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  1. Jan 2016
  2. Dec 2015
    1. As of Sept. 3, seven states put in orders to the USDA for about 2 million pounds of beef that may contain the controversial product for the meals they serve in the 2013-14 school year. At this time last year there were only three states — Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota — that had put in orders for beef that may contain lean finely textured beef.

      Around the time of September 3 last year few school put in order for "pink slime"; this year, around the same time, seven schools put in an order for two-million pounds of "pink slime".

    2. But new government data show schools in four more states have since put aside concerns and resumed buying the controversial product.

      The schools obviously don't care about the danger they are putting on the children.

    3. But new government data show schools in four more states have since put aside concerns and resumed buying the controversial product.

      These schools clearly don't understand the danger of serving ammonia-treated beef and don't care of the consequences that follow. The safety and well-being of children should not be over looked nor forgotten because the school officials want to save a little cash.

    4. But new government data show schools in four more states have since put aside concerns and resumed buying the controversial produc

      other states the have forgotten about the meat that contained the ammonia treated beef and are now buying the controversial product.

  3. Nov 2015
    1. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) said the bill “invests in the health and nutrition of American children . . . by expanding their access to farmer’s markets and organic produce.

      Senator Tom Harkin believes the bill helps with the health and nutrition of American children by expanding their access to farmers markets and organic produce.

    2. environmental sense for a Londoner to buy lamb shipped from New Zealand than to buy lamb raised in the U.K. This finding is counterintuitive —

      It is unhealthy to purchase a lamb shipped from New Zealand and raised in the UK because of the unnatural and conditions they are under.

    3. Predictably, the overwhelming bulk of its $290 billion would still go to powerful agribusiness interests in the form of subsidies for growing corn, soybeans, and cotton. But $2.3 billion was set aside this year for specialty crops, such as the eggplants, strawberries, or salad greens that are grown by exactly these small, mostly organic farmers. That’s a big bump-up from the $100 million that was earmarked for such things in the previous legislation

      Because of the dramatic shift in american tastes the government is now recognizing that some of the money that goes to the powerful agribusiness should be put into the small, mostly organic farms. This movement is gradually reshaping the business of growing and supplying food.

    4. Fruit and vegetables that travel shorter distances are therefore likely to be closer to a maximum of nutrition.

      Produce in the community is better than produce that is in the community because it is fresher and its a less chance than it can get contaminated .

    5. some areas might find it fairly easy to eat locally (in Washington State, for example, I’m less than fifty miles from industrial quantities of fresh produce, corn, wheat, beef, and milk), people in other parts of the country and the world would have to look farther afield

      Some areas can eat locally easily, but eating locally could hurt other communities.

    6. The rise of farmers’ markets — in city centers, college towns, and rural squares — is testament to a dramatic shift in American tastes. Consumers increasingly are seeking out the flavors of fresh, vine-ripened foods grown on local farms rather than those trucked to supermarkets from faraway lands. “This is not a fringe foodie culture,” says [Anthony] Flaccavento. “These are ordinary, middle-income folks who have become really engaged in food and really care about where their food comes from.

      middle class citizens are becoming more involved in the Locavore movement. they are starting to take notice of their food.

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