New York City fast food workers to strike: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/07/fast_food_strik.php
Food trucks finally coming to Toronto...but not everywhere: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/07/25/toronto-food-trucks.html
Saskatoon's first food truck hits the streets: http://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon-s-first-food-truck-hits-the-streets-1.1380528
Renewed clashes in Darfur threaten long term food security in Sudan according to the UN: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=45476#.UfLdiG3pzC4
They have always said you should not skip breakfast and that midnight snacks are bad...and they may have been right: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/skipping-your-breakfast-can-increase-the-risk-of-heart-attack-by-almost-30-8726919.html
Palm Oil...a less than ideal substitute for trans fats?: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/07/25/205486197/palm-oil-in-the-food-supply-what-you-should-know
The over-intensification of agriculture in Europe may be causing a dangerous decline in the butterfly: http://www.euractiv.com/sustainability/dramatic-eu-butterfly-decline-wa-news-529524
"Food Insecurity"...otherwise known as poverty or being a paycheque away from destitution, means that almost four million Canadians struggle to afford food:http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130726/Report-shows-almost-4-million-Canadians-struggle-to-afford-food.aspx
Quebec agriculture workers in Saint-Nicolas, many of them migrant labourers from Guatemala and Mexico, seek to unionize: http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3578%3Aapplication-filed-for-another-quebec-agricultural-unit-&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en
Tim Hortons forced to apologize after blocking gay news site: http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/07/tim_hortons_apologizes_after_blocking_gay_news_site/
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