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Ferndale (United States) (AFP) - In New York, one of the most celebrated culinary centers in the world, a war over foie gras is pitting the city, backed by animal rights activists, against duck farmers and restaurant owners, whose position is supported by the state. Karen Frommer, enjoying a meal at an upscale restaurant in Manhattan, shrugs when asked about the Big Apple's ban on the sale, consumption and possession of the controversial delicacy. "We will never be able to deal with vegans at all," the 78-year-old tells AFP. "But if they are always focused on the feeding of the ducks, let them...
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Galax (United States) (AFP) - With its brown-and-white cows grazing on a grassy hillside high in the Appalachian Mountains, Meadow Creek Dairy is not like most other American cheesemakers: its products are made from unpasteurized, or "raw" milk. The small family business in the eastern United States is a rarity in the nation's dairy market, dominated by industrial cheesemakers exclusively using pasteurized milk. In their blue overalls and caps, Helen Feete and Ana Arguello work before huge vats, each containing hundreds of gallons of milk. Feete, who founded the dairy with her husband in the 1...
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New York (AFP) - Sandra White normally has turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. But on Thursday, due to soaring inflation, she's going to have fried chicken instead. "It's too expensive, too expensive," the 70-year-old White, a resident of East Harlem, says of the traditional holiday bird. She asked her guests to bring other parts of the meal. It's the same story for fellow shopper Yeisha Swan, but she got lucky: one of her loved ones bought the family fowl, and she was able to cut costs on the side dishes, which for many are just as important as the main course. "This is way less than what I woul...
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Jacksonville (AFP) - Sitting outside her modest home in Jacksonville, Florida, on a street lined with nondescript buildings in faded shades of blue, a weary Brenda Jenkins expresses a simple wish: to be able to buy fresh fruit and produce in her own neighborhood. It sounds simple enough. But for people like her, one of the 39 million Americans living in "food deserts" -- most of them low-income urban dwellers, and predominantly people of color -- fresh food is practically inaccessible. In a country with often poor mass transit and persistent pockets of poverty, getting to grocery stores that s...
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Washington (AFP) - There's no end in sight to America's shortage of baby formula -- and the crisis has highlighted the lack of competition that has spread to all parts of the US economy, even essential ones such as food for infants. The problem "is not going to solve itself in a day or week," Brian Deese, a top White House economic advisor, told CNN Friday. He was unable to say how long the crisis would last. Initially caused by supply chain blockages and a lack of production workers due to the pandemic, the shortage was exacerbated in February when, after the death of two infants, manufacture...
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North Londonderry (United States) (AFP) - French dairy giant Lactalis is betting big on North America, adapting to local preferences to attract consumers while it manages country-specific issues, such as the extreme volatility of US milk prices. On the new production line at Stonyfield Farm in Londonderry, New Hampshire, a Lactalis subsidiary since 2017, 800,000 yogurts are pumped out every week. The organic brand is seeing strong demand for its products aimed at babies and children, so Stonyfield plans to build a second production line for them this year. To nibble at US market share in the y...
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Washington (AFP) - A consortium of European cheesemakers have lost their case in US federal court, in which they sought to limit the usage of the term "gruyere" to only those cheeses produced near the town of Gruyeres, Switzerland. When shoppers in Europe buy gruyere cheese, they can be sure that the soft, nutty wheel has been crafted by French or Swiss cheesemakers using a specific process, in a specific geographical region. That is because cheesemakers near Gruyeres, like bubbly-producers in the Champagne region of France, have successfully lobbied European regulators to protect their exclus...
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Washington (AFP) - First it was computer chips, and now spirits: Global supply chain woes are shaping up as the party pooper in some parts of the United States. In Pennsylvania, authorities have limited the sale of certain brands to two bottles per person per day since September 17, due to persistent disruptions in the supply chain and a shortage of products, the state alcohol commission said. The limits apply to stores selling alcoholic beverages, as well as bars and restaurants in states like Pennsylvania, which have a monopoly on the sale of some types of alcohol. "We regularly impose bott...
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