath wrought: What happens when we mess with...

Did you know?  There are so many advantages to organic farming.  Take a few minutes to digest some of these headlines:

·      Are Olive Oil and Canola Oil Interchangeable? http://bit.ly/KHUUhs

To look at many cookbooks, you’d think olive oil and canola oil were identical twins separated at birth. But here are some differences…

Start with hexane and bleaching agents, try Rice Bran Oil… Good luck finding vegetable oils that are not chemically extracted, i.e. expeller pressed …

·      New Orleans...

A collection of relevant topics in the news around the world regarding the slow food movement.  Take a moment to read a few and stay informed about our food industry:

Way Beyond Greenwashing: Have Corporations Captured “Big Conservation”?

·      The Economics of Happiness Conference and The Rise of The Localization Movement http://bit.ly/HLfMHa

·      Ohio fracking is latest target for anti-Keystone activists http://bit.ly/HHnPjY

·      Guardian UK: Eat less meat to prevent climate disaster, study...

·      The Wonderful World of Dandelions http://bit.ly/GOtaLU

… dandelions aren’t weeds but dynamic accumulators, a type of species that is generally the first to colonize areas otherwise devoid of plants due to fire or other reasons, particularly in poor soil conditions.

·      Food Freedom: Feral Swine or Just Hairy Pigs? http://bit.ly/H0Z3ON

… CAFOs, factory farms are the real issue here. They want a total monopoly on the market for pork products and have found a way to get the government to...