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Oh Deer, Drunk Again

The Guardian

Our ladette, binge-drinking culture has finally reached Sweden.

A stunned Swede discovered a seemingly intoxicated moose entangled in an apple tree. Per Johansson, 45, who lives in south-western Sweden, says he heard a roar from the garden of his neighbour, who was on holiday, late on Tuesday and went to have a look. There he found a female moose kicking about in the tree. The animal was likely to have been drunk from eating fermented apples.

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Trading Blows

The Guardian

Once again we see the dangers of market forces on small food producers.

In recent years Borough Market in Southwark, London, has not always been attracting the right sort of press. Wrangles over leaseholds, rent increases and a climate of fear among traders have all had an airing in the national media. More recently still, seven long-term traders, myself included, were told they could no longer trade at the market. But what exactly had been our crime?

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Space Cucumbers

The Guardian

Expect a Jamie Oliver series dealing with space-station nutrition very soon.

Satoshi Furukawa is set to blast off early on Wednesday for a half-year stint in orbit along with Sergei Volkov, a Russian, and Michael Fossum, an American. He said he would be growing cucumbers to research how future space explorers could harvest their own food.

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Broken Hearted Doctor

The Guardian
Ward off disease by eating deep-fried chicken nuggets, says very important doctor. Or possibly the other way round…
Fry-ups, burger and chips, fizzy drinks and ice cream for pudding. You would expect to see these delights on the menu at a McDonald’s or Burger King. But, sadly, this is the sort of food that is also likely to be served at your local hospital. I work as a cardiologist at one of Britain’s leading cardiac centres. I have been a qualified doctor for almost a decade, working in many hospitals throughout the country, and I am extremely proud to occupy a privileged position treating cardiac patients.
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If Food Be The Food Of Love…

The Guardian
A bit of voodoo gastronomy for Valentine’s Day.
The pinky goo of Valentine’s Day draws near, as we are reminded relentlessly from various quarters. “Chef X has prepared a unique Valentine’s menu using naughty ingredient Y.” “New research reveals turnips are the vegetable of love, says Turnip Marketing Board.” Sainsbury’s launches heart-shaped cucumber. Nonsense, all of it, but it got me thinking about aphrodisiacs, those comestibles reputed to license roving hands and cause people to leap into bed together with gay (and straight) abandon.
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UK governments have failed to support organic farming, says report

The Guardian
Successive British governments have failed to support and promote the organic food and farming sector, according to a damning report. Their failures have left the UK an isolated “lazy man of Europe”. Research from the UK’s biggest organic body highlights the low priority given to the sector by “diffident” policy-makers, which it claims led to sales of organic food and drink slumping in the recession while other major European organic markets successfully weathered the storm.
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