Whole Foods Turns 30; Calorie Counts to Hit Planes, Trains, and Movie Theaters
Whole Foods turns 30 on September 20 and is rolling out several new initiatives: a welfare rating system that tells customers how meat animals were raised, a transparency program for seafood, and Wellness Clubs.
[USA Today]
Many portions at fast-food chain restaurants are at least two times bigger than the government's definition of what a serving should be.
[USA Today]
Remains of a burial feast at a site in the Galilee dating back 12,000 years suggest that people have been bringing food to funerals for millennia.
[Reuters]
The latest tainted-beef recall was initiated much more quickly than usual, as the cutting-edge infrared spectroscopy test used to find E. coli bacteria only took an hour.
[FOXNews]
The FDA says that calorie counts will not only be posted in chain restaurants, but also in airlines, trains, grocery-store food courts, movie theaters, and convenience stores.
[Wall Street Journal]
Black rice may be the latest superfood craze, as it has more anthocyanin antioxidants, more vitamin E antioxidants, less sugar, and more fiber than blueberries, according to a study.
[Associated Content]
The Park Slope Chip Shop in Brooklyn, run by a British couple, promises to deep-fry anything for you -- from cheeseburgers to cheesecake.
[Daily Mail]
The USDA says that farmers' markets have grown some 16 percent since 2009, with more than 850 having opened this year.
[CBS News]
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