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Friday, June 28, 2013

That Lefty Food Blog weekly food news roundup: Boycott Labatt's, solidarity with Pepsi workers in West Bengal, and more!

This is the first of what will be a weekly food news roundup every Friday sharing food news, links and stories from a lefty viewpoint. 

This week's stories:

Boycott Labatt's! Find out why and details on the ongoing labour action in Newfoundland here: http://rabble.ca/news/2013/06/labatt-brewery-strike-escalates-union-launches-boycott



How a story about chickens and food distribution becomes a lesson in Colonialism:  http://rabble.ca/news/2013/06/colonialism-dummies-story-about-chickens-to-help-explain-canadian-history

McDonald's concedes that its Halal products were sometimes not: http://news.yahoo.com/2-mich-mcdonalds-drop-halal-165131760.html

Enjoying bannock burgers and bannock hot dogs at Native Delights in Edmonton: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2013/06/21/edmonton-native-delights-food-cart-aboriginal-business.html

A serious food crisis faces the people of Madagascar: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/178657/icode/

Pakistan urgently needs food & nutrition assistance according to the UN:  http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=45252#.Uc2UdJyPyAA

20 years of data show that beef, poultry and fish are still behind the largest numbers of foodborne illness outbreaks, but outbreaks associated with leafy greens are on the rise: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/06/20-years-of-foodborne-illness-data-show-poultry-fish-beef-continue-to-be-leading-sources-of-outbreaks/#.Uc2VDpyPyAA

Continuing a disturbing trend, food prices continue to rise in Canada: http://business.financialpost.com/2013/06/21/canadians-are-paying-more-for-food-and-fuel/

Bigot Paula Deen finally given the toss by the Food Network: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/21/paula-deen-fired-food-network-cancels-show-after-racism-scandal_n_3480517.html Even Walmart follows suit: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/walmart-paula-deen_n_3505258.html

Pepsi Co. is dismissing and intimidating workers trying to unionize in West Bengal. Read about it and sign the petition here: http://www.iuf.org/cgi-bin/campaigns/show_campaign.cgi?c=750

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