GenevaLunch » food http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 07:01:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Int’l “State of the Mother” report urges better maternal nutritionhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/08/intl-state-of-the-mother-report-urges-better-maternal-nutrition/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/08/intl-state-of-the-mother-report-urges-better-maternal-nutrition/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 12:57:31 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=70018 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Save the Children’s annual State of the Mother Report, which ranks countries around the world according to women’s and children’s wellbeing, is focusing on maternal nutrition ahead of this month’s G8 meeting in Camp David, at which US President Barack Obama is expected to discuss food and agriculture. The charity considers “nutrition [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/08/intl-state-of-the-mother-report-urges-better-maternal-nutrition/feed/ 0 Key to ending hunger – help women farmers increase food productionhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/16/key-to-ending-hunger-help-women-farmers-increase-food-production/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/16/key-to-ending-hunger-help-women-farmers-increase-food-production/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:10:41 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=67780 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – (#agriculture #women) Women’s agricultural production is an average 25 percent lower in developing countries than that of male farmers, the first-ever Global Conference on Women in Agriculture says, in a call for greater gender equity in agriculture as a means to combat world hunger. Forty-three percent of agriculture in developing countries is [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/16/key-to-ending-hunger-help-women-farmers-increase-food-production/feed/ 0 Migros recalls shrimp packetshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/migros-recalls-shrimp-packets/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/migros-recalls-shrimp-packets/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:31:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66886 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Migros is recalling shrimp packets after an internal safety check found traces of the bacteria listeria. Customers are urged to not eat the products, which can be returned to a Migros store for a refund. The item concerned is 500 gr packets of “Tail on” pre-cooked shrimp with the following dates, sold [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/migros-recalls-shrimp-packets/feed/ 0 Swiss customs revenues get boost from high Swiss franchttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/08/swiss-customs-revenues-get-boost-from-high-swiss-franc/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/08/swiss-customs-revenues-get-boost-from-high-swiss-franc/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:40:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66411 GenevaLunch.com BASEL / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Lower prices across the border in France thanks to the high Swiss franc don’t always mean the Swiss lose out: the Swiss Customs Office says that in 2011 its revenues rose thanks to import declarations, from CHF28.7 million to CHF39.8m. Imported border goods remain nevertheless a small part of customs [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/08/swiss-customs-revenues-get-boost-from-high-swiss-franc/feed/ 0 Best deals in town: insurance, finance, food and morehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/best-deals-in-town-insurance-finance-food-and-more/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/best-deals-in-town-insurance-finance-food-and-more/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:19:21 +0000 Marie Joséphine Guillet http://genevalunch.com/?p=66141 GenevaLunch.com Comparis.ch is a popular Swiss internet comparison service and it’s available in English. Their latest: weekly food, wine and beer deals at major supermarkets are listed in the Special offers section. A free Smartshopper application is available for your smartphone. Comparis has long been known for its comparisons of insurances rates for health, home, cars [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/best-deals-in-town-insurance-finance-food-and-more/feed/ 0 Bern warns of French Camembert salmonella threathttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/04/bern-warns-of-french-camembert-salmonella-threat/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/04/bern-warns-of-french-camembert-salmonella-threat/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:52:17 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64942 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss federal government has issued a salmonella warning for a Camembert cheese, cautioning consumers to check if it corresponds to the following: Le Camembert Fermier « Ferme de Jouvence » (lot 11309VC; DLUO 14.01.2012): 275g with sell-by dates of 14.01.2012. The cheese was immediately pulled off shelves once French authorities were [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/04/bern-warns-of-french-camembert-salmonella-threat/feed/ 0 Swiss spend more on food than on taxeshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/15/swiss-spend-more-on-food-than-on-taxes/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/15/swiss-spend-more-on-food-than-on-taxes/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:08:21 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63575 GenevaLunch.com Insurance was 8.4% in 2009, but cost has risen for past 2 years BERN, SWITZERLAND – Average disposable household income in Switzerland in 2009 was CHF6,650 a month, with 13 percent of that, CHF1,185, going for food, beverages and restaurants. Housing and energy together made up the largest household budget item, CHF1,495 a month. Transport [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/15/swiss-spend-more-on-food-than-on-taxes/feed/ 0 The fish Swiss customs didn’t let you eat, whew!http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/the-fish-swiss-customs-didnt-let-you-eat-whew/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/the-fish-swiss-customs-didnt-let-you-eat-whew/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:44:26 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63059 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss customs officials in Geneva stepped up their checks of food items entering the country in May, and say they have uncovered serious problems in the transport of a number of food items. Between June and September they seized a large number of shipments of supposedly fresh foods that were not kept [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/the-fish-swiss-customs-didnt-let-you-eat-whew/feed/ 0 Swiss chocolatiers and chocolate showhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/07/swiss-chocolatiers-and-chocolate-show/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/07/swiss-chocolatiers-and-chocolate-show/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:07:51 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=62188 GenevaLunch.com Swiss chocolate-makers will be out in force in Geneva, with some 30 chocolate-makers, including some from elsewhere in Europe. Lise Luka Director, says “The International Exhibition of Chocolate and Chocolatiers is the first ever held in Switzerland and the only one. It is a great opportunity for Geneva to be elevated as a centre of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/07/swiss-chocolatiers-and-chocolate-show/feed/ 0 Red Cross starts to feed Somalis, with Al-Shabaab’s agreementhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/red-cross-starts-to-feed-somalis-with-al-shabaabs-agreement/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/red-cross-starts-to-feed-somalis-with-al-shabaabs-agreement/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:54:11 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62131 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The ICRC (International Red Cross) said Wednesday 5 October that it has started to distribute food to help 1.1 million Somalis living in the areas hardest hit by war, in southern and central Somalia. Enough beans, rice and oil to survive for one month are already being given to 72,000 people in [...]

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