Weekly food news roundup: Waste & "food insecurity" in Canada, the US fast food strike gains momentum & more!

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

The terrible moral contradictions of capitalist food distribution in Canada where citizens go hungry, food prices soar and $27.7 billion in food is wasted (authored by this blogger): http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/michael-laxer/2013/08/want-waste-and-wealth-immorality-and-inefficiency-capitalist-fo 





The exciting rise of the US fast food worker strike movement: http://www.salon.com/2013/08/14/fast_food_strikes_massively_expanding_theyre_thinking_much_bigger/ 

The fight to change bylaws around "urban farming" comes to Ontario: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/08/13/mississauga_henkeeper_runs_afoul_of_antifowl_bylaw.html

Toronto institutional cafeteria safety records to be finally easy to access by the public: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/08/14/ontario_to_open_up_toronto_institutions_foodsafety_records.html

Despite profitability closures, layoffs and consolidation coming to the Metro grocery store network: http://metronews.ca/news/canada/765995/metro-to-close-some-ontario-stores-convert-others-to-food-basics/

Pet food recall due to possible salmonella contamination: http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/pet-food-products-recalled-salmonella-scare-001956098.html

Ahead of many cities in Canada, Edmonton allows more food trucks more hours in more places: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2013/08/11/edmonton-food-truck-policy-updated.html

Could the healthy Aztec "wonder food" Amaranth make a comeback hundreds of years later?: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130812-amaranth-oaxaca-mexico-obesity-puente-food/

The American right-wing media blatantly lies about the "lifestyle" of US citizens depending on food stamps: http://www.policymic.com/articles/59213/fox-news-blatantly-lies-about-food-stamps-in-this-ridiculous-faux-documentary

Will the global rise of Quinoa leave Andean farmers behind?: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/08/15/212342707/can-quinoa-farming-go-global-without-leaving-andeans-behind

Weekly food news roundup: Canadian food prices soar while we waste as much as 40% of it, the dispiriting life & times of ice cream truck drivers and more...

This week's Friday food news roundup, sharing news, links and stories of interest to or from those of a lefty viewpoint.  
 
Second hand smoke on a patio is still second hand smoke!: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/08/03/secondhand_smoke_a_risk_even_on_patios_says_study.html

The oddly dispiriting life of a Toronto ice cream truck driver:  http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/07/29/its_a_hard_life_for_toronto_ice_cream_truck_drivers.html

Conference Board of Canada finds that Canada's food system needs an environmental overhaul and reveals shocking waste like the fact that as much as 40% of all food (or $27.7 billion) is wasted in our country: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/canadas-food-system-needs-environmental-overhaul-218851171.html


 Sleep deprivation linked to junk food cravings: http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/08/06/poor-sleep-junk-food/

Good news for the brains of chocolate lovers!: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/08/08/is-chocolate-the-new-brain-food/

Study finds widespread conflict of interest in corporate food safety decisions: http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/08/study-finds-widespread-conflicts-of-interest-in-food-safety-decisions.html

Lab grown meat...science break through or science nightmare?: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/08/05/209163204/long-awaited-lab-grown-burger-is-unveiled-in-london

The world's soil faces widespread desertification and ecological disaster: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/08/05/209018347/ecologists-turn-to-planned-grazing-to-revive-grassland-soil

Deep fried and processed food banned from the Canada Games: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2013/08/08/pei-canada-games-junk-food-584.html

The shocking rise in food prices in Canada, 19% over the last 5 years: http://www.torontosun.com/2013/08/05/canadian-consumers-cope-with-dramatic-increase-in-food-prices