Fairfood Friday #71

Every Friday we round up the most interesting, inspiring or funny stories we came across while conducting research for our news stories. This week: If the Bacon Apocalypse Comes – Pork and therefore bacon may be in critically short supply on a global scale next year. What would you miss most if the bacon apocalypse is truly upon us? Here are five products we’d miss, if not for their taste than for their utter ridiculousness.

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If the Bacon Apocalypse Comes
Pork and therefore bacon may be in critically short supply on a global scale next year. What would you miss most if the bacon apocalypse is truly upon us? Here are five products we’d miss, if not for their taste than for their utter ridiculousness.

How Silent Spring Ignited the Environmental Movement
What was it that allowed Rachel Carson to capture the public imagination and to forge America’s environmental consciousness?

An Australian Fishing Furore
A huge sucking sound: a giant trawler is stranded in port.

Royal Society Names Refrigeration Most Significant Invention in the History of Food and Drink
The Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, has today named the fridge, pasteurised milk, and the tin can as the three most significant inventions in the history of food and drink. These relatively modern innovations outscored more ancient inventions including the fishing net, the plough, and the cork.

Interactive: How Much Water is used in the Production of Different Foods?
Italian graphic design specialist Angela Morelli has put together an interactive visualisation explaining how much water we consume indirectly through eating and drinking different foods and drinks.

Drizzle and Drought
The souring cost of a salad dressing.

Dirkje Koene is a Copywriter for Fairfood International.

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