WPI inflation dips to 3.58% in Dec as veggie prices decline

Food delivery apps don’t make money. That’s one of the big lessons venture capitalists have taken away from the past few years, as the startup graveyard has filled with names such as Sprig, Jinn, and Take Eat Easy. Despite the $100 billion market, margins are thin or nonexistent, and apps haven’t been …

In 2008, it counted itself among one of the nation’s growing food deserts—expanses of inhabited land devoid of purchasable fresh food. It was estimated that in 2017, 23.5 million Americans lived in a food desert, where instead of supermarkets, liquor stores and fast food vendors provide residents their …

Teenagers who are bombarded with junk food adverts could be eating hundreds more packets of crisps, chocolate bars and fizzy drinks each year then those who are not, new research has found. Cancer Research UK said teenagers who watch more than three hours of commercial TV a day are more …

Cranes Arrive in Hodeidah to Boost Yemen Food Aid Flow: U.N. … The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said in a statement that a ship carrying the cranes it bought with funds from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) had arrived in Yemen’s Hodeidah Port and …

Though it is not clear why informational interventions do not work, evidence suggests that food-related stimuli in the environment may play a role in triggering unhealthful eating habits. “Health warnings often make people want to choose healthier foodproducts, yet many still end up picking unhealthy food …

The barista (her younger brother, Alaa) even sports the scruffy beard and Blue Jays cap favored by food-service workers along this hip stretch of Queen Street. But Soufi’s offers hints of something more unusual than just a place to get lunch. They include the sinuous melodies of old Arabic pop songs, the …

WASHINGTON — Plantings of winter wheat for harvest in 2018 were estimated at 32,608,000 acres in data issued Jan. 12 by the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Plantings were modestly off from the year before and represent the smallest winter wheat seeded …

From the tropics to the poles, the effects of climate change are transforming environments that humans have known since prehistory. Chances of saving the world’s coral reefs are disappearing because of mass bleaching, according to a paper by scientists on four continents published in the journal Science …

Food has become such an important part of our holiday plans and choices that it is rare to take a break – be it overnight, for a long weekend or long-haul – without first thoroughly researching the food options. This is equally true when choosing a spa or well-being retreat. We may be on a mission to purify, …