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ONLY 33% SPENT ON REAL FOOD. "Of the $85 billion spent on supermarket groceries each year, raw meat, fresh fruit and vegetables contribute an estimated $28 billion." (Australia supermarket data). https://lnkd.in/dryJsJv View in LinkedIn

SUMMATION OF CAPACITY. "An ant is part of a colony, much as a neuron is part of a brain. An ant cannot do much in isolation, but a colony is a highly resilient adaptive system. Similarly, a neuron is individually able to only make limited interactions with other neurons, but the brain is capable of highly complex cognitive processes. In other words, both ants and neurons behave/act in perfect harmony with other conspecifics/cells to accomplish tasks that go beyond the capability of a single individual." https://lnkd.in/dAsj2i3 View in LinkedIn

"CIGARETTES AND JUNK FOOD dominate supermarket growth. Australians now spend 10 per cent of the nation's annual grocery bill on tobacco products, and one in every five dollars spent at supermarkets goes on cigarettes or junk food ... the fastest growth rates are coming from tobacco and junk foods, which now top $17 billion of combined sales (20% of annual sales)." https://lnkd.in/dryJsJv View in LinkedIn

ROYAL JELLY. "An early study also determined the cellular basis of the discrete caste morphology of A. mellifera. Queens arise when workers in a colony selectively feed chosen larvae royal jelly. The caste differentiation occurs through an epigenetic process; non-heritable factors contributing to gene expression. Queen and worker morphological forms both come occur from the same genome, royal jelly nourishment is the non-genetic determiner." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics_of_social_behavior View in LinkedIn

BIG FOOD POLITICS. "Conflict about junk food has intensified since late 2001, when a Surgeon General's report called obesity an "epidemic." Since that time, the White House has repeatedly weighed in on the side of Big Food. It worked hard to weaken the World Health Organization's global anti-obesity strategy and went so far as to question the scientific basis for "the linking of fruit and vegetable consumption to decreased risk of obesity and diabetes." https://lnkd.in/dVfANpN View in LinkedIn

BEE PHEROMONES. "The needs of a honey bee colony are communicated between bees by pheromones, chemical signals which trigger behavioral responses. Honey bees have a variant of the same foraging gene that controls the onset of foraging behavior. Elevated expression of this gene correlates with increased foraging activity." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics_of_social_behavior View in LinkedIn

BETTER TO EAT THE NAPKIN. "Geoffrey Bible, former C.E.O. of Philip Morris (prior owner of Kraft Foods), remarked that he read an article that said: "If you take Lunchables apart, the most healthy item in it is the napkin." In 1997, Lunchables came under fire for having high saturated fat and sodium content while being marketed as a healthy children's meal." https://lnkd.in/dx_C3gQ View in LinkedIn

"LUNCHABLES is a brand of food manufactured by Kraft Foods and introduced to the U.S. market in 1988 ... as a way for Oscar Mayer to sell more bologna meat. A line of the trays called Maxed Out was eventually released that had as many as nine grams of saturated fat, or nearly an entire day’s recommended maximum for kids, with up to two-thirds of the maximum for sodium and 13 teaspoons of sugar." https://lnkd.in/dx_C3gQ View in LinkedIn

BERMAN, OF CCF "also reassured potential donors about the concern that they might be found out as supporters: "We run all of this stuff through nonprofit organizations that are insulated from having to disclose donors. There is total anonymity." Phony front groups. https://lnkd.in/dBe4xE4 View in LinkedIn

WIN UGLY OR LOSE PRETTY. "In a document released by the New York Times on October 30, 2014, from a talk Berman gave to the Western Energy Alliance, Berman described the approach of his various organizations as as one of "Win Ugly or Lose Pretty." Memorable. Richard Berman founded CCF. https://lnkd.in/dBe4xE4 View in LinkedIn