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How England became the 'sweetshop of Europe'

How England became the 'sweetshop of Europe' | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
The story of the growth of Britain's sugar trade can tell us a lot about the development of capitalism and the slave trade.
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How Peru’s potato museum could stave off world food crisis | Environment | The Guardian

How Peru’s potato museum could stave off world food crisis | Environment | The Guardian | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Agri-park high in the Andes preserves the expertise to breed strains fit for a changing climate
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White New York restaurateur says sorry for touting 'clean' Chinese food | US news | The Guardian

White New York restaurateur says sorry for touting 'clean' Chinese food | US news | The Guardian | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Arielle Haspel’s Lucky Lee’s restaurant at centre of controversy as critics claim cultural appropriation and unfair stereotyping
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An Archive of 3,000 Vintage Cookbooks Lets You Travel Back Through Culinary Time

An Archive of 3,000 Vintage Cookbooks Lets You Travel Back Through Culinary Time | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it


By the time I got to high school, home economics classes had fallen out of favor: the boys, of course, considered them too 'girly,' and the girls considered them enforcers of traditional gender roles wholly out of place in modern society.
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Everything We Eat & Drink Are Completely Controlled By These 10 Companies (Infographic) – Collective Evolution

Everything We Eat & Drink Are Completely Controlled By These 10 Companies (Infographic) – Collective Evolution | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Scour the aisles of the grocery store, and you may be astonished to find just how many types of Pringles there are out there. But while there seems to be no end to the diversity of junk food, a comprehensive infographic has been put together to show you just how few corporations provide us with the […]
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Complete Food

Complete Food | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Huel is nutritionally complete food, providing you with all 26 essential vitamins and minerals, protein, essential fats, carbs, fibre and phytonutrients.
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Eight foods that (nearly) last forever

Eight foods that (nearly) last forever | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Fruit cake may last a century, but it's got nothing on honey.
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The New Colonialism: Foreign Investors Snap Up African Farmland - SPIEGEL ONLINE - International

The New Colonialism: Foreign Investors Snap Up African Farmland - SPIEGEL ONLINE - International | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Governments and investment funds are buying up farmland in Africa and Asia to grow food -- a profitable business, with a growing global population and rapidly rising prices. The high-stakes game of real-life Monopoly is leading to a modern colonialism to which many poor countries submit out of necessity.
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You Will Never Eat McDonald's Again After Reading These Horrifying Facts

You Will Never Eat McDonald's Again After Reading These Horrifying Facts | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Just in case you were thinking about eating at McD's..
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10 Companies That Control Almost Everything We Eat & Drink – Anonymous

10 Companies That Control Almost Everything We Eat & Drink – Anonymous | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
By: Alexa Erickson via collective-evolution.com Scour the aisles of the grocery store, and you may be astonished to find just how many types of Pringles there are out there. But while there seems to be no end to the diversity of junk food, a comprehensive infographic has been put together to show you just how few […]
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Hamburger Chef Jamie Oliver Proves McDonald’s Burgers “Unfit for Human Consumption”

Hamburger Chef Jamie Oliver Proves McDonald’s Burgers “Unfit for Human Consumption” | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
The popular chef Jamie Oliver won a victory against the biggest fast food chains on the planet McDonalds, after providing a relevant proof that their hamburgers contain numerous unhealthy ingredients. Due to this, the fast food chain decided to announce that they will alter the recipe. Yet, not a single mainstream medium reported this publicly. […]
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Dinner for One (Original) - color

Der 90. Geburtstag oder Dinner for One - das berühmte Original aus dem Jahr 1963 - in der nachkolorierten Fassung. Mit dem englischen Komiker Freddi
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Eight Edible Weeds: Foraging in Your Garden

Eight Edible Weeds: Foraging in Your Garden | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
From dandelion to nettles, goosegrass to ground elder. Try these seven edible garden weeds that are tasty and nutritious. With pictures and ID tips.
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How climate change is driving emigration from Central America

How climate change is driving emigration from Central America | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Poverty and violence are often cited as the reasons people emigrate from Central America, but factors such as drought, exacerbated by climate change, are driving people to leave too.
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University of Glasgow - University news - Health claims on packaging for many foods marketed to UK kids are "confusing’"

Stricter regulations on food labelling and product content needed, urge researchers
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82-Year-Old Woman With Dementia Gets Her Memory Back After Changing Her Diet – Collective Evolution

82-Year-Old Woman With Dementia Gets Her Memory Back After Changing Her Diet – Collective Evolution | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Recently, an 82-year-old woman who suffered from dementia, who couldn’t recognize her own son has miraculously got her memory back after changing her diet. When his mother’s condition became so severe that for her own safety she had to be kept in the hospital, Mark Hatzer almost came to terms with losing another parent. Sylvia […]
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Soil Association

Soil Association | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
As the UK’s leading food and farming charity and organic certification body, we work to save our soils and make good food the easy choice for everyone.
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McDonald's workers to go on strike in Britain for first time

McDonald's workers to go on strike in Britain for first time | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Staff in Cambridge and Crayford branches to protest over low wages and zero-hours contracts in action backed by Corbyn
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Contaminated eggs show continuing problems with supply chain

Contaminated eggs show continuing problems with supply chain | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Even a fraction of a penny per egg over hundreds of thousands of eggs can mean being able to survive as a business, so the temptation to cut corners is huge.
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Inside the Secret World of Global Food Spies

Inside the Secret World of Global Food Spies | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
A bowl of ice cream on a hot day in Shanghai gave American Mitchell Weinberg the worst bout of food poisoning he can recall. It also inspired the then-trade consultant to set up Inscatech — a global network of food spies.
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GMO’s Just Got a Lot More Frightening with Approval of New Monsanto Product - Waking Times

GMO’s Just Got a Lot More Frightening with Approval of New Monsanto Product - Waking Times | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Christina Sarich - The EPA just quietly approved a truly scary new upgrade to GMO's.
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For a Weekday Lunch of Southeast Asian Pho: Just Add Water

For a Weekday Lunch of Southeast Asian Pho: Just Add Water | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Sophie Missing and Caroline Craig, authors of The Little Book of Lunch, make a posh version of Cup O' Noodles for a unique desk lunch. Just add water.
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Public Awareness is Making McDonald’s and Monsanto Lose Money Fast

Public Awareness is Making McDonald’s and Monsanto Lose Money Fast | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Two corporations, McDonald’s and Monsanto, both founded in the United States, have been at the centre of controversy regarding what they produce
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Welcome to skyr, the Viking ‘superfood’ waking up Britain

Welcome to skyr, the Viking ‘superfood’ waking up Britain | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
One of Iceland’s top exports, worth £6.4bn a year globally, is now made in Yorkshire
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