Weekly Food News Roundup: Canadian food bank use at near record level, UN says climate change threatens food supply & more

This week's food news roundup, sharing news, links and stories of interest to or from those of a lefty viewpoint.

The number of Canadians using and depending on food banks remains at a near record high level at over 800,000 citizens: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/800-000-canadians-still-relying-on-food-banks-1.2366405



FoodShare launches a fresh food vehicle in Toronto: http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/4192347-foodshare-launches-vehicle-to-serve-affordable-fresh-food/

Very stark UN report states that climate change directly threatens the world's food supply: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/climate-change-threatens-world-food-supply-panel-warns/article15230594/

UN believes that some stability may come back to global food prices: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp/h%3Cspan%20class='pullme'%3EIn%20short,%20when%20you%20empower%20a%20woman,%20you%20change%20the%20world%3C/span%3Ettp://www.unfpa.org/www.unicef.org/html/html/story.asp?NewsID=46440&Cr=food+security&Cr1=#.Un05rhSEhMs

Are Yelp restaurant reviews being faked?: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/11/06/243527317/hunger-games-whats-behind-yelps-fake-reviews

Lawsuits lead companies to quietly drop "natural" claim from labels: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304470504579163933732367084


Chef Amanda Cohen calls out Time Magazine's "Gods of Food" for its sexism: http://eater.com/archives/2013/11/08/amanda-cohen-time.php

Various salad products recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes by CFIA: http://news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do?nid=786899

The recession in the UK drives families to cut back on healthy foods: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24773201

US FDA contemplates a trans fat ban...and how this could affect Canadians: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/trans-fat-ban-proposal-in-u-s-may-affect-canadians-1.2418147


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Weekly food news roundup: Barilla says gay customers unwelcome, CFIA recalls four spinach products, austerity wreaks havoc on Portugal & more...

This week's Friday food news roundup, sharing news, links and stories of interest to or from those of a lefty viewpoint.
 
Barilla, one of the world's largest pasta manufacturers, tells gays that they should eat another brand: http://www.towleroad.com/2013/09/barilla-pasta-chief-we-dont-like-gays-they-can-eat-another-brand.html

Bertolli, meanwhile, says gays are more than welcome!: http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/bertolli-makes-most-barilla-chairmans-anti-gay-comments-152758



Picnic protest planned in Bancroft, Ontario over the homophobic actions of a local restaurant:  http://dailyxtra.com/ottawa/news/lesbian-says-refused-service-in-bancrofts-eagles-nest-restaurant?market=208

Spinach recall...CFIA pulls four products over salmonella concerns:  http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/09/24/spinach-recall-canadian_n_3979911.html

Atlantic Canada's first Food Truck Rally to roll into Halifax October 5th: http://www.ns.dailybusinessbuzz.ca/Provincial-News/2013-09-24/article-3404168/NS%3A-Atlantic-Canada%26rsquo%3Bs-first-Food-Truck-Rally-rolls-into-Halifax/1

The owners of a Colorado cantaloupe farm linked to a 2011 food poisoning outbreak which killed 33 people and sickened 147 have been arrested and charged with selling contaminated food: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24292036

Mass starvation feared in Syria: http://news.yahoo.com/mass-starvation-feared-syria-no-food-195207806.html

Are fish oil supplements really beneficial to the brain?: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/09/26/226097543/why-cant-fish-oil-supplements-keep-our-brains-sharp

Austerity wreaks havoc with the ability of Portugal's  citizens to afford food: http://rt.com/news/refood-aid-portugal-austerity-339/

Cuban scientists say that global warming is harming pollination and food production: http://www.globalissues.org/news/2013/09/26/17535

Weekly food news roundup: Food protest in Nunavut, food poisoning at the CNE, Neolithic spices & more!

This week's Friday food news roundup, sharing news, links and stories of interest to or from those of a lefty viewpoint.  

Millions in the UK struggle to put food on the table: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/17/food-banks-inquiries-poverty-cuts-wages

Rally held in Iqaluit to protest the high price of food in Nunavut: http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674iqaluit_aug._15_food_protest_draws_small_crowd_many_honks_of_support/
  
CFIA issues a recall for two products: http://www.newstalk1010.com/News/localnews/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10578937

McDonald's employee in B.C. insults a woman's English and asks her to leave: http://www.theprovince.com/news/This+about+Canadian+image+Richmond+woman+demands/8822443/story.html

Outbreak of food poisoning at the CNE: apparently the Cronut Burger is worse than we thought: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/08/21/cne_patrons_taken_to_hospital_after_falling_ill.html

Neolithic chefs spiced up their food: http://www.nature.com/news/neolithic-chefs-spiced-their-food-1.13585 



1/3 of fish sold as "sustainable" in the UK is falsely labelled: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/false-food-labels-put-the-skate-on-thin-ice-8772717.html 

Julia Child was wrong...rinsing raw chicken does more harm than good: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/08/23/213578553/julia-child-was-wrong-don-t-wash-your-raw-chicken-folks 

Coalition calls for a nationwide US fast food worker strike on August 29th: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505124_162-57599405/fast-food-workers-urged-to-stage-nationwide-strike/ 

Food crisis faces citizens in conflict torn Northern Nigeria: http://allafrica.com/stories/201308221562.html