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Feb 28 2024
News
Patriots get hammered in NFLPA’s player team report card
The Patriots earned two failing grades in the NFL Players Association’s annual player team report card. The Patriots, fresh off of a 4-13 record in 2023, ranked 29th out of 32 teams with their overall grade. Here’s how the Patriots fared in each category last season: Treatment of Families: F- (30th)Food/Cafeteria: B- (15th)Nutritionist/Dietician: B- (20th)Locker Room: C- (20th)Training Room: C
Hartford CourantApr 19 2020
Opinion
COVID-19 Shows Why We Must Socialize the Food System
The COVID-19 crisis is revealing a basic contradiction at the heart of capitalism. On the one hand, we have learned that this virus is itself a product of our capitalist agricultural system. As Rob Wallace and coauthors argue, the conditions for virus transmission are rooted in our propensity to clear-cut dense, wild forests — often the reservoirs of viruses themselves — and replace them with
JacobinMar 22 2020
Analysis
Impossible Foods: Capitalism Is the Most Powerful Lever To Fight Climate Change
"We don't have time to wait for an international consensus on something as disastrous as climate change. We need to employ every single lever at our disposal. And frankly, that includes one of the most powerful levels we have, which is capitalism and consumer choice," says Rachel Konrad, the chief communications officer of Impossible Foods. Reason's Justin Monticello sat down with Konrad at
ReasonApr 15 2020
News
Coronavirus etiquette: Your guide to work, friends, food shopping and more
New Yorkers aren’t known for their politeness at the best of times. And Miss Manners definitely never prepped this city for a pandemic.
During lockdown, normal activities like grocery shopping, walking around the block and even just calling friends are suddenly charged with new tensions and stressors. Everything is uncharted territory, so the usual rules for behavior are out the window
New York Post (News)Feb 17 2024
News
Tennessee basketball vs Vanderbilt: Dalton Knecht, UT Vols vs Commodores our best photos
Tennessee basketball vs Vanderbilt: Dalton Knecht, UT Vols vs Commodores our best photos Tennessee guard Dalton Knecht (3) looks for an opening as Vanderbilt guard Isaiah West (4) blocks during an NCAA game at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center in Knoxville, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. Hannah Mattix/News Sentinel Tennessee guard Zakai Zeigler (5) shoots the ball as Vanderbilt guard Ezra
The TennesseanMar 19 2020
News
Coronavirus-Era Food Supply: America Has a Lot. Moving It Is Tricky.
Farm giants juggle operations to answer surge in demand and ready workers to fill in for any who fall ill; ‘Platoon coverage’ Sanderson Farms Inc., a Mississippi-based poultry company, said it ran extra shifts last weekend in its five plants that produce meat for supermarkets and will add more this weekend. In coming weeks, Sanderson could convert two plants handling mainly restaurant chicken
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 06 2024
Analysis
Abortion meds can now be sold in drugstores. Here’s why that’s so important.
On March 1, the New York Times reported that over the following few weeks, some retail pharmacies owned by Walgreens and CVS will begin dispensing mifepristone, a key drug used in medication abortions.
It’s a big change: Before the pandemic, people could only obtain the drug in-person at the office or clinic of the health care provider who prescribed it. But in 2021, the Food and Drug
VoxFeb 16 2020
News
6.1 Million Individuals Off Food Stamps Under Donald Trump
Approximately 6.1 million individuals dropped off the food stamp rolls since President Donald Trump’s first full month in office in February 2017, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The USDA data showed that 6,074,074 individuals discontinued their participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) between February 2017— when
Breitbart NewsApr 09 2020
Headline Roundup
Coronavirus Affects Food Industry, Worsening Insecurities
The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating food insecurity worldwide, with some estimates saying the global population of starving individuals could double. While much of this increase is not expected to take place in the United States, the virus is disrupting life for both the domestic food industry and many lower-income individuals.
Many reports on both sides focused on COVID-
New York Times (News) Bloomberg Breitbart NewsDec 28 2021
News
Food recalls have dropped off during the pandemic, but no one is entirely sure why
When the coronavirus pandemic hit last year, the nation's food supply wasn't spared from the fallout. Restaurants closed, manufacturers raced to implement new protective measures and grocery stores struggled to keep their shelves stocked.
A shift also occurred in the food safety system, the safeguard between American consumers and what they eat.
At the U.S. Department of
NPR (Online News)