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Edibles

In # 9. Appetite for edibles? by Anna

As just about anything in American politics is divisive, being pro or anti edibles as a food company could either greatly improve sales or completely ruin years of marketing and loyal costumers. Therefore, if a new product can’t be made that has significant potential to bring in new costumers, then …

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Nestle Sustainability Program

In # 8: Sustainability by Anna

Nestle is one of the biggest food companies in the world and their goal is to be 100% sustainable by 2025. Their plan called the Nestle Cocoa Plan has four key parts, sustainable sourcing, farmer support, child labor prevention, and environmental sustainability. I recently did a paper about a similar …

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Plant Products

In # 7. Plant-based meat by Anna

Some of the post ideas I haven’t responded to because I don’t have strong opinions either way and it’s a little boring to make a lukewarm post. I could potentially go either way on this issue too. On one hand it’s silly to call almond milk “milk”, it’s…not milk at …

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Allergy Treatment

In # 5: Food allergens in the news by Anna

There has been a lot of research involved in desensitizing patients to a specific allergen. Although effective, the process doesn’t solve the issue at its biochemical root, which is that the IgE antigens are over reacting to a harmless stimuli and binding to things when they shouldn’t be. Additionally, desensitizing therapies …

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Junk Food Public Policy

In # 3: Junk Food Dissuasion by Anna

In determining which legislation would be best to address the needs of obese and overweight Americans, the needs and habits of the poor should not go unnoticed and will be taken most into consideration as the poor are disproportionately affected by obesity and are more sensitive to the price of …

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Truffle Business

In # 2. COVID, beyond 2023 by Anna

The economy is hard these days, with prices of food and living rising, everyone wants to make the most of their time and resources, but what if you could make money on a tree in your yard? Several specific trees can be host to a rare type of fungus, a …

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Food philosophy

In # 1: You are what you eat by Anna

I have a few…interesting eating habits. For a long time in my first few years of college I was very food insecure. I didn’t have enough money for groceries so I had to get food from the food pantry. I developed a habit of eating as much as I could …