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Supermarket Beef Is Battleground for Deforestation Debate
theplate.nationalgeographic.com
!["One of Brazil’s largest supermarkets, Pão de Açúcar, has agreed to stop selling beef produced on...](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/13453/67f6c6e7-8f1e-f267-f66b-ab20738fd26d.jpg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
"One of Brazil’s largest supermarkets, Pão de Açúcar, has agreed to stop selling beef produced on deforested land or with forced labor by June 1." #foodnews #policynews
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sugardetoxme 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
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sugardetoxme This is huge
Senator Pat Roberts Thinks Chicken Welfare is "Absolutely Ridiculous"
modernfarmer.com
![This is depressing. "Maybe if he attended even half of the agriculture meetings, he'd know more."...](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/13437/3af6bf02-c136-b5c8-506f-5cf8d83a5ee9.jpg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
This is depressing. "Maybe if he attended even half of the agriculture meetings, he'd know more." #policynews #foodnews
Food Policy Leaders to Address Future of Food
today.duke.edu
![Leading food policy experts will sit down with corporate CEOs on Wednesday, April 27, at Duke Uni...](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/13309/0386f0cb-208d-4706-dc64-4c2d2e0961dc.jpg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
Leading food policy experts will sit down with corporate CEOs on Wednesday, April 27, at Duke University to discuss how government and business can shape solutions to complex challenges... #policynews
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whynotfresh A farmer of fresh fruits and vegetables would make this group more legit.
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DietID_TeamDietitians Totally agree @whynotfresh. So many voices missing at the table
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Gwendolyn Totally!
Only positives for reduced sodium intake
thehill.com
![Congress is currently considering legislation to reauthorize child nutrition programs, including ...](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/13193/0bbbfc69-2fc8-eb96-31ec-a1c549edca22.jpg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
Congress is currently considering legislation to reauthorize child nutrition programs, including nutrition standards for school meals. #policynews #foodnews
Hillary Clinton Now Says She Supports a $15 Minimum Wage
eater.com
![#policynews Thank Bernie Sanders for this one.](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/13153/e99e774c-797e-4e08-c6ac-b4e95d0c1626.jpg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
#policynews Thank Bernie Sanders for this one.
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DietID_TeamDietitians So interesting. Curious what the small business response is to this.
Clinton supports 'fight for 15' movement, but backs a lower, national standard
pbs.org
!["Hillary Clinton linked herself to a successful effort to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour M...](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/13024/8778652a-1cd0-db8e-d4ed-ec939938d0d8.jpg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
"Hillary Clinton linked herself to a successful effort to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour Monday, part of an effort to woo working class voters ahead of competitive Democratic primary contest...
Impasse continues over GMO labeling bill
politico.com
![Plus, White House finishes review of organic welfare standards. #foodnews #policynews](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/12986/575b168d-f43b-46e8-692d-fe11232806fb.jpg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
Plus, White House finishes review of organic welfare standards. #foodnews #policynews
A follow up to my last post! New York Was Wrong to Exclude Tipped Workers From Full $15 Minimum says Eater
ny.eater.com
![Cuomo overlooked the state's 300,000 waiters, bidders, bartenders and other tipped workers. #food...](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/12971/731ce5df-b34a-2e39-4663-0e2fbc69688a.jpg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
Cuomo overlooked the state's 300,000 waiters, bidders, bartenders and other tipped workers. #foodnews #policynews
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DietID_TeamDietitians We will be discussing this at food and enterprise as a part of our #FoodBookandFilm discussion
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sugardetoxme Fo sure
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sugardetoxme Guaranteed Cuomo got pressured. If Bloomberg was in office, this would have happened already bc he didn't take answers from anyone
New York's Path to $15 Minimum Wage: Uneven, and Bumpy
nytimes.com
![Nine months from now, there will be six different hourly minimum wages in the state: fast food wo...](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/12969/b027c6f2-6d8d-7f4d-d6d0-c9310f48b337.jpg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
Nine months from now, there will be six different hourly minimum wages in the state: fast food workers in Manhattan, fast food workers elsewhere, the list goes on... #policynews
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Ricky Interesting. Is this a good thing? Without knowing better, I'd tend to think so since a single number is obviously too simplistic, but I'm sure this has lots of consequences.
Soda Sales Continue Nearly Twenty-Year Freefall - CSPI's brilliant remake of Coca Cola's "Hilltop" ad
cspinet.org
![Soda trends and federal excise tax on soda #foodnews #policynews](https://foodstand.imgix.net/uploads/post/photo/12962/21e7a00f-5357-e4af-7a7f-354fefb60e9e.jpg?bri=-20&con=-20&fit=crop&h=640&w=640)
Soda trends and federal excise tax on soda #foodnews #policynews
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sugardetoxme The world is waking up! (at least some parts of it)