Over the past decade, Starbucks has come to define many aspects of mega-capitalism with its ubiquitous stores and one-size-fits-all business model, but during the past year it has appeared to turn over a new leaf. The recession has clearly not been kind to the coffee behemoth and change was definitely on the menu.
While its “inspired by Starbucks” [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on September 16th, 2009 @ 6:16 pm
Tagged with: carbon footprint, CORR, costs, environmental awareness, food, goals, green business, jobs, recycling, Starbucks, sustainability, waste disposal
Doctor David Ludwig, a pediatrician, and Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition at New York University, spoke with U.S. News and World Report this week about the food industry and how junk food companies are misleading the public in their efforts to market “healthy” eating for children.
First, some background. The CDC released statistics earlier this year [...]
Filed under: News on July 31st, 2009 @ 4:37 pm
Tagged with: childhood obesity, children, education, food, Food Industry, health, Kraft, labeling, marketing, Nutrition, Pepsi, reporting, standardization
‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.