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  • Denmark Might Be Winning The Global Race To Prevent Food Waste

    Sidsel Overgaard

    September 01, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Tommerup

    To decrease the nation's food waste, activists in Denmark showed the people that it was safe to buy and consume items that were very recently expired. From live demonstrations where celebrity chef features expired items in the entrees to reducing prices for out-of-date items, "Danes now throw away 25 percent less food than they did five years ago."

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  • FDA's ‘terrible policy error' blocks simple step to prevent fatal birth defects

    JoNel Aleccia

    July 11, 2015 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Provo, Utah

    The life-saving vitamin folic acid is added to flour in the United States, but Hispanics tend to eat little flour. Adding folic acid to corn flour would reduce birth defects in Hispanic women in the U.S.

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  • Did That Restaurant Pass Its Health Inspection? Now Yelp Will Tell You

    Poncie Rutsch

    March 27, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Yelp has partnered with city public health departments to display health inspection scores on a restaurants Yelp page. In this way, inspection information is more readily disseminated to consumers and diners can make better informed choices.

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  • The Abstinence Method

    Maryn McKenna

    June 17, 2014 |

    Modern Farmer |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Beers

    Dutch farmers are saying no to antibiotics for livestock. The Netherlands is in the midst of a high-stakes, government-mandated experiment: Can large-scale meat production succeed without routine use of antibiotics?

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  • A Magical Paper Prevents Your Food From Rotting

    Whitney Pastorek

    November 15, 2012 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States

    While implementing fruits and vegetables into a daily diet is recommended for optimal health, the lack of longevity for produce is often a problem that leads to food waste. Fenugreen FreshPaper, invented by Kavita Shukla while in her senior year of high school, addresses this issue by infusing a sheet of paper with a combination of spices that increases the shelf-life of produce.

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