Tag: food
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OOPS! CNN Corrects Headline Saying 2% of Elon Musk’s Wealth ‘Could Solve World Hunger’
CNN tried to sell a false headline alleging that a fraction of the world’s richest man’s wealth could solve world hunger. CNN’s story was headlined, “2% of [Tesla co-founder and CEO] Elon Musk’s wealth could solve world hunger, says director of UN food scarcity organization.” The lede paragraph asserted that “A small group of ultra-wealthy…
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Regenerative agriculture is the next great ally in fight against climate change
Nancy Pfund Contributor Share on Twitter Nancy Pfund is founder and managing partner of DBL Partners, a venture capital company whose aim is to combine top-tier financial returns with meaningful societal, environmental and financial returns in both regions and sectors in which it invests. It appears that each and every week a new agribusiness, consumer…
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Uber will acquire food delivery startup Postmates in $2.6 billion all-stock deal, reports say
Uber is utilized to get food delivery startup Postmates at a $2.6 billion all-stock deal, both The New York Times and Bloomberg reported Sunday. Postmates was co-founded by Bastian Lehmann, Sam Street, and Sean Plaice at 2011 and has grown to include a fleet of over 500,000 members and 600,000 retailers across 50 states. Last…
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Nearly 50 UK lawmakers demanded Amazon-backed unicorn Deliveroo provide PPE and sick pay for its food delivery riders
LUDOVIC MARIN / Getty UK lawmakers have demanded that Amazon-backed Deliveroo improve how it treats its delivery riders during the pandemic. Around 50 MPs signed a letter requesting adequate PPE for all riders; full pay for riders who contract COVID-19 or have to self isolate because of COVID-19; a halt on terminations until the end…
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Truck Heists, Dog Poisonings, and Murder: Inside the Brutal World of the Truffle Trade
Why does it cost a lot to have a chef shave the bulbous uterus we call a truffle over several pasta? Most truffle species, including their mushroom brethren, develop underground, providing them time and protection to make “small, potato-like constructions,” scientists say, together with “fruit-bodies” packed with aroma and flavor. These growing conditions result in…
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Impossible Burger Attacks Moms for Publishing Pesticide Results
Impossible Foods is charging its Impossible Burger to get a much healthier, more sustainable option than beef, but when analyzed by consumer advocacy group Moms Across America (MAA), regarding amounts of the herbicide glyphosate were found at the food.1 It’s not at all surprising, considering the Impossible patty is made largely of genetically engineered (GE)…
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AI-powered container farm tech to grow cannabis in Israel
Last week Seedo Corp., “Seedo” (OTCQB: SEDO), a high-tech company providing one of the world’s first fully automatic and controlled indoor climbing machines for its pesticide-free cannabis and agricultural markets, announced today it’ll be partnering with Kibbutz Dan in Northern Israel to establish the first fully automatic, commercial-scale, pesticide-free containerized cannabis farm in Israel. Together…