Category: Food

  • A SLO approach to food production

    A SLO approach to food production

    Valentine Gardens, located in Green Bay, treats farming as a family affair. Mark Valentine, left, and Sarah Valentine, right, along with their three children, run a five-acre farm and share their harvest with SLO’s CSA members. Submitted photo By Gracelyn Giese Contributing Writer GREEN BAY – Our food is driven and flown across the country…

  • Country diary: The bees have a new favourite food almost every week

    Country diary: The bees have a new favourite food almost every week

    Spring arrived early this year; my best guess is three weeks early. Inevitable, I suppose, considering the months of unremitting rain and very little frost. The resident bees quickly cottoned on to the unseasonal mildness and busied themselves among the blooms of camellias, hellebores, snowdrops and snowflakes. Great Comp Garden is a paradise for pollinators, with…

  • VIDEO: Downtown Albuquerque food truck vendor shot during dispute

    VIDEO: Downtown Albuquerque food truck vendor shot during dispute

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It didn’t take long for police to find the woman who shot a food truck worker last year. On top of numerous people witnessing the incident, it was recorded by the Real Time Crime Center. A recently released video shows what led to her arrest and the reason she gave for firing…

  • Faces of Food Safety: Meet Tamar Khafi

    By Dr. April Haynes, OFO, on detail to OPACE Tamar Khafi, Ph.D., thrives on “digging deep” to identify the source of an issue and innovate solutions. As director of the Data Innovation and Governance Staff in the Office of Planning, Analysis and Risk Management (OPARM), Dr. Khafi leads and coordinates the agency’s data collection, analysis…

  • Solving new era food safety challenges requires advancements in data sharing

    Solving new era food safety challenges requires advancements in data sharing

    — OPINION — The battle against foodborne disease has been waged since the beginning of time.  Historical literature provides evidence of how earlier civilizations tried to protect themselves, their families, tribes, and villages from getting sick from the food they ate. The examples range from the emergence of cooking with fire to initial attempts to…

  • Man accused of plowing into Cordova food truck after bar refuses him alcohol, charged with attempted murder

    Man accused of plowing into Cordova food truck after bar refuses him alcohol, charged with attempted murder

    CORDOVA, Tenn. (WMC) – A Memphis food truck owner is picking up the pieces after a pickup truck plowed through his business over the weekend. Memphis police say the driver, 42-year-old Alton Turner, was trying to kill two people, and it was all caught on video. “We’ve never had a problem. This is the first…

  • Rogers senior-living community organizes food drive for neighbors without power

    Rogers senior-living community organizes food drive for neighbors without power

    ROGERS, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A senior-citizen residential community rallies together to help one another while it struggles with power outages. Laurel Phillips was in Oklahoma when Sunday morning’s storms hit Rogers, knocking down trees and discarding debris. When her daughter called her at 3 a.m. telling her the storm hit, she returned to Rogers to…

  • Summer break food resources

    Summer break food resources

    Cullman County food banks and pantries exist to ease the burden of food insecurity. (United Way of Cullman County) CULLMAN, Ala. – As summer sets in, it’s a time of joy and relaxation for many families. However, for some, it can also bring about stressors and concerns about food security and availability. Cullman County Schools…

  • The scientists making the ‘most sustainable protein’ out of thin air

    The scientists making the ‘most sustainable protein’ out of thin air

    By feeding a microbe with carbon dioxide, hydrogen and some minerals, and powering the process with electricity from renewable sources, the company has managed to create a protein-rich powder that can be used as a milk and egg substitute. Solar Foods chief executive Pasi Vainikka. Photo: AFP “We can source our main feedstock for the…

  • Food prices still rising — but not as much as last year

    Food prices still rising — but not as much as last year

    Food prices still rising — but not as much as last year – CBS Minnesota Watch CBS News As the unofficial start of summer begins, so does summer fun. But will it be an expensive one? Although inflation eased in April, prices still remain high, especially at the grocery store. Our Kirsten Mitchell did some…