The current context of record food prices and increasing food insecurity has given new urgency to the role of trade in addressing the challenges we face today. Groups representing farmers, ranchers, food producers and exporters from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States of America issued the following statement: “With record food prices and ever-increasing food insecurity, it would be unimaginable for the WTO to fail to deliver a substantial outcome on agriculture at […]
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In the now-viral video, a young Russian soldier can be seen sipping some tea and consuming bread as he tries to calm himself down Screengrab from the video. Credit: Twitter/@ChristopherJM Amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a heart-warming video is currently making headlines, showcasing how people are coming out to help each other in times of need, irrespective of the animosity between their countries. The clip shows Ukrainian citizens providing food to a Russian soldier amid the war around them. This heart-warming […]
Unilever logo is displayed in this illustration taken on January 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Investor group says health ‘a crucial blind spot’ More governments taxing high sugar, calorie products Call for more data, targets to boost healthy food share LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – A group of investors in Unilever (ULVR.L) said on Thursday they had filed a fresh resolution urging the company to fix a “crucial blind spot” in its […]
Employees have been berated, attacked, had food thrown at them, and worse. A new report tallies 77,000 violent encounters on the job. In the spring of this year, Perla Hernández, an employee at a Burger King store in Campbell, California, was making a burger when she heard some commotion in the dining area. Stepping out of the kitchen, she was terrified to see a customer brandishing a knife in what appeared to be a dispute with another diner, Hernández recalled […]