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• One year after Native-owned Tanka Bar had lost nearly everything, the buffalo are on their way back January 24, 2020
  Last year, The New Food Economy explored what had happened to Tanka Bar, the originator of the buffalo and berry snack bar based on an ancient indigenous recipe. The Native-owned company was small, but successful,... Read more » The post One year after Native-owned Tanka Bar had lost nearly everything, the buffalo are on their […]
  Marilyn Noble
• After massive funding round, Memphis Meats plans to open a production plant for cell-cultured meat January 22, 2020
  On Wednesday, cell-cultured meat company Memphis Meats announced it had raised $161 million in a Series B funding round, and that it would spend some of that money building the country’s second cell-cultured meat production... Read more » The post After massive funding round, Memphis Meats plans to open a production plant for cell-cultured meat […]
  H. Claire Brown
• Thinly sliced: Fish sticks create nearly twice as many greenhouse gases as fishing alone January 22, 2020
  This is the web version of a list we publish twice-weekly in our newsletter. It comprises the most noteworthy food stories of the moment, selected by our editors. Get it first here. Le Creu-safe, for... Read more » The post Thinly sliced: Fish sticks create nearly twice as many greenhouse gases as fishing alone appeared […]
  New Food Economy
• Trump’s USDA weakens school nutrition—again January 21, 2020
  Earlier today, the Trump administration announced a series of proposals that would further gut the nutritional standards governing school breakfasts and lunches—dealing yet another significant blow to the health of America’s school children. But to read the U.S. Department... Read more » The post Trump’s USDA weakens school nutrition—again appeared first on New Food Economy.
  Bettina Elias Siegel
• Trump administration weakens Michelle Obama’s signature school lunch reforms on her birthday January 20, 2020
  On Friday, the Trump administration announced new school lunch rules that significantly weaken the nutritional reforms championed by former First Lady Michelle Obama. The changes were made public on her birthday, a scheduling decision Trump... Read more » The post Trump administration weakens Michelle Obama’s signature school lunch reforms on her birthday appeared first on […]
  H. Claire Brown
• More foreign ownership of U.S. beef processors raises food safety concerns January 20, 2020
  National Beef Packing Company, the fourth largest beef processor in the United States, is now approximately 80% owned by a company from another nation. That has some cattle ranchers worried. In November, the Brazilian-owned meatpacker... Read more » The post More foreign ownership of U.S. beef processors raises food safety concerns appeared first on New […]
  Christopher Walljasper
• Naomi Earp, contentious head of civil rights at USDA, will step down after a year in office January 17, 2020
  On Wednesday, the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) top civil rights official Naomi Earp issued a letter to her staff announcing her resignation on January 31, 2020. The move marks the end of a brief and... Read more » The post Naomi Earp, contentious head of civil rights at USDA, will step down after a year […]
  Jessica Fu
• A hundred years ago, doctors loved to prescribe alcohol as medicine January 17, 2020
  A hundred years ago this week, Prohibition went into effect across the United States. As the clock struck midnight on January 17, 1920, a newly-minted law enforcement agency called the Bureau of Prohibition was poised... Read more » The post A hundred years ago, doctors loved to prescribe alcohol as medicine appeared first on New […]
  H. Claire Brown
• California, 13 other states sue to stop Trump’s food stamp cuts January 17, 2020
  Fourteen states, including California, filed suit Thursday against the Trump administration to block a rule that would eliminate food stamps for an estimated 688,000 Americans. “No one should have to choose between a hot meal and paying... Read more » The post California, 13 other states sue to stop Trump’s food stamp cuts appeared first on New […]
  Jackie Botts
• Thinly sliced: Federal judge rules California foie gras ban will stand January 16, 2020
  This is the web version of a list we publish twice-weekly in our newsletter. It comprises the most noteworthy food stories of the moment, selected by our editors. Get it first here. Hot water. Imagine you’re... Read more » The post Thinly sliced: Federal judge rules California foie gras ban will stand appeared first on New […]
  New Food Economy