An Indiana school district is teaming up with a local food rescue program to make sure that cafeteria leftovers aren’t wasted and instead, go home with kids who might not have enough to eat on weekends. In shocking news, bad diets are responsible for more deaths than smoking, global study finds. As part of a new study published in The Lancet, researchers analyzed the diets of people in 195 countries using survey data, as well as sales data and household expenditure data. Concerns over glyphosate pass from human health to the soil. France region north of Paris is part of a small but growing movement of farmers who are cutting back on pesticides not so much out of concerns for human health — but because they worry about what it does to the soil. The world’s capacity to produce food is being undermined by humanity’s failure to protect biodiversity, according to the first UN study of the plants, animals and micro-organisms that help to put meals on our plates. Europeans join forces to call for a higher level of protection from pesticides. The price of Hass avocados from Michoacan, the heartland of Mexican production, jumped 34 percent, the biggest gain in a decade. Prices, which probably spiked as importers boosted purchases ahead of potential border issues, could double or triple if Trump makes good on his threat. In climate news, Royal Dutch Shell Plc on Tuesday became the first major oil and gas company to announce plans to leave a leading U.S. refining lobby due to disagreement on climate policies, citing its support for the goals of the Paris climate agreement.
Bad Diets Are Responsible For More
Deaths Than Smoking, Global Study Finds
As part of a new study published in The Lancet, researchers analyzed the diets of people in 195 countries using survey data, as well as sales data and household expenditure data. Then they estimated the impact of poor diets on the risk of death from diseases including heart disease, certain cancers and diabetes.
Concerns over glyphosate pass from human health to the soil
Peaucellier, who grows cereals and vegetables on a 200-hectare farm in the Hauts-de-France region north of Paris, is part of small but growing movement of farmers who are cutting back on pesticides not so much out of concerns for human health — but because they worry about what it does to the soil.
World’s food supply under ‘severe threat’ from loss of biodiversity
The world’s capacity to produce food is being undermined by humanity’s failure to protect biodiversity, according to the first UN study of the plants, animals and micro-organisms that help to put meals on our plates.
Europeans join forces to call for a higher level of protection from pesticides
The current pesticide authorisation system is not fit for purpose, say 118 civil society organisations and 25 experts
Trump Threats Push Up Mexican Avocado Price Most in a Decade
The price of Hass avocados from Michoacan, the heartland of Mexican production, jumped 34 percent on Tuesday, the biggest gain in a decade. Prices, which probably spiked as importers boosted purchases ahead of potential border issues, could double or triple if Trump makes good on his threat, said Roland Fumasi, an analyst at Rabobank. The Mexican Hass price was unchanged on Wednesday.
School Cafeteria Turns Leftover Food Into Frozen Take-Home Meals For Kids
An Indiana school district is teaming up with a local food rescue program to make sure that cafeteria leftovers aren’t wasted and instead, go home with kids who might not have enough to eat on weekends.
Citing climate differences, Shell walks away from U.S. refining lobby
Royal Dutch Shell Plc on Tuesday became the first major oil and gas company to announce plans to leave a leading U.S. refining lobby due to disagreement on climate policies, citing its support for the goals of the Paris climate agreement.
