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INVESTIGATION: Meatpacking Companies Reportedly Dismissed Years of Warnings but Now Say Nobody Could Have Prepared for COVID-19

Sun, 2020-08-23 18:55 — mike kraft
Meatpacking Companies Dismissed Years of Warnings but Now Say Nobody Could Have Prepared for COVID-19 In documents dating to 2006, government officials predicted that a pandemic would threaten critical businesses and warned them to prepare. Meatpacking companies largely ignored them, and now nearly… Michael Grabell,Bernice Yeung ProPublica
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What is the Food Security Impact of COVID-19 in African Countries?

Thu, 2020-08-20 18:43 — mike kraft
What is the Food Security Impact of COVID-19 in African Countries? COVID-19 pandemic is impacting rural communities. What is coronavirus food security problem? Can African families, smallholder farmers adapt? Wayan Vota ICTworks
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Chinese cities find virus in Brazilian chicken wings, Ecuadorian shrimp packaging

Thu, 2020-08-13 10:49 — mike kraft
Chinese cities find virus in Brazilian chicken wings, Ecuadorian shrimp packaging Two cities in China have found traces of the new coronavirus in imported frozen food and on food packaging, local authorities said on Thursday, raising fears that contaminated food shipments might cause new outbreaks. Roxanne Liu U.S.
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Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month

Tue, 2020-07-28 09:08 — mike kraft
Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month HOUNDE, Burkina Faso (AP) — The lean season is coming for Burkina Faso’s children. And this time, the long wait for the harvest is bringing a hunger more ferocious than most have ever... AP NEWS
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Study says poor diets are a national security threat

Sat, 2020-07-25 14:01 — mike kraft
Poor diets in the US are a national security threat Poor nutrition is the leading cause of US illnesses, creating a growing burden on the nation's economy, exacerbating health disparities and impacting national security, according to a white paper in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Gisela Crespo, CNN CNN
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Airmen Plant Hundreds of Trees to Feed the Hungry

Sun, 2017-03-19 21:26 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                     

12newsnow.com - by Charlie Cooper, KENS - March 19, 2017

SAN ANTONIO - Hundreds of airmen got their hands dirty on Saturday to help feed the hungry by planting fruit trees at Mission San Juan National Historical Park.

They planted nearly 300 citrus trees to go to the San Antonio Food Bank . . . 

 . . . The food bank said that about 120,000 pounds of food will be harvested at the park. It will be able to provide about 17,000 meals throughout the community.

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A Chemical Reaction Revolutionized Farming 100 Years Ago. Now It Needs to Go

Wed, 2016-05-18 13:10 — Maeryn Obley

Anhydrous ammonia plant, ca. 1954. ROBERT W. KELLEY/TIME & LIFE PICTURES/GETTY IMAGES

Image: Anhydrous ammonia plant, ca. 1954. ROBERT W. KELLEY/TIME & LIFE PICTURES/GETTY IMAGES

wired.com - Sarah Zhang - May 16th 2016

Of all the elements that make up Earth’s atmosphere, nitrogen is by far the most abundant. It is also one of the most inert. Nothing happens when you breathe it in, swallow it, or let it suffuse your skin.

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Vertical 'Pinkhouses:' The Future Of Urban Farming?

Fri, 2015-08-14 13:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

This "pinkhouse" at Caliber Biotherapeutics in Bryan, Texas, grows 2.2 million plants under the glow of blue and red LEDs.  Courtesy of Caliber Therapeutics

npr.org - by Michaeleen Doucleff - May 21, 2013

The future of vertical farming . . . lies not in city skyscrapers, but rather in large warehouses located in the suburbs, where real estate and electricity are cheaper.

And oh, yeah, instead of being traditional greenhouses lit by fluorescent lamps . . . these plant factories will probably be "pinkhouses," glowing magenta from the mix of blue and red LEDs.

Vertical farmers can lower the energy bill . . . by giving plants only the wavelengths of light they need the most: the blue and red.

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Efforts are Underway for a Community-Owned Grocery Store in Port Arthur, Texas

Thu, 2015-03-19 17:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux
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12newsnow.com - by Angel San Juan - March 20, 2015

PORT ARTHUR - The neighborhood surrounding Gilham Circle was once a thriving part of Port Arthur, but Hurricane Rita dealt it a severe blow.

But a decade later, Cuevas Peacock, a young community activist, and his group PRO-ACT, which stands for promoting action in our communities and towns are hoping to breathe new life into the area, starting with a grocery store.

Peacock says the hurricane caused a decline in population, and that decline led to a departure of businesses, specifically grocery stores.

Most of the people who stayed in the neighborhood are elderly, and the nearest full-service grocery store is not within walking distance.

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US faces worst droughts in 1,000 years, predict scientists

Sun, 2015-02-15 13:21 — Maeryn Obley

Cattle roam dirt-brown fields on the outskirts of Delano, in California’s Central Valley. Scientists predict future droughts will be far worse than the one in California. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Image: Cattle roam dirt-brown fields on the outskirts of Delano, in California’s Central Valley. Scientists predict future droughts will be far worse than the one in California. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images

theguardian.com - February 12 2015 - Suzanne Goldenberg

The US south-west and the Great Plains will face decade-long droughts far worse than any experienced over the last 1,000 years because of climate change, researchers said on Thursday.

The coming drought age – caused by higher temperatures under climate change – will make it nearly impossible to carry on with current life-as-normal conditions across a vast swathe of the country.

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