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AN EVEN BIGGER THREAT TO RESTAURANT SURVIVAL

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Growing cycles will continue to change, unpredictable alterations in weather patterns will continue to haunt farmers, and crops that would normally thrive in certain parts of the world may not be able to survive there now. [] WAR: Ukraine was the 5 th or 6 th largest agricultural country in the world.

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Unpeeling the Layers: How Do Food Banks Actually Work?

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Lille Allen Organizations like Feeding America support the nations food-insecure communities. She told me she had been trying to figure out how to get a turkey from a food pantry; she had fallen on her hip recently, complicating existing mobility issues. I made a note to check into regular food deliveries from a local service.

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The People Who Feed America Are Going Hungry

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Climate change is escalating a national food crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs This story was originally published by Grist and co-published with Modern Farmer. The small plot that hugs a soccer field and community center is an increasingly vital source of food to feed her family. Léalo en Español.

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Why Are the World’s Greatest Mangoes Almost Impossible to Buy in the U.S.?

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I pulled the car around and watched a massive garage door open to reveal my prize: a stack of mango boxes on a dolly cart, this batch with a going price of about $8 per fruit. My father, honestly not a big food lover, was praising God upon eating them. Department of Agriculture. Apparently this wasn’t a first for him.

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Sustaining the Earth and Customers’ Goodwill: The Impact of IoT

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So technicians climb into their trucks, making three extra 40-mile round trips to complete the necessary repairs. For restaurants and QSRs, the high price of cooking oil is an ongoing pain point. percent (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, reported by Marketplace ). Could these extra trips be prevented?

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The Tasting Menu at the End of the World

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When they finally decided to escape the deteriorating air quality, Kyle and Katina Connaughton packed their two cats, two dogs, and one of their two daughters (the other was in Boston) and her fiance into a farm truck and headed toward safety in Washington state.

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The Great Shortage

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Pandemic-related materials, food, and labor shortages make running an independent restaurant near-impossible. Along with environmental conditions triggered by global warming, COVID has snarled supply chains across the world, and food supplies are no exception. Our food supply] is not all one supply chain,” he says.