Extensive testing of pasteurized commercially purchased milk and other dairy products from 38 states has found no evidence of live H5N1 bird flu virus. trib.al/pPloxJH

Refreshing candor from Jim VandeHei on the debate over whether we should stop talking about DEI: 'What the fuck are you talking about? How can you not think about it? You live in America. It’s a diverse country.'

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So helpful - of course STAT is a must read on all of this right now

'I don’t think it’s an accident that the new generation of companies that are working are run by journalist founders.'

Lots of gems in this Jim VandeHei interview w/New York Magazine >>

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Is it possible to have social media that doesn't just turn into a shopping mall? 💰

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US to test ground beef in states with bird-flu outbreaks in dairy cows reuters.com/business/healt…

A bitter fight has raged in Washington over school nutrition for more than a decade. A new Biden administration regulation just might offer a truce.

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“If I were in charge, for the moment I would forbid the selling of raw milk'

#H5N1

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Dads caucus presses FDA on applesauce debacle. A group of Democrat dads on Capitol Hill are demanding answers from FDA about how to keep contaminated kids' food from making it to market. foodfix.co/dads-caucus-pr…

A quick update: Academics who went looking for genetic traces of H5N1 in store-bought milk from 10 US states found it in nearly 40% of samples. FDA's own investigation, which aims to be a 'large representative national sample,' has found evidence of H5N1 in 20% of milk products.

Important to note this refers to genetic material, not live #H5N1 virus (thanks to pasteurization), but still this is kind of an astonishing finding - great reporting by Megan Molteni

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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