The ban was introduced by decree of the Russian President of August 6, 2014 “On the application of certain special economic measures to ensure the security of the Russian Federation.” The specific list of goods subject to restrictions has been determined by the Russian government. The list includes meat and dairy products, fish, vegetables, fruits and nuts. The total annual volume of imports subject to sanctions is estimated at nine billion US dollars.

On January 7 in Moscow on Manezhnaya Square at the Journey to Christmas festival, more than a thousand people lined up for a free pie. As a result, there was a stampede at the event. It is known that the organizers of the holiday planned to treat Muscovites and guests of the capital to a free pie with jam. For this purpose, a cake weighing about 400 kilograms was baked. The confectionery product took two days to make, and 30 people participated in the process.

If the world's population grows at the same rate as today, and the way we produce food and people's food preferences do not change, then by 2050 humanity will experience an acute shortage of food, according to a report prepared for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). “Already, 50% of the land suitable for growing plants is used for agricultural needs.

The first "cod war" began on 1 September 1958 after Iceland decided to extend its exclusive economic zone to 200 nautical miles and Icelandic coast guard vessels began patrolling the zone and stopping UK fishing vessels. In response, London sent three frigates to the shores of Iceland. British fishermen fished mainly for cod, so the conflict was called the "cod wars". The second “cod war” lasted from 1972 to October 1973, and the third from 1975 to June 1976.

The Paris Faculty of Medicine recognized potatoes as edible and harmless to health. Experts have confirmed its medicinal properties. In 1757, the French pharmacist and agronomist Antoine Auguste Parmentier was captured in Prussia, where he first tried potatoes, which helped him escape and not die. In 1763, the agronomist returned to Paris and continued his research in the field of nutrition. Parmentier soon discovered that potatoes were not only harmless, but also beneficial for human health.

Pavel Nikulin spent several days with Frigans - ideological opponents of the consumer lifestyle who take food in garbage Crisis of overproduction "And now someone will lose ** ala!" - violated the night silence of the evil peasant exclamation. I heard this terrible cry and pressed my back into the plastic garbage tank. The palm felt a rusty stationery knife found a couple of minutes ago. The cry distorted me from digging in the trash of one of the grocery retailers on the outskirts of St.

Rumors that Louis XVI arranged a magnificent banquet for the guards at a time when there was a shortage of food in the country and high prices for bread became the reason for the march to Versailles, known as the Women's Bread March. One of the initiators of the campaign was Marat. Many of those who went on the campaign blamed Queen Marie Antoinette for their misfortunes and called for her to be killed. Some of the townspeople had weapons with them.

10 million people, a third of the country's population, died from the Bengal famine in 1770. The famine was caused by the actions of the British East India Company. All pasture and rice fields were forcibly replaced by opium poppy and tobacco plantations. In just about 200 years of British rule, Bengal experienced about 30 cases of mass famine, from which a total of about 30 million people died.

The main impetus for the rebellion was changes in the Russian tax system. The lack of funds in the treasury was compensated with the help of new direct taxes. Indirect taxes on consumer goods appeared (including salt in 1646). The following year, the salt tax was abolished, and the government decided to collect arrears from the inhabitants of black settlements - artisans and traders who were independent, but paid taxes to the state. This pushed the people to revolt.

On November 26, the military revolutionary committee decided to destroy wine and alcohol reserves. It was decided to destroy alcohol intended for sale abroad as a legacy of the tsarist regime. On November 27, Red Guard troops began the operation. Several companies of sailors with machine guns also took part in it. Bottles were broken with crowbars and axes. Alcohol and wine were pumped into sewers using fire pumps.

The correspondent of "such cases" visited the collection of anonymous glutton and listened to the monologues of its participants The monastery is somewhere in the vast expanses of Russia. On the way to the temple is very deserted and quiet, people are practically not visible, only the watchman at the gate, and two hunched old women crawl somewhere.

40 tons of king crab limbs classified as edible were crushed, dried and burned in Kamchatka after the product was caught by poachers. “Thanks to the party and government, who decided to destroy and not sell confiscated fish. I've been eating only crabs for the last few days. And before that I tried them two or three times in my life,” said Alexey, an employee of a crab recycling company.

In Russia, there is a massive movement of opponents of genetic engineering - they believe that modified products lead to terrible mutations and incurable diseases. Their conclusions are supported by domestic businessmen and power, but not a scientific community The text is written in collaboration with Dmitry Sidorov - In the whole galaxy there is a war of two civilizations - a bright path of development, creation and a dark path - parasitization.

Bulldozers destroy Polish apples throughout Russia, and young guys from St. Petersburg and Moscow urge to share food at a free basis. The main Mission of Fudshering is the environmental care and the fight against re -consumption The taste of the discharges Russian foodshery has German roots. In 2011, the Cologne journalist and director Valentin Turn released the documentary “Tast the Waste”.

Clement VIII appreciated the taste of coffee brought from the Ottoman Empire and blessed it. The pope's entourage advised declaring the drink “unclean.” Those who were fasting were also allowed to drink coffee; the Pope said that “such a bitter drink cannot be considered gluttonous.” There is no historical evidence that this phrase was actually spoken. The decision of the head of the Catholic Church to some extent contributed to the spread of coffee in Europe.