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Tests on Subway chicken sandwiches in Canada have concluded that Subway chicken was only half meat — with the other half soy.

DNA Tests Find Subway Chicken Only 50 Percent Meat, Canadian News Program Reports

2:07pm March 01, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

The CBC's investigative consumer show Marketplace ordered the DNA analysis. The sandwich chain unilaterally denies the accusation, with a spokesman calling the claims "absolutely false."

Lettuce crops are irrigated in Yuma, Ariz. In winter, Yuma typically supplies many of those bags of baby spinach and mixed greens Americans consume. It's But unusually damp conditions have forced growers to end the season earlier than usual this year.

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Sorry, Salad Lovers: We May Have No Mesclun Mix (For Two Weeks)

9:53am March 01, 2017

by Dan Charles

The system that delivers fresh greens to supermarkets is having a hiccup. There may be a nationwide shortage of salad mix in a few weeks. You can blame wet weather in Arizona and California.

Starbucks has announced it will open its first location in Italy in this historic post office building in downtown Milan.

Starbucks To Open In Italy, Home Of Espresso, In 2018. Italian Cafes Say Bring It

6:51pm February 28, 2017

by Lucia Maffei

The coffeehouse giant plans several stores in Milan. But Italian coffeehouse owners aren't particularly worried. As one told us, they're not even in the same business.

Steve Pound, MP, pictured at the Rehab Parliamentary Pancake Race 2017. Pancake races are a Shrove Tuesday tradition in England dating back centuries.

The British Celebrate Pancake Day With Sweet Races

5:34pm February 28, 2017

by Frank Langfitt

The last day of February is called Pancake Day in the United Kingdom, and it is marked by pancake races. Teams run pan in hand toward the finish line in a tradition going back hundreds of years.

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Vegetables were rationed at supermarkets in the U.K. due to poor weather conditions in Europe. Here, lettuce, broccoli and zucchini were rationed at a Tesco store in London.

In U.K., A Veggie Shortage Inspires Funny Headlines And Serious Thoughts

3:10pm February 28, 2017

by Maanvi Singh

Bad weather in southern Europe caused a brief shortage of veggies in the U.K. Prices went up and people panicked. Now they are thinking harder about where their food comes from.

In U.K., A Veggie Shortage Inspires Funny Headlines And Serious Thoughts

1:25pm February 28, 2017

by Maanvi Singh

Bad weather in southern Europe caused a brief shortage of veggies in the U.K. Prices went up and people panicked. Now they are thinking harder about where their food comes from.

Tamil and Sinhalese workers pick tea on Amba Estate in the early morning.

PHOTOS: In Sri Lanka's Tea Paradise, A Social Enterprise Is Brewing

9:19am February 28, 2017

by Victoria Milko

The island nation is one of the world's biggest exporters of tea, an industry that employs a sizable part of the population. We visit one organic tea farm that shares revenues with its workers.

From field to bakery, a loaf of bread packs a measurable environmental punch.

What's The Environmental Footprint Of A Loaf Of Bread? Now We Know

7:04pm February 27, 2017

by Rhitu Chatterjee

New research calculates the greenhouse gas emissions involved in making bread, from wheat field to bakery. The vast majority of emissions come from one step in the process: farming.

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For Barrow Street Theatre, pie shells are baked and filled with the chicken and vegetables, cooked in a little white truffle butter, then sprinkled with truffle zest.

In NYC, 'Sweeney Todd' Baker Serves Up Some Bloody Good Pies

4:38pm February 27, 2017

The off-Broadway musical, in which a barber's clients become filling for meat pies, may make you lose your appetite. But former White House pastry chef Bill Yosses bakes a tempting pre-theater treat.

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Mirza Luqman Effendy of Brewphobia in South Jakarta prepares coffee for a cupping session.

Indonesia Wakes And Up And Smells Its Own Coffee — Then Drinks It

1:18pm February 26, 2017

by Anthony Kuhn

Indonesia is the world's fourth-largest coffee producer, exporting more than it consumes. But that's changing, as demand from a rising middle class fuels entrepreneurship and connoisseurship.