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MRM Franchise Feed: Church’s Goes Hybrid and Curry Up Incentives Now

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It’s one more way we can show how much we care about our employees. “We’re thrilled to partner with the KFC Foundation to provide KFC restaurant employees with the tools they need to quickly build emergency savings funds and establish long-term saving habits,” said Leigh Phillips, President and CEO, SaverLife.

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Feed the Rich, Save the Planet?

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On the morning of February 7, 2020, office employees at the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture filed one by one into meetings with management. When leadership began presenting these ideas to staff in 2019, a number of Stone Barns employees vocally disagreed with the new direction. Some came out crying.

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Stone Barns Claims It’s Fixing Agriculture. Former Employees Say the Farm Was Plagued by Dysfunction.

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Former apprentices and employees say they faced working conditions they considered unsafe, while numerous former livestock employees describe what they view as unnecessary animal suffering within Stone Barns’ holistic land management system. The farm is run by Jack Algiere, who was hired as the center’s first employee in 2003.

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Austin Breweries Serving up the Best Craft Beer

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They believe in sustainable farming and brewing, and use many of the crops they grow on the farm in their beer and kitchen. Independence Brewing Company has been in business since 2004. Their I Just Want a Pils is a Czech Pilsner that has a clean, crisp taste popular among the employees at Southern Heights. Independence Brewing.

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The 38 All-Time Best Food Movies

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The one thing that all of these films have in common is that they depict food, dining, cooking, or eating in relatable, often visceral ways. The titular Babette flees violence in France to work for two pious sisters in 19th-century Denmark, whose bland diet of bread soup keeps them just sustained enough, but never tipping into gluttony.

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The Immense Human Cost of Keeping Thailand’s Palm Oil Flowing

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acres) for building a home — provided they practice sustainable farming methods and sow a diverse mix of seeds. A key component of SPFT’s sustainability efforts is upholding a high degree of biodiversity. Every household of SPFT is entitled to an equal amount of land — 10 rai (4 acres) for planting crops and 1 rai (0.4