Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Fri, 7 Dec 2012 17:00:00 PST Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101022/04194211539/dailydirt-foods-going-out-style.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101022/04194211539/dailydirt-foods-going-out-style.shtml

Would you spend about $100 for some Twinkies? Limited-edition baked goods might trump loooots of t-shirts.... [url]

Illegal hunting in South Africa could endanger large carnivores like cheetahs, lions and leopards. A boom in bushmeat trade threatens the food security of rural communities. [url]

The American poultry industry has invested a lot of resources to create copious amounts of white meat on various farm-raised birds, but now there's more demand for dark meat. Look out for genetically modified six-legged chickens soon. [url]

The European Parliament has voted (again) to ban shark finning practices that endanger certain sharks. The EU first passed a ban in 2003, but it left loopholes that allowed for shark finning to continue. Shark fin soup fanatics may need to start looking into the viability of shark farms soon. [url]

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