Opinion: Shockingly, free school lunch isn’t really free. Colorado could ask voters to foot the bill.

Opinion: Shockingly, free school lunch isn’t really free. Colorado could ask voters to foot the bill.

Subsidize something and you’ll get more of it. Tax it and you’ll get less. That’s Economics 101. It’s not surprising that nearly three years after Colorado voters approved a ballot measure to subsidize free lunches for all students, regardless of parental income, utilization rates are higher than proponents expected, and the program is coming up…

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The Only 9 Spices Mary Berry Says We Need

The Only 9 Spices Mary Berry Says We Need

A good extra-virgin olive oil, a slightly less fancy olive oil for cooking, and some sunflower oil meet are all most of us need, she wrote. She explains in her book that while a “well-stocked cupboard and fridge” is key for home cooks, she doesn’t recommend buying “a whole range of obscure ingredients only for…

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FDA’s Food Safety Chief Resigns

FDA’s Food Safety Chief Resigns

Jim Jones, the director of the Food and Drug Administration’s food division, resigned on Monday, citing what he called “indiscriminate” layoffs that would make it “fruitless for him to continue.” In his resignation letter, Mr. Jones estimated that 89 people of the 2,000 in his division were fired over the weekend, many of them freshly…

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