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Editorial: Mystery meat

By Gord Gilmour June 29, 2018

A paradigm shift appears to be coming quickly down at the fast-food drive-thru. Last week A&W Canada announced a new meat-free burger, touted as just as good as ground beef. It has partnered up with Beyond Meat, a company that’s attracted capital from sources such as Microsoft mogul Bill Gates and A-list actor Leonardo Dicaprio.

Recipe Swap

You can cut calories and still enjoy eating out

A few small adjustments to how you order and eat can really add up quickly

By Julie Garden-Robinson December 19, 2016

What’s your favourite episode of ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’?” my daughter asked her siblings. Her brother and sister began describing the antics of SpongeBob, a yellow kitchen sponge who lives in a pineapple at the bottom of the sea. He works as a dedicated fry cook with an interesting bunch of characters at a restaurant. My kids

Opinion

Agricultural interests object to healthy eating recommendations

By Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer November 2, 2015

Thomas Vilsack, secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Sylvia Burwell, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) appeared before the House Agriculture Committee on Oct. 7 to respond to criticism of the “Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee” by members of the agriculture committee. Chief

A McDonald’s restaurant in Toronto. (McDonalds.ca)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Consumers want sustainable beef, but defining that may be murky

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus October 13, 2015

CNS Canada –– McDonald’s plans on using sustainable beef by 2016, and intends on sourcing at least part of it from Canadian producers. The fast food giant’s latest step toward sustainability is to define what exactly that means. Defining sustainability is important, according to a beef brand officer, because in some cases it’s something consumers

Opinion

Editorial: Just print your food and eat it?

By Laura Rance-Unger July 27, 2015

Those of us who still garden have a rather quaint view of food and technology. We plant seeds, help them grow, harvest and eat (cooking optional). Meat or other sources of protein are a bit of an afterthought compared to the taste of those first seasonal bites of melt-in-your mouth potatoes, beans, beets and carrots.

Livestock, Markets

McDonald’s says rough ride to continue into 2015

By GFM Network News, Lisa Baertlein, Yashaswini Swamynathan January 23, 2015

Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. warned Friday that business will be weak in the first half of 2015 and it is cutting its annual construction budget to the lowest in more than five years as it opens fewer restaurants in struggling markets. The world’s largest fast-food chain, with more than 36,000 restaurants around the globe, just

Opinion

So much for the ‘cheap food’ defence

By Laura Rance-Unger May 30, 2014

Ag boosters habitually fall back on two defences whenever someone questions why farmers do things the way they do — usually on ethical or environmental sustainability issues. We’ve dealt with fallacies of the first mantra — our farmers must feed the world — previously in this space. Increasing the productivity of small-scale farmers — most

News

Berlin gripped by family feud over sausages

July 30, 2012

Call it the battle of the bangers. A family feud over sausage succession rights is adding some spice to Berlin’s summer. After months of bitter legal wrangling with his mother, Mario Ziervogel opened a fast-food outlet serving Berlin’s famous dish, the currywurst: fried pork sausage sliced up and smothered in ketchup and curry powder. His

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Super-size surveys show consumer landscape is changing

By Sheri Monk April 15, 2012

McDonald’s is an iconic brand which has transcended its all-American heritage to become the world’s most renowned fast-food brand leader. Yet to stay at the top, McDonald’s must change some of the same practices that got it there, says a senior company official. “As the face of Canada truly changes, so does its eating habits,”

International news, News

KFC and Pizza Hut hope India will fall in love with fast food

By Lisa Baertlein March 14, 2012

Rati Motwani of Mumbai treats her seven-year-old daughter to a fast-food fix almost every weekend. Western chains increasingly are gaining a following and changing old dining habits, she says. “In Indian cities today, pizza and burgers have become staples and have replaced the traditional daal and chawal (lentils and rice), which we grew up eating.

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soy futures pull back as Brazil harvest advances

McDonald’s, Cargill fund youth councillor position with Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise, hogs fall as traders watch other commodities

Tag Archives Fast food

Editorial: Mystery meat

You can cut calories and still enjoy eating out

Agricultural interests object to healthy eating recommendations

Consumers want sustainable beef, but defining that may be murky

Editorial: Just print your food and eat it?

McDonald’s says rough ride to continue into 2015

Berlin gripped by family feud over sausages

Super-size surveys show consumer landscape is changing

KFC and Pizza Hut hope India will fall in love with fast food

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