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Sugar seems simple—but it’s anything but.

Behind the price you pay is a tightly controlled system of policy, power, and profit.

From Red River Valley beet harvests running 24/7 to global trade tensions, Sweet Deals uncovers the hidden machinery of America’s sugar industry.

This is independent journalism that digs deeper.

Read now:
👉 https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever

#IndependentJournalism #Agriculture #Economics #FoodPolitics

Mathrubhumi English Apr 10

Mamata Banerjee, Amit Shah clash over fish politics, UCC, infiltration ahead of West Bengal elections. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/fish-egg-ban-fears-what-did-amit-shah-promise-west-bengal-as-mamata-raises-food-freedom-concerns-h5x95556?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AmitShah #MamataBanerjee #WestBengalElections #FoodPolitics

Dining and Cooking Apr 2

The Chattanooga Area Food Bank’s “Fresh Food, Families and Financ…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #agriculture #children #cuisine #familyprogram #farmers #farmersmarket #financialliteracy #Food(Industry) #foodbank #foodpolitics #foodwatchlistarticles #Foods #freshfood #localfarmers #sequatchiecounty #Tennessee
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2582104/register-now-for-sequatchie-fresh-food-and-finance-program-local-news/

Azarilhⓥ Mar 29

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo9iKHhcZuQ

#food #foodresearch #foodpolitics #politics #controversial #conspiracy #plantbased #veganism #vegan #meat

The food industry is destroying us

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Dr Susi Arnott Mar 29

Bigger picture from The Salmon and the Tomato #TSATT #foodpolitics
https://thesalmonandthetomato.org/

The Salmon and the Tomato – Explore Where Your Food Comes From

The Salmon and the Tomato - a story about where our food comes from and who pays the costs of its production

The Salmon and the Tomato

Mathrubhumi English Jan 22

TMC has hit out at the Centre over the reported removal of fish and meat from the Vande Bharat train menu. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/vande-bharat-fish-meat-row-tmc-slams-pm-over-bengali-identity-f1e1rs38?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #VandeBharat #FoodPolitics #BengaliIdentity #TMCvsBJP #IndianPolitics

Hacker News Jan 7

Sugar industry influenced researchers and blamed fat for CVD

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2016/09/404081/sugar-papers-reveal-industry-role-shifting-national-heart-disease-focus

#HackerNews #SugarIndustry #CVD #FatBlame #ResearchInfluence #HealthDebate #FoodPolitics

Sugar Papers Reveal Industry Role in Shifting National Heart Disease Focus to Saturated Fat

A newly discovered cache of industry documents revealed that the sugar industry began working closely with nutrition scientists in the mid-1960s to single out fat and cholesterol as the dietary causes of coronary heart disease and to downplay evidence that sucrose consumption was also a risk factor.

Sugar Papers Reveal Industry Role in Shifting National Heart Disease Focus to Saturated Fat | UC San Francisco

Canadian Association For Food Studies Nov 14

Doing a little course planning or looking for reading list additions? Revisit the Canadian Food Studies book reviews for some inspiration!

Start with Taarini Chopra’s review of Growing Resistance: Canadian Farmers and the Politics of Genetically Modified Wheat by Emily Eaton.
https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v1i1.38

Then pair it with Annabel Soutar’s theatre play, Seeds, which brings genetically modified crops into the realm of documentary theatre.
https://porteparole.org/en/plays/seeds/

#FoodStudies
#FoodBooks
#Theater
#DocumentaryTheatre
#GMOs
#GeneticallyModifiedFoods
#Wheat
#Farming
#Farmers
#Agriculture
#FoodPolitics
#SeedSaving