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Lawsuits Over ‘Misleading’ Food Labels Surge as Groups Cite Lax Oversight [1]

"Shoppers drawn to sustainable, humanely raised meat and dairy products could be forgiven for thinking the nation’s big food companies have turned away from the industrial farming practices that have long dominated American agriculture." "A flurry of litigation by advocacy groups seeks to combat what they say is a rise in deceptive marketing by food giants."

 

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
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Journalism & Media [8]
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Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [12], 09/08/2021
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"Madagascar Faces One Of The World's First Climate Change Famines" [13]

"As the African island nation experiences a food-security crisis driven by global warming, researchers say it is an alarm bell for the world."

Agriculture [14]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [7]
Public [10]
Africa [16]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [17], 09/08/2021
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September 14, 2021

Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems and COVID-19: Sept 7 and 14 [18]

In the run up to the UN Food Systems Summit, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP) offer a webinar series, Sep 7 and 14, to hear Indigenous Peoples in Perú, Kenya, India and China discuss resilient food systems.

Other Events [19]
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Agriculture [14]
Food [7]
People & Population [20]
September 23, 2021

2021 UN Food Systems Summit [21]

The Summit will take place virtually during the UN General Assembly in NY. Media accreditation deadline is Sep 20. Beginning Sep 6, each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals will be spotlighted daily to show how food systems play a defining role in achieving the SDGs by 2030; interviewees available.

Professional Meetings [22]
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Agriculture [14]
Climate Change [3]
Food [7]
September 15, 2021

SEJ Webinar: Food and Farming in a Warming World [23]

Join SEJ Sep 15, ahead of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, for a discussion with policymakers, experts and journalists covering food, farming and climate to discuss the questions, data and story ideas that will engage your editors and your audience. 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET.

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Agriculture [14]
Climate Change [3]
Food [7]

"Wildfire Smoke: An Emerging Threat to West Coast Wines" [25]

"As climate change brings longer, more destructive fire seasons, the wine industry scrambles to protect vineyards from the dreaded taint of smoke."

Agriculture [14]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [15]
Food [7]
Forests [26]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 08/24/2021
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"A Billion Children At ‘Extreme Risk’ From Climate Impacts – UNICEF" [28]

"Report launched with youth activists including Greta Thunberg paints ‘unimaginably dire’ picture"

"Almost half the world’s 2.2 billion children are already at “extremely high risk” from the impacts of the climate crisis and pollution, according to a report from UNICEF. The UN agency’s head called the situation “unimaginably dire”.

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [15]
Food [7]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [10]
International [30]
Source: Guardian [31], 08/20/2021
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E.P.A. to Block Pesticide Tied to Neurological Harm in Children [32]

"The Environmental Protection Agency will ban the use of a pesticide widely applied on food crops but linked to neurological damage in children, reversing one of the Trump administration’s most fraught public health decisions."

Agriculture [14]
Chemicals [33]
Consumer [4]
Food [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [34], 08/19/2021
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"Manufacturers Make PFAS-Free Food Packaging Recipe Available To All" [35]

"Two American manufacturers unveiled a new recipe on Thursday for PFAS and plastics-free packaging for everything from burgers to salads, in a bid to make takeout food more sustainable and safer for consumers. While the companies—Zume and Solenis—are not the first to design a grease-resistant, PFAS-free food container, this is the first time that manufacturers have open-sourced such packaging technology."

Chemicals [33]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [7]
Technology [37]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: EHN [38], 08/13/2021
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"FDA Raises Alarm Over PFAS-Tainted Food Containers" [39]

"FDA is warning the food industry that certain processes for producing plastic used for food containers may result in PFAS leaching into food. "

Chemicals [33]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [40], 08/11/2021
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