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The warming climate causes new problems for crop storage

Tue, 2021-03-30 17:41 — mike kraft
New problems arise for crop storage as planet gets warmer Climate change is posing new challenges for crop storage, a part of agriculture that’s often overlooked John Flesher | AP Washington Post
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Gaps emerge in efforts to help provide food for school children during the coronavirus pandemic

Sun, 2021-03-28 13:30 — mike kraft
Oatmeal yes, eggs no: Gaps emerge in U.S. anti-hunger push for children When the coronavirus pandemic forced the closure of U.S. schools a year ago, Congress took action to ensure that low-income families whose children received free meals at school would have money to buy food on their own. Andy Sullivan U.S.
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Global Hunger: Over 30 million people 'one step away from starvation', UN warns

Thu, 2021-03-25 20:31 — mike kraft
Over 30 million people 'one step away from starvation', UN warns The pandemic, climate crisis and conflict combining to drive ‘alarming’ levels of global hunger, says report Karen McVeigh the Guardian
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Southern states top list of worst states for kids during the pandemic -- Save the Children report

Wed, 2021-03-03 12:51 — mike kraft
Southern states top list of worst states for kids during the pandemic, Save the Children finds Save the Children looks at the growing number of kids facing hunger and other hardships one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Audrey McNamara CBSNews

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Food inovation: Lab-grown cultured chicken meat

Tue, 2021-03-02 20:02 — mike kraft
This multibillion-dollar company is selling lab-grown chicken in a world-first Californian food start-up Eat Just has become the first company to receive approval for the sale of its lab-grown cultured chicken meat. And it all started with a single cell. Karen Gilchrist CNBC

You’d know a chicken nugget if you saw one, right? How about one grown from a single cell, with no animals harmed in the process?

Josh Tetrick is betting not.

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Food banks fear possible end of USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program

Fri, 2021-01-01 11:02 — mike kraft
Food banks fear possible end of USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program The program, which sent more than a 100 million boxes of fresh food to families straight from food distributors, was part of a Covid-19 relief program that might not continue in 2021. NBC News
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As Covid surges in Mississippi Delta, food banks and hospitals are stretched thin

Thu, 2020-12-31 12:49 — mike kraft
A Mississippi community was already struggling. Now, it’s facing its worst Covid outbreak. Three in 1,000 residents in Bolivar County have died from the coronavirus, devastating one of the most vulnerable rural regions in the country. NBC News

JACKSON, Miss. — Four days before Christmas, Chiquikta Fountain watched as a growing line of cars stretched down a mile of road in the Mississippi Delta.

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Britain finds 2 cases of coronavirus variant linked to South Africa; travel resumes across English Channel

Thu, 2020-12-24 10:25 — mike kraft
Britain finds 2 cases of coronavirus variant linked to South Africa; travel resumes across English Channel The British health secretary said both cases were confirmed in people who were in contact with recent arrivals from South Africa. Paul Schemm, Siobhán O'Grady Washington Post
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A growing number of Americans are going hungry

Wed, 2020-11-25 17:02 — mike kraft
A growing number of Americans are going hungry More Americans are going hungry now than at any point during the deadly covid-19 pandemic, according to new federal data. Todd Frankel, Brittney Martin, Andrew Van Dam, Alyssa Fowers Washington Post
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China stepping up virus testing on imported food packaging

Wed, 2020-11-25 10:27 — mike kraft
China stepping up virus testing on imported food packaging China is stepping up virus inspections on imported food packaging as cooler weather brings new waves of coronavirus infections in several overseas countries, Chinese officials said... AP NEWS

China is stepping up virus inspections on imported food packaging as cooler weather brings new waves of coronavirus infections in several overseas countries, Chinese officials said Wednesday.

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