USDA confirms cow-to-cow transmission a factor in bird flu spread reuters.com/business/healt…

Really enjoyed the latest Food Fix newsletter, focused on the recent media coverage of how food industry consolidation is distorting our food system in a myriad of ways. Excellent reporting!

Every day, Ukraine is losing its people, its territory, its electricity. I ask Congress to vote now on Ukraine aid. It’s vital to US interests that Russia is stopped from taking a country of 40M by force. We lived this history in Europe before & we know the cost of failing to act

Food-Tech shifts from hype to reality amid venture capital slowdown. Focus narrows on sustainable growth with alt-proteins reassessed and precision fermentation on the rise. A strategic pivot towards long-term viability? #FoodTech #Sustainability

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If it seems like you’re hearing more about consolidation in food these days, you almost certainly are.

Today's Food Fix features Austin Frerick's new book about the new barons of our food system + the Food, Inc. 2 premiere in DC this week.

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This is not good.

Read Helena Bottemiller Evich on the news industry implosion Food Fix
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Why the media implosion should scare all of us

Reflecting on what we lose when we lose professional journalists – and where the news business is headed next.

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Appreciate the love! And also 😫😫

Don’t miss FLORIDA’s Spring 2024 science journalist in residence Helena Bottemiller Evich’s upcoming presentation about reporting on food policy amid a journalism implosion.

Join her public talk and Q&A on April 3, 4pm-5pm at Pugh Hall Ocora followed by a small reception.

This, however, remains the best wildlife sighting in Rosslyn: twitter.com/hbottemiller/s…

As venture capital dries up, food-tech leaders drop the hype and get real about what’s on the horizon.

#foodtech #futurefoodtech #altprotein

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As venture capital dries up, food-tech leaders drop the hype and get real about what’s on the horizon.

My dispatch from #futurefoodtech in today's Food Fix:

Food tech comes back down to earth🌏

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It's hard to convey how long even 15-30 seconds feels when you're trying to get emergency help. It's totally unacceptable. cc Mayor Muriel Bowser

LOVE to see more media models cropping up like this ⤵️

'Traditional science media is broken, so it’s time for something new. ... As journalists, doing nothing in this moment felt tantamount to endorsing a dysfunctional status quo.'

I just subscribed!

'One of the commonest criticisms is that these drugs in no way change the food environment.
The U.S. government hasn’t done much to address root causes, even as the human toll and cost to taxpayers have skyrocketed. Did anyone really expect Big Pharma to?'foodfix.co/what-were-lear…

Farm bill pessimism permeates Washington 🚜 🛒

Even the most optimistic folks in Washington are starting to bet against Congress passing a farm bill this year.

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Good analysis here ⤵️

(And thanks for citing me + Food Fix!)

🍼FTC says WIC may make infant formula market ‘more fragile’

The antitrust agency emphasized the importance of WIC for low-income families & babies, while also highlighting vulnerabilities of market concentration.

Two companies control 80% of market

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Intersting read - patients’ food consumption habits change substantially when on Ozempic. Reports also on cravings, or “food noise,” quiet down or go away completely. foodfix.co/what-were-lear…