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This Week in An Apocalyptic Future: Hunger Soars.

On December - 3 - 2009 View Comments
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Last month, the Department of Agriculture released the latest numbers on hunger in America, reporting that 50 million Americans are now hungry.

This is a staggering development. And for the last month or so, we’ve been told that the Great Recession (ahem, Depression) is over. However, I will not quibble with these facts. The algorithm has rebounded; the Dow is once again above 10,000.

Yet, food prices have been rising pretty consistently over the past couple of years. And while some have expressed serious concerns about food shortages and the cost of affordable food, which certainly puts a strain on struggling households, there are some positive indicators to the contrary. Science, has responded to our every need with it’s latest innovation: soggy pork.

The Telegraph reports:

Researchers in the Netherlands created what was described as soggy pork and are now investigating ways to improve the muscle tissue in the hope that one day people will eat it.

I shit you not.


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All About Syreeta McFadden

Syreeta McFadden is a writer/photographer who has been featured in New York Magazine, The New York Times and is the Co-Creator of Union Station Magazine (http://unionstationmag.com)

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  1. C. Says:

    Question, what is soggy pork? Is that even edible?

    Posted on December 8th, 2009 at 1:11 pm

  2. zacstefan Says:

    Syretta,
    I’m trying to think if I like soggy anything…? Yeah, not so much. People being hungry, as well as peoples lack of access to quality food is an issue thats gets short shrift as far as I can tell. Good post!

    Posted on April 21st, 2010 at 6:21 pm

  3. Acai Berry Says:

    This is one of the best posts that I’ve ever seen; you may include some more ideas in the same theme. I’m still waiting for some interesting thoughts from your side in your next post.

    Posted on May 25th, 2010 at 6:58 am

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