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McDonalds Invites Consumers behind the Scenes of Food Production

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With the so-called ‘food movement’ sweeping across the nation, consumers are quickly becoming more curious about the foods they eat, in particular - where it comes from and what  it’s made with. In the days leading up to an historic and controversial vote in California called Prop 37, which would mandate the labelling of all food products that contain GMO ingredients; some food companies and restaurants are taking the public’s queue by shedding light on their very own practices.

Global fast-food giant McDonalds is leading the way with a series of videos that seek to answer consumer’s questions about their products - by showing them what goes on behind the scenes.

The following video was created by McDonalds in response to consumer questions regarding their French fries and it takes us from the Farm into the Fryer.


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White rot, also known as sclerotinia, is a common agricultural fungal disease caused by various virulent species of Sclerotinia. It initially affects the root system (mycelium) before spreading to the aerial parts through the dissemination of spores.

Sclerotinia is undoubtedly a disease of major economic importance, and very damaging in the event of a heavy attack.

All these attacks come from the primary inoculum stored in the soil: sclerotia. These forms of resistance can survive in the soil for over 10 years, maintaining constant contamination of susceptible host crops, causing symptoms on the crop and replenishing the soil inoculum with new sclerotia.