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2014-02-17

One Third of America’s Breweries are in Four States. And This is One of Them - Washington Beer Blog

English: Label, Gold Seal Beer, Apex Brewing Company, Inc., Seattle, Washington. Photographed at Pike Brewery, Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Label, Oldstle Lager Beer (Pale Export), Silver Springs Brewing Co., Port Orchard, Washington. Photographed at Pike Brewery, Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Olympia Pale Export beer label from 1914, The Olympia Brewing Company, Tumwater, Washington USA (defunct in 2003) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Label, Olympia Beer, Olympia Brewing Company, (Olympia, Washington according to the label, but actually Tumwater, Washington). Photographed at Pike Brewery, Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Labels, Pioneer Beer, Pioneer Brewing Co., Walla Walla, Washington and Hop Gold Beer, Star Brewing Co. Vancouver, Washington. Photographed at Pike Brewery, Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Labels, Martin's Beer, Yakima Valley Brewing Association, Selah, Washington and Old Empire Beer, United Union Breweries, Walla Walla, Washington. Photographed at Pike Brewery, Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

One Third of America’s Breweries are in Four States. And This is One of Them - Washington Beer Blog:

"“We have tracked the industry since our preceding trade association was first founded in 1862, and there’s a story in these numbers. Beer is constantly evolving in the U.S., with more small brewers than ever before, more brands being introduced by national brewers and growing interest in imports,” said Chris Thorne, vice president of communications at the Beer Institute."

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Beer is constantly evolving in the U.S., with more small brewers than ever before, more brands being introduced by national brewers and growing interest in imports,” said Chris Thorne, vice president of communications at the Beer Institute

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2013-12-12

Monsanto, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Global Food Dominance

English: Template for Template:Food safety (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Monsanto, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Global Food Dominance:

". . . They are carefully crafting the TPP to insure that citizens of the involved countries have no control over food safety, what they will be eating, where it is grown, the conditions under which food is grown and the use of herbicides and pesticides."

2013-10-10

Risk to Food Safety Seen in Furloughs - NYTimes.com

Food and Drug Administration logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Risk to Food Safety Seen in Furloughs - NYTimes.com:

"At the Food and Drug Administration, which is responsible for inspecting the bulk of food that Americans eat, the agency has gone from a goal of inspecting about 200 plants per week to none and has reduced inspections of imported food. At the Agriculture Department, a meat and poultry hot line that consumers can call for information about food safety or to report problems is closed. At the C.D.C., about 68 percent of staff members were furloughed, including several epidemiologists and dozens of other workers who oversee a database that tracks food-borne illness."

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2013-06-20

McDonald's closing all restaurants in Bolivia as nation rejects fast food

A pair of In-N-Out cheeseburgers. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

McDonald's closing all restaurants in Bolivia as nation rejects fast food:

"McDonald's happy image and its golden arches aren't the gateway to bliss in Bolivia. This South American country isn't falling for the barrage of advertising and fast food cooking methods that so easily engulf countries like the United States. Bolivians simply don't trust food prepared in such little time. The quick and easy, mass production method of fast food actually turns Bolivians off altogether. Sixty percent of Bolivians are an indigenous population who generally don't find it worth their health or money to step foot in a McDonald's. Despite its economically friendly fast food prices, McDonald's couldn't coax enough of the indigenous population of Bolivia to eat their BigMacs, McNuggets or McRibs.
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