Category: Food News

Food news roundup: April 15

From around the web this week, a few bites of food news. Please feel free to comment with thoughts, reactions, or other news and events of interest. LA Times editorial ponders the ‘fat tax’ and other options for tackling medical costs Gulf seafood deemed safe but still under scrutiny Chicago school bans lunches brought from […]

Food news roundup: April 8

From around the web this week, a few bites of food news. Feel free to comment with thoughts, reactions, or anything else of interest. Boston food bank aims to narrow ‘meal gap’ Learning about beef from America’s first cookbook Recent donation to NYU’s Fales Library makes it one of the largest food-related collections in the […]

Food news roundup: April 1

From around the web this week, a few bites of food news. Feel free to comment with thoughts, reactions, or anything else of interest. Rikers Island inmates bake 36,000 loaves of bread per week The cult wine of 121 B.C. New bill aims to limit rights of beer and wine producers to ship directly to […]

Food news roundup: March 25

From around the web this week, a few bites of food news. Feel free to comment with thoughts, reactions and anything else of interest. Japan’s food contamination problem ‘serious,’ says WHO Can city farmers make a living? Activist Eli Zigas on the challenges of urban agriculture Minnesota acts against ‘food club’ milk seller Amanda Hesser […]

Food news roundup: March 11

From around the web this week, a few bites of food news. Feel free to comment with thoughts, reactions and anything else of interest. Massachusetts plagued by shortage of grocers, according to new report from MA Public Health Association Food safety implications in the federal budget debate NY Congresswoman introduces legislation to reduce antibiotic use […]