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Supermarkets

There's a nice article about supermarkets in the Atlantic, and how they are organized and suppl…

Corona lockdown, and the food supply chain in India, by Matt Lowe and Ben Roth

Matt Lowe and Ben Roth look at the effect of India's corona virus lockdown on the food arriving…

Eating cats and dogs banned in Shenzhen

The distinction between pets and pet food just became a little clearer in Shenzhen. The BBC has the…

Foie gras and NY farm workers

The NY Times ran this story: A Luxury Dish Is Banned, and a Rural County Reels The ban protects ani…

The market for chocolate

The NY Times has the story, just in time for Valentine's Day: Everything You Don’t Know About C…

100 years since Prohibition

An op-ed in the NY Times points out that Prohibition didn't start suddenly when the 18th Amendm…

The black market for haggis

If you celebrated Burns night last night, in honor of the Scottish poet who was born on January 25…

Is repugnance to foie gras contagious?

The Guardian has the story from the UK, focusing on a particular restaurant, and its proprietor, wh…

No more foie gras in New York City

The NY Times has the story: Foie Gras, Served in 1,000 Restaurants in New York City, Is Banned Anim…

New York City considers bill to ban foie gras

Bill aims to ban sale of foie gras in New York restaurants over 'cruel' process If bill pas…

Kidney donor athlete: Steve

Kidney donors have to be in excellent health, and the site Kidney Donor Athletes celebrates some e…

“If we can make the meat without the animal, why wouldn’t we do that?” A future for lab-grown meat

The New Republic looks towards a cruelty free (and maybe animal free) food supply of meat (from an …

Foie gras off the menu (again) in California

The SF Chronicle had the story (and I missed it until now...) California’s foie gras ban upheld, th…

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