Food

Swedish supermarket chain Coop has announced it will be creating new “sustainability” labels for all of its food products, including their climate impact.

Europeans must move to a “more plant-based diet”, according to new EU food policy, which also revealed the bloc will promote “insect-based proteins and meat substitutes”.

Twelve percent of Americans say they may not be able to afford food if stringent social distancing measures remain in place another month, preventing many “nonessential” workers from returning to work, according to results from Morning Consult’s weekly coronavirus survey tracker released Friday.

Ongoing economic restrictions driven by the coronavirus outbreak will cause shortages of beef and pork in grocery stores and supermarkets, said Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), offering his remarks in an interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with host Joel Pollak.

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) explained that millions of cows and pigs will be euthanized if the status quo of varying economic restrictions across the country, ostensibly in response to the coronavirus outbreak, continue. He offered his remarks on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with host Joel Pollak.

A Foodshare drive-through food bank in Hartford, Connecticut, has drawn massive lines as the economic shutdowns spurred by the coronavirus pandemic continue to ravage the American economy, leaving millions of Americans without work and, in some cases, unable to feed their families.

The recruitment drive came after industry warned a lack of immigrants because of coronavirus would leave vegetables rotting in the fields.

Delta Air Lines has decided to donate 200,000 pounds of its uneaten perishable and nonperishable food as a result of the lack of passengers flying due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The European Union will soon permit the sale of locusts, crickets, grasshoppers, and mealworms as food across the continent.

The coronavirus shutdowns of schools and restaurants have had a big negative impact on the demand for milk.

Houston’s hospitality industry has been working overtime to feed those who work around the clock to feed Houston.

LOS ANGELES, California — Local grocery store shelves sat bare at the end of a weekend of aggressive buying by consumers stocking up for long stays at home during the coronavirus outbreak.

Massive amounts of uneaten food from Sunday’s Super Bowl LIV game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida, is being distributed to local shelters. 

A young woman with Down syndrome is using her own health journey to inspire others to do the same in McCloud, California.

More than 75,000 pounds of salad have been recalled due to a possible E. coli contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Nestlé USA announced a recall of its ready-to-bake refrigerated cookie dough on Thursday, due to the possible presence of food-grade rubber pieces.

Over 6,000 pounds of Walmart’s Great Value brand frozen meat have been recalled due to possible salmonella contamination. 

A principal in New Orleans, Louisiana, opted out of a free Chick-fil-A lunch for his teachers to avoid offending LGBTQ staff members.

Snickers said it will give away 1 million candy bars if the company is able to change the date of Halloween to the last Saturday in October. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued a warning after 60 people became sick with salmonella linked to papayas.

The Japanese coast guard revealed on Tuesday they have pushed out over 300 North Korean fishing boats attempting to poach squid from within their territorial waters.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the world to unite to find solutions to the hunger crisis in Venezuela at the World Food Prize Laureate Announcement Ceremony, arguing that “we all have an obligation” to get the country off of the “Maduro diet.”

A supermarket ad containing mostly fresh produce but that contained butter, bacon, and jam was banned after London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan introduced a prohibition on advertising ‘junk food’ on the Underground.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is being accused of fat-shaming following televised comments this month in which the general-turned-world leader demanded Egyptians to lose weight.

More than 4,000 people have signed a local petition demanding an end to schools serving Sharia law-compliant “non-stun” halal meat “without the knowledge or consent of the majority of pupils and parents”.

Farm deflation could pressure the Fed to back off on interest rates.

The government has been accused of relaxing animal welfare standard in order to ramp up sales of Islamic Sharia-law compliant halal meat to Saudi Arabia.

40 percent of Americans and 18 percent of Brits would eat lab-grown meat, according to a report.

A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a Ghanian national convicted of carrying out a $300,000 food stamp fraud scheme to eight months behind bars Friday.

The economic catastrophe triggered by nearly two decades of socialist policies in Venezuela has rendered the nation’s political landscape unrecognizable.