Tag: food shortages
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Mercy Chefs Served Thousands of Hot Meals to Texans During Storms
Mercy Chefs, a non-profit organization based in Virginia, headed to Texas to serve warm meals amidst bitter temperatures. The storm left many Texans trapped in their homes without power or water. What began as an inconvenience quickly turned into a deadly situation. Many had to weather the storm in sub-freezing temperatures, going without food for…
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Google Develops AI to Help End Food Waste and Feed the Hungry
A Google subsidiary called X, or The Moonshot Factory, aims to end food waste around the world with AI. The offshoot created two programs to help food producers, suppliers, and commercial kitchens direct extra food to food banks. Having excess food may seem like a good thing, but it doesn’t usually go to people who…
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Research Suggests a Link Between Polluted Air and Cognitive Diseases
All around the world, cases of cognitive diseases are on the rise. It’s an epidemic that scientists are feverishly researching in an attempt to find causes and solutions. This is especially true since most cognitive diseases are irreversible. A recent breakthrough in research suggests that markers of certain cognitive diseases were present in young people’s…