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Friday, July 12, 2013

That Lefty Food Blog weekly food news roundup: Human rights & Cambodian sugar, Hitchcock's "The Birds" prescient & the dangers of Artificial Sweeteners

This week's Friday food news roundup, sharing news, links and stories of interest to or from those of a lefty viewpoint.  

The sad reality of neo-liberalism on display in the USA...welfare for producers...no help for poor citizens:  http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/07/11/house-passes-agricultural-bill-without-food-stamps

The horrible human rights abuses that are behind Cambodian sugar: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/12/cambodia-sugar-eu-policy

Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds proven to be prescient!:  http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/5000136/Angry-birds-seagulls-swoop-to-nick-holidaymakers-food.html

Twinkies...deconstructed. You will wish they hadn't been! : http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/07/09/200465360/the-science-of-twinkies-how-do-they-last-so-long

Artificial Sweeteners...they not only taste weird...they are bad for you as well: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710122000.htm

Just because the label says something...does not mean it is true!:  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/07/130712-food-fraud-science-economic-adulteration-seafood-honey-juice/

"The West End Food Bank in Moncton is losing up to half of its produce because the air conditioning is broken and there is no money for repairs." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/07/12/nb-moncton-food-bank-produce-rotten.html

A truly bizarre story adds to concerns over food safety in China: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/12/china-old-chicken-feet_n_3588381.html?utm_hp_ref=@food123

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