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Watch the Trailer for ‘Caffeinated,’ Coming to Theaters July 14 – Eater

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The film takes viewers from farm to cup.

For those who are curious about exactly where their coffee comes from, Caffeinated attempts to tell the story. From filmmakers Vishal Solanki and Hanh Nguyen, the documentary explores America’s most populous coffee-drinking cities and producing countries, featuring interviews with both connoisseurs and farmers. Caffeinated will see a nationwide release in select theaters and streaming services on July 14. See the official trailer above.

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What the FDA’s Trans Fats ‘Phase Out’ Really Means – Eater

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e Food and Drug Administration announced its plan today to phase out trans fats from the American food industry. Two years ago, the FDA acknowledged that trans fats were probably unsafe for human consumption, but until now, there was no national policy on their use in the food industry. This new decision, designed to be implemented over the next three years, was motivated by nearly two decades of research showing major health risks associated with the food additive. In its announcement, the FDA noted that artificial trans fats “are not ‘generally recognized as safe’ (GRAS) for use in human food.” More bluntly, they’re very bad for you.

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Why the FDA’s new ban on trans fats may be most important change in our food supply ever – The Washington Post

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When all the talk tends to center around how the U.S. food system is failing people, it can be easy to forget its successes. But one of those instances has been brought to the forefront this morning.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will implement a new near-zero tolerance ban of partially hydrogenated oils, the main source of trans fats. Food companies will be given three years to phase the ingredient out of their offerings. The decision comes on the heels of a 2013 announcement that a ban was imminent.

And it is a very big deal.

“It’s probably the single m

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To the Phyllosphere and Beyond! | Lucky Peach

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There’s a huge world out there… It’s just too small to see, but we feel it everyday!

The leaves and fruits of plants have long served as a source of food, but long before the rise of the animals, the plant kingdom was providing food for an invisible world of microbes. Termed the phyllosphere, the surfaces of plants are colonized by microbial metropolises that bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microbes call home. Often, these microbes are just along for the ride, sipping miniscule amounts of nutrients from the plant and minding their own business. But in some cases, what happens in the phyllosphere dramatically impacts the host plant—and, subsequently, what and how we eat. Here are a few of my favorite examples of microbial shenanigans in the phyllosphere.

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