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01/09/2017 / By Daniel Barker

New Canadian labeling requirement makes labeling calories mandatory for chain restaurants

Ontario residents will literally find something new on the menu in 2017, as calorie count listings become mandatory for menus and menu boards at chain restaurants with more than 20 locations. The new law, which went into effect on January 1, is intended to help consumers make healthier choices when ordering fast food. It’s all […]

12/30/2016 / By Daniel Barker

Whole Foods employees sue, claiming they were cheated out of holiday bonuses

Nine former Whole Foods managers have filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against the grocery chain, alleging that they were fired for whistleblowing activities regarding a company bonus program. The plaintiffs say they were cheated out of their shares of the bonus program by the company, and were fired when they complained about it. […]

12/23/2016 / By Daniel Barker

Philadelphia cafe has a ‘pay-what-you-can’ payment system for the poor

Hungry Philadelphia residents – even those who normally can’t afford to dine out – can now enjoy a freshly prepared sit-down restaurant meal, thanks to EAT Café, a newly-opened restaurant that operates on a “pay-what-you-can” basis. EAT Café, which opened in October, is already doing a booming business, with lines of customers sometimes stretching beyond […]

12/21/2016 / By Daniel Barker

Sugar study aimed at discrediting new restrictions tied to Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s and Monsanto

A newly-released study that questions current global health advice regarding sugar has been exposed as a propaganda piece financed by the food and sugar industry and authored by industry insiders. The study, published this week in The Annals of Internal Medicine, was immediately criticized by The New York Times and others for its blatant attempt […]

12/20/2016 / By Daniel Barker

New automated restaurant with no servers or cashiers opens in NYC

A newly-opened eatery in Manhattan incorporates a futuristic take on a not-so-new concept in providing fresh, healthy and relatively inexpensive vegetarian meals to the public. Eatsa is a modern, high-tech version of the automated lunch counter – an innovation first introduced to New Yorkers over a century ago. The restaurant employs no waiters or cashiers; […]

12/16/2016 / By Daniel Barker

High-tech marijuana: Israel’s greenhouses are computer-controlled and password protected

Taking advantage of progressive government policies regarding marijuana cultivation for medicinal and research purposes, Israeli entrepreneurs are aiming to make the country a “global hub for medical cannabis research.” Applying advanced agricultural technology to provide medical-grade cannabis for research (and eventually for export, if expected changes in the current laws are made), several Israeli startups […]

12/14/2016 / By Daniel Barker

World’s largest nature park is being built in Dallas

Texas’s reputation of having the biggest of everything just got a major boost with the announcement that the world’s largest nature park is to be built in the city of Dallas. The years-in-development park project has not received much publicity so far, partly because it is actually the result of a tying together of several […]

12/14/2016 / By Daniel Barker

Philanthropist donates millions to medical marijuana research after it ‘miraculously’ helped his granddaughter

An Australian philanthropist has donated $3 million to fund medical marijuana research at the Lambert Center for the Study of Medicinal Cannabis and Hemp at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 70-year-old Barry Lambert earned a substantial fortune as the founder of Count Financial, Australia’s biggest accounting firm support network. He has a history […]

12/12/2016 / By Daniel Barker

Warriors basketball coach sees a future where medicinal marijuana is allowed in sports leagues

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr may have helped open up a dialogue regarding the use of medicinal marijuana in the NBA and other sports leagues, after speaking out about his own experiences with cannabis, which he used twice in an attempt to relieve his chronic back pain. During a December 2 CSN Bay Area […]

12/06/2016 / By Daniel Barker

Svalbard Global Seed Vault: 860k seed samples stored for survival in case of a global extinction event

You may have heard about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault – a huge underground concrete structure dug into the side of a frozen mountain in a remote archipelago halfway between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole – but is the facility really there to benefit mankind by protecting crop diversity, or does it serve […]

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