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07/31/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Global chocolate makers promise to source only ethical cocoa by 2020, but data show that this is unlikely to happen

Big chocolate makers are putting a lot of effort into ensuring all their cocoa will come from ethical and sustainable sources by 2020. However, these “ethical cocoa” programs are not helping cocoa farmers as much as expected due to the drastic decrease of the premium for their products over the last few years, a report […]

02/13/2018 / By Mike Adams

Trump administration proposes amazing solution for food stamp recipients: American-grown “Harvest Box” food deliveries to our poorest families

The Trump administration is truly reforming America one program at a time with innovative, “genius” ideas that benefit everyone. Trump’s latest innovation? The USDA “Harvest Box” idea. Here’s how it works: Under the “Harvest Box” program, food stamp recipients who are currently spending their government SNAP money would receive half of that credit in fresh […]

11/27/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Researchers identify corporate agriculture as major contributor to wealth disparity, inequality

The more separated that everyday people become from the land in which their food grows (and from the process of “catching” and/or growing it), the greater the wealth gap between the “haves” and the “have-nots” in society, an eye-opening new study has found. A team of researchers from Washington State University (WSU) and 13 other […]

02/22/2017 / By Jayson Veley

Starving: 75% of Venezuelan’s lost at least 19 pounds due to malnutrition

During the presidential campaign, a decades-old video resurfaced of Bernie Sanders praising food lines in authoritarian countries. “It’s funny, sometimes American journalists talk about how bad a country is, that people are lining up for food. That’s a good thing,” Sanders argued. “In other countries, people don’t line up for food; the rich get the […]

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