Tue. 08/30 - Big Kale's Big Lie
The surprising history of how kale became so popular so quickly back in 2014, and how both Pizza Hut and Chick-fil-A were partially responsible––but not because they actually included kale on their menus. It’s a tale of lawsuits, publicity...
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The surprising history of how kale became so popular so quickly back in 2014, and how both Pizza Hut and Chick-fil-A were partially responsible––but not because they actually included kale on their menus. It’s a tale of lawsuits, publicity campaigns, bloated markets, and one very big kalespiracy.
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Links:
- Big Kale (weakankleblake, TikTok)
- Pizza Hut Used to Be One of the Largest Kale Purchasers in the US (TODAY)
- The Strange Mystery Of Who Made Kale Famous ... And Why (mindbodygreen)
- Fri. 07/08 - The Breakfast Episode (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
- Kotex, Kleenex, Huggies: Kimberly-Clark and the Consumer Revolution in American Business by Bob Batchelor and Thomas Heinrich
- The Great Kalespiracy (The Hustle)
- Who Owns Kale? (National Geographic)
- 2017 Census of Agriculture (USDA)
- Kale (Produce Market Guide)
- The Kale Craze Might Be Ending (The Atlantic)
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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