Topic – Food
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Michelle Obama collaborates with stores to reduce childhood obesity
Access to healthy foods
With 1 out of every 3 children overweight or obese, First Lady Michelle Obama is working with major chains to bring healthy fresh produce to food deserts.
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New nutrition guide: a plate of food
The old pyramid is gone
The food pyramid is history. The USDA has settled on the concept of a dinner plate divided into four sections for fruits, vegetables, protein, and grains.
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Is the Food Desert Locator biased against small business?
Moms and pops left out?
The USDA has identified "food deserts" as areas further then 15 miles from the nearest chain grocery stores, causing a stir for a more robust approach.
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Is food supply threatened by climate change?
NY Times raises issue
The latest scientific research suggests that climate change, a previously discounted factor, is helping to destabilize the world food system.
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Population could reach 10.1 billion
Report shows new peak
The population of the world, long expected to stabilize just above 9 billion in the middle of the century, will instead keep growing and may hit 10.1 billion.
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Communities add gardens to share with neighbors
Neighborhood gardens appear
Neighborhood planners incorporating communal gardens into their lots
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