food

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"Not only were oysters harvested for food from the earliest days of colonization, but the reefs themselves were dredged and the shells crushed and burned to make lime for cement and mortar," she says.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Gray whales in the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean have faced reduced food availability in the northern Bering and Chukchi seas off Alaska's coast in recent years, Calambokidis said.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

The kitchen was trying to rush out food because they had never served 100-plus people in one go.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The lesson from that period is clear: when policymakers restrict access to nutrition assistance while economic pressures persist, food insecurity rises.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

We would sit down at midday with all the other refugees in the great dining hall and eat good hot food.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo