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Man builds $1,500 tiny house, forages & grows his own food (Video)

Aiming to live a lighter-impact lifestyle, this green lifestyle activist lives in a self-built tiny house and experiments with growing and foraging his own food.




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Biodegradable disposable plates are made from food waste

Here's a new take on disposable tableware: these are made from discarded food.




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Shellworks creates sustainable packaging with seafood shells (Video)

This alternative to single-use plastics uses a range of custom-designed machines to create a recyclable and compostable bioplastic, sourced from discarded crustacean shells.




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Kids see far too many junk food ads on the Internet

Unlike TV, the online world has no limits when it comes to advertising junk food to children and teens. This needs to change.




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No more junk food ads on London transit

The mayor has cracked down on images portraying unhealthy food, in hopes that it will reduce child obesity rates.




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How do we tackle airline food waste?

'Fly less' is the obvious answer, but there are some effective interim solutions, too.




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Homemade pasta is the perfect quarantine food

Easier to make than bread but just as satisfying, making pasta at home is simple, comforting, and delicious – and takes just two ingredients.




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American kids need to be weaned off synthetic food dyes

These questionable additives are found in nearly half of all foods marketed to kids.




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Will our future diets rely on lab-grown foods?

George Monbiot certainly thinks so, and sees this as a saving grace.




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Plastic- and packaging-free frozen foods spotted at Czech grocery

Feast your eyes on the frozen foods available with no waste at the Globus Hypermarket in the Czech Republic




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Junk food causes irreversible damage to young men's fertility

New research shows that a Western-style diet can permanently kill off sperm-producing cells by age 18.




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The insidious rise of 'toddler' foods

Toddlers don't need junky snacks. They need real food.




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Best of Inhabitots: Eco-Friendly Play Food That Looks Good Enough to Eat

+ Indulge your budding foodie with LoooLo Textiles organic munchy toys, which in addition to being beautifully designed, are biodegradable. A set of bagel, lox and cream cheese, a fresh PB & J, and a burger piled high with the works will infuse




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4 foods that are likely to suffer from climate change

From where they're grown to how they taste to when we eat them, very little will stay the same in coming decades.





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Larabar Asks Americans to #ShareRealFood - Larabar and Feeding America #ShareRealFood

Snack bar maker Larabar teams up with Feeding America® to make simple and wholesome food accessible for all and empower their community to take action to #ShareRealFood across America.











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Instagram announces new features for small businesses including gift cards, food orders and fundraisers

Starting Wednesday in the U.S. and Canada, Instagram users can tap on a gift card or food order to make a purchase through a company's site. Fundraisers created by a business or its supporter open on Facebook.




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Tyson Foods shares fall 8% as production disruptions take a toll on profits, company secures $1.5 billion loan facility

Tyson Foods on Monday reported that its fiscal second-quarter net income fell 15% from a year earlier, as production disruptions weighed on its results.




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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Disney, American Airlines, Tyson Foods and more

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.




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Google tells employees they cannot expense food, other perks from home

CNBC's Deirdre Bosa reports that Google has put the brakes on perks for employees working from home.




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Hostess Brands CEO on coronavirus impact and the food supply chain

Andy Callahan, Hostess Brands CEO, joins "Closing Bell" to discuss the company's earnings.




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Watch CNBC's full interview with Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen on food supply amid coronavirus pandemic

Kroger chairman and CEO Rodney McCullen joins "Squawk on the Street" to discuss reopening the economy, keeping store shelves stocked and more.




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Zimbabwe urged to prioritise children as record poverty causes food shortages

Researchers sound the alarm after statistics reveal almost half of impoverished children in rural areas do not have enough to eat

Poverty has reached unprecedented levels in Zimbabwe, with more than 70% of Zimbabwean children in rural areas living in poverty, a UN study has found.

The report, compiled by Unicef and the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency, shows high levels of privation in rural areas, where 76.3% of children live in abject poverty. Statistics seen by the Guardian suggest that almost half of these children do not have enough of the right food to eat.

Related: Zimbabwe on verge of 'manmade starvation', warns UN envoy

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Overeating, boredom, self-medication: How grocery bills skyrocket even as food becomes scarcer

Eating more healthy food? More junk food? Nearly everyone's eating and shopping habits are feeling the fallout of the pandemic — and boredom and anxiety are driving plenty of change.




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From rubbish to rice: the cafe that gives food in exchange for plastic

The Garbage Cafe in Ambikapur, India, is helping to tackle the country’s plastic waste problem – and their novel idea is catching on

On bad days, when his employer made some excuse for not paying him his paltry daily wage, Ram Yadav’s main meal used to be dry chapatis, with salt and raw onion for flavour. Sometimes he just went hungry. For a ragpicker like him, one of the thousands of Indians who make a living bringing in plastic waste for recycling, eating in a cafe or restaurant was the stuff of fairytales.

But last week, Yadav was sitting at a table at the Garbage Cafe in Ambikapur, in the state of Chhattisgarh, over a piping hot meal of dal, aloo gobi, poppadoms and rice. He earned the food in exchange for bringing in 1kg of plastic waste. “The hot meal I get here lasts me all day. And it feels good to sit at a table like everyone else,” he said.

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Impossible Foods CEO on how meat shortages are driving demand for plant-based products

CNBC's Aditi Roy talks about meat shortages in the U.S. and the growing demand for products like Impossible Foods with the company's CEO Pat Brown.




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Food Network and Cookbook Update! by The Pioneer Woman

I’ve been handling Paige’s departure to college pretty well! After the initial weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth, I basically just set up camp in my kitchen and have hardly left. It’s my safe zone. My haven. My happy place. Unless the sink is full of dishes, then I want to sell the house. Oh, […]




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World Food Programme head warns Covid-19 pandemic could provoke 'famines of biblical proportions'

The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) is warning of potential famines of "biblical proportions" as the Covid-19 pandemic affects countries in an already dire situation. In an interview with FRANCE 24, the United Nation's WFP Executive Director David Beasley said he was especially worried about a breakdown in the supply chain that allows his agency to provide food to dozens of millions of people around the globe.




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Covid-19: The pandemic heightens food insecurity in Benin

While residents of Benin haven’t been ordered to stay home like their neighbours in Nigeria, the Covid-19 pandemic has forced them to slow down nevertheless, putting many at risk of food insecurity.