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• 3 Ways GMOs Keep The Cost of Food Down - Forbes

  29-04-2016 22:10 via forbes.com
  
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  3 Ways GMOs Keep The Cost of Food Down
  Forbes
  For more than decade, we have seen an upward trend in both the cost of food and in the volatility of food prices – a trend that has put a spotlight on farming and food production and left some wondering whether the development of GMOs is in some way ...
  
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• Modular boxes that keep food shipments fresh win MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize. - MIT News

  29-04-2016 21:22 via news.mit.edu
  
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  Modular boxes that keep food shipments fresh win MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize.
  MIT News
  A team of MIT and Harvard University students won the first-ever MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize on Thursday night for an idea to make India's temperature-controlled supply chain for food — or “ cold chain” — more affordable. The team ...
  
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• Syria must allow food to starving civilians in Darayya - Huffington Post

  29-04-2016 20:53 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  Syria must allow food to starving civilians in Darayya
  Huffington Post
  We can't let civilians starve to death because of this tragic civil war in Syria. But right now in the town of Darayya, in Southern Syria, thousands of innocent civilians have no food or medicine. The Syrian government won't let the United Nations ...and more »
  
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• Former Allrecipes, Cheezburger execs raise $6 million to build food websites - The Seattle Times

  29-04-2016 20:45 via seattletimes.com
  
  Former Allrecipes, Cheezburger execs raise $6 million to build food websites
  The Seattle Times
  Mercer Island-based Fexy Media is building a portfolio of food websites and apps to appeal to millennials. Share story. Fexy Media, a Mercer Island company launched by a wife-and-husband team who previously held top roles at Allrecipes and Cheezburger, ...
  
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• Festival celebrates 12 years of good food - Chicago Tribune

  29-04-2016 20:40 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Festival celebrates 12 years of good food
  Chicago Tribune
  Jim Slama of Oak Park, producer of Good Food Festival (Lee A. Litas / Pioneer Press). Lee A. LitasPioneer Press. The Event: More than 5,000 attendees sought out the goods from 180 local food producers at the12th annual Good Food Festival & Conference ...
  
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• When It Came To Food, Neanderthals Weren't Exactly Picky Eaters - NPR

  29-04-2016 20:36 via npr.org
  
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  When It Came To Food, Neanderthals Weren't Exactly Picky Eaters
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  You know that feeling when your body is really craving a nice salad, but the only thing in your fridge is day-old pepperoni pizza? And you don't want to go through all the trouble of heading to the grocery store to gather all the ingredients for salad ...and more »
  
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• The Food At Gov Ball This Year Is Next-Level - Refinery29

  29-04-2016 20:26 via refinery29.com
  
  The Food At Gov Ball This Year Is Next-Level
  Refinery29
  Foodies with Gov Ball tickets, rejoice — this year's Governors Ball food lineup is seriously a dream come true. Gov Ball organizers have joined forces with the masterminds behind #EEEEEATS, at the Infatuation, to create what might be the most ...
  
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• When will doctors start prescribing 'food as medicine?' - Wired.co.uk

  29-04-2016 20:20 via wired.co.uk
  
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  When will doctors start prescribing 'food as medicine?'
  Wired.co.uk
  From helping humans live longer and hacking our performance, to repairing the body and understanding the brain, WIRED Health will hear from the innovators transforming this critical sector. Read all of our WIRED Health coverage here. Sandra Mu/Getty ...and more »
  
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• 5 York City stores to receive grants for fresh food - York Dispatch

  29-04-2016 20:01 via yorkdispatch.com
  
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  5 York City stores to receive grants for fresh food
  York Dispatch
  Five York City corner stores will be receiving grants they'll use to make more fresh produce and other healthy fare available to residents. Loading… Post to Facebook. 5 York City stores to receive grants for fresh food Five York City corner stores ...and more »
  
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• Avoid Food Poisoning? There's an App for That - WebMD

  29-04-2016 19:50 via webmd.com
  
  Avoid Food Poisoning? There's an App for That
  WebMD
  FRIDAY, April 29, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- There are apps for maps, restaurants and calorie-counting. Now, there's even one from the U.S. government for reducing your risk of foodborne illness. The FoodKeeper app -- free from the U.S. Department of ...and more »
  
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• Nanoparticles present sustainable way to grow food crops - Science Daily

  29-04-2016 19:20 via sciencedaily.com
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  Nanoparticles present sustainable way to grow food crops
  Science Daily
  Date: April 29, 2016; Source: Washington University in St. Louis; Summary: Engineers are using nanoparticle technology in an effort to meet the ever-increasing demand for food. Their innovative technique boosts the growth of a protein-rich bean by ...
  Nanoparticles offer a boost to food crop productionUPI.comall 3 news articles »
  
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• How Costco Execs Plan to Overthrow Fast Food With The Organic Coup - Eater SF

  29-04-2016 19:10 via sf.eater.com
  
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  How Costco Execs Plan to Overthrow Fast Food With The Organic Coup
  Eater SF
  Billed as the country's first USDA-certified organic fast food restaurant, The Organic Coup opened in Pleasanton this past November with essentially just one thing on its menu: a fried chicken sandwich. From the beginning the modest store had grand ...and more »
  
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• A Breakdown of How America Spends Every Food Dollar - Gizmodo

  29-04-2016 18:56 via gizmodo.com
  
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  A Breakdown of How America Spends Every Food Dollar
  Gizmodo
  You know how much money you spend on food, but just where does that money go once you spend it? The answer, right down to the fraction of the cent, is here. The USDA has released an update to their “food dollar” breakdown—a division of a single dollar ...
  
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• Enjoying Osaka's Famous Food, Without Breaking the Bank - New York Times

  29-04-2016 18:33 via nytimes.com
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  Enjoying Osaka's Famous Food, Without Breaking the Bank
  New York Times
  Colorful restaurants in the Shinsekai district of Osaka, near the central spire of Tsutenkaku tower. Credit Noah Fecks for The New York Times. I sat in the passenger seat of a station wagon with my friend Brian, an American who is living and raising a ...
  
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• Seattle-Based Concept Moves into San Francisco

  29-04-2016 18:27
  
  Seattle-based Homegrown Sustainable Sandwiches expands to California.Exclusive Brief: 0This summer, Homegrown Sustainable Sandwiches will open its first shop outside of Washington on Battery Street in the heart of San Francisco’s Financial District. Set to make its debut September 2016, city dwellers can stop into the environmentally friendly shop for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a quick snack. To commemorate the move, cofounders Ben Friedman and Brad Gillis loaded up a 1986 (their bi
  
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• Salata Reinstates Its Franchising Program

  29-04-2016 18:18
  
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Salata reinstates its franchise program.Exclusive Brief: 0Houston-based Salata, the fast-growing custom salad and salad wrap chain with 53 locations throughout Texas, California, and Illinois, is set for restaurant growth by reinstating its franchising program, implementing restaurant designs, and opening a new headquarters. The announcement comes after a two-year franchising hiatus as Salata experienced tremendous growth and success among franchise re
  
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• Wayback Burgers Launches Summer-Inspired LTOs

  29-04-2016 17:30
  
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Wayback Burgers launches summer LTOs.Exclusive Brief: 0Wayback Burgers announced the launch of its limited-time-only Chicken Bacon Ranch-A-Que Hero, crispy, crunchy Sea Salt House-Made Chips, and refreshing Frosted Lemonade—a frozen twist on a classic summertime sipper. The new menu items will be available at all Wayback Burgers locations nationwide from May 1 to July 31.Chains: Wayback Burgers
  
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• The 11 Best Food And Drink Documentaries On Netflix - UPROXX

  29-04-2016 17:30 via uproxx.com
  
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  The 11 Best Food And Drink Documentaries On Netflix
  UPROXX
  Eating and drinking are essential parts of life, right up there with breathing and sex. We'll count on you to research the latter two items on your own, but when it comes to food and alcohol we're here to help. Below are the best docs on streaming on ...and more »
  
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• These Are the Biggest Food Trends for 2016, According to Google - Shape Magazine

  29-04-2016 17:28 via shape.com
  
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  These Are the Biggest Food Trends for 2016, According to Google
  Shape Magazine
  Every time Google releases any data, it's like we get to know what the entire world's been thinking. So when the big G released a 75-page report on 2016's top food trends, we were more than intrigued—and even happier to see the results. What Google ...
  
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• Best breakfast taco in Chicago? Get it at Jarabe Mexican Street Food - Chicago Tribune

  29-04-2016 17:27 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Best breakfast taco in Chicago? Get it at Jarabe Mexican Street Food
  Chicago Tribune
  Jarabe Mexican Street Food serves the breakfast taco Chicago¿s been wanting, thanks to brothers Teddy and Alexis Vejar, who started with a food truck. Nick KindelspergerContact ReporterChicago Tribune. Corn tortillas are to Chicago what imprisoned ...
  
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• Waste not, want not. Business Planet looks at the food we throw away - euronews

  29-04-2016 17:11 via euronews.com
  
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  Waste not, want not. Business Planet looks at the food we throw away
  euronews
  Unleashing the power of the collaborative economy to fight food waste, while creating new business opportunities at the same time. This is already happening in Italy, so Business Planet went to find out more… Euronews' Giacomo Segantini knows only too ...
  
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• A Sex Expert Explains Why Decadent Food Videos Make You Horny - VICE

  29-04-2016 17:03 via munchies.vice.com
  
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  A Sex Expert Explains Why Decadent Food Videos Make You Horny
  VICE
  Good luck getting through your hourly Facebook scroll these days without becoming caught up in some 30-second video dubbed the “Ultimate Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Recipe,” or “Three-Cheese Pull Apart Pizza Bread.” You watch, eagerly ...
  
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• There Can Be No Healthy Nutrition Without Food Security - Haaretz

  29-04-2016 16:48 via haaretz.com
  
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  There Can Be No Healthy Nutrition Without Food Security
  Haaretz
  The uproar surrounding Health Minister Yaakov Litzman's “McDonald's speech” and the ministry's announcement that it is establishing a committee to promote healthy nutrition has sparked discussions about how to ensure that healthy food is part of the ...
  
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• The Psychological Factors That Cause Food Cravings - Lifehacker

  29-04-2016 16:38 via lifehacker.com
  
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  The Psychological Factors That Cause Food Cravings
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  We all get cravings for specific foods every now and then, and those cravings can be so strong, they almost feel involuntary, like your body is missing some nutrient it can get from a Cinnabon. This isn't typically how cravings work, though. As SciShow ...and more »
  
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• Murray Goulburn accused of "misleading" the market in class action suit 

  29-04-2016 16:14
  Murray Goulburn, the Australian dairy cooperative partially listed on the ASX, is facing a class action lawsuit following this week's profit warning over allegations that it "mislead" the market with "overly optimistic" profit expectations. 
  
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• Murray Goulburn accused of "misleading" market in class action suit 

  29-04-2016 16:14
  
  Murray Goulburn, the Australian dairy cooperative partially listed on the ASX, is facing a class action lawsuit following this week's profit warning over allegations that it "mislead" the market with "overly optimistic" profit expectations. 
  
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• Too good to be true? More food companies settling over questionable advertising claims - Los Angeles Times

  29-04-2016 16:00 via latimes.com
  
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  Too good to be true? More food companies settling over questionable advertising claims
  Los Angeles Times
  If a Santa Monica city attorney had taken a different route to work in July three years ago, Neurobrands LLC might have saved $500,000. On that day, the lawyer noticed a company truck that had some of the drink-maker's advertising on it, including ...
  
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• New Mexico state workers testify in food assistance hearing - Fusion

  29-04-2016 15:57 via fusion.net
  
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  New Mexico state workers testify in food assistance hearing
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  New Mexico state workers testify in food assistance hearing | Fusion ...
  
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• Meet the food makers that think you don't trust them - MarketWatch

  29-04-2016 15:29 via marketwatch.com
  
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  Meet the food makers that think you don't trust them
  MarketWatch
  If the head judge on “Top Chef” worries that the high-end food he buys isn't always what it says on the wrapper, what hope do you have? Perhaps little — but that's the way the Parmesan crumbles these days. “A lot of people are making claims that they ...and more »
  
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• Free food, gift cards and dining deals at remodeled IKEA Restaurants through Sunday - Sun Sentinel

  29-04-2016 15:22 via sun-sentinel.com
  
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  Free food, gift cards and dining deals at remodeled IKEA Restaurants through Sunday
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  Hot tips on how to get free food, drinks, ice cream, $25 off coupons and more at the Swedish retailer IKEA. Hot tips on how to get free food, drinks, ice cream, $25 off coupons and more at the Swedish retailer IKEA. Doreen ChristensenContact ...and more »
  
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• Grupo Bimbo launches Entenmann's Snackin' Bites

  29-04-2016 15:12
  Grupo Bimbo has launched mini snack bars for children under its Entenmann's brand in the US.
  
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• Restaurant Report: Mold, old food, expired milk - abc27

  29-04-2016 15:00 via abc27.com
  
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  Restaurant Report: Mold, old food, expired milk
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  Inspectors with the state Department of Agriculture found multiple violations at three Midstate businesses this week. deals · Things to remember when shopping for deals online. 8:34 am. Before you let those low prices encourage you to buy from discount ...
  
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• Tipiak results boosted by frozen, chilled foods

  29-04-2016 14:35
  
  French food group Tipiak reported higher sales for 2015, with growth led by expansion of the firm's chilled and frozen business. 
  
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• America doesn't have a food problem. It has a hunger problem. - Vox

  29-04-2016 14:30 via vox.com
  
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  America doesn't have a food problem. It has a hunger problem.
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  An estimated one in seven Americans faced inadequate or inconsistent access to food at some point in 2014. That figure has held pretty constant since the 2008 financial crisis, according to a Feeding America report released Thursday. "There's plenty of ...
  New study shows food insecurity is highest in Jackson and Wyandotte countiesfox4kc.com
  Panhandle food security levels lower, but remain historically highKFDA
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• Nanoparticles present sustainable way to grow food crops - Phys.Org

  29-04-2016 14:10 via phys.org
  
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  Nanoparticles present sustainable way to grow food crops
  Phys.Org
  Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis hope that nanoparticle technology can help reduce the need for fertilizer, creating a more sustainable way to grow crops such as mung beans. Scientists are working diligently to prepare for the expected ...and more »
  
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• Eurial, Agrial dairy merger set for shareholder vote next month

  29-04-2016 14:09
  
  A deal to merge French dairy co-operative Eurial with the dairy assets of the broader agri-food co-operative Agrial will be voted upon at meetings at the two businesses next month.
  
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• Eurial, Agrial dairy coops announce merger proposal

  29-04-2016 14:09
  
  French dairy cooperative Eurial plans to merge with the dairy activities of French agricultural cooperative Agrial. 
  
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• My mother and I battled over food — until she made one special thing - Washington Post

  29-04-2016 14:05 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  My mother and I battled over food — until she made one special thing
  Washington Post
  One in a collection of essays celebrating the cooking of our mothers. Nebraska Runzas, by Way of Washington. (Dixie D. Vereen/For The Washington Post). I'm a food writer without a defining childhood story. You know what I mean: So many scribes will ...
  
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• 8 Indian Food Trucks Changing the Landscape Today - Paste Magazine

  29-04-2016 14:00 via pastemagazine.com
  
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  8 Indian Food Trucks Changing the Landscape Today
  Paste Magazine
  Without a doubt, food trucks are a huge part of culture right now. Worldwide, you will find trucks, stalls and booths set-up serving delicious meals at reasonable prices to a generation of hungry and inquisitive food lovers. But it's time for tacos ...
  
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• Agrial grows earnings in "major agricultural crisis" 

  29-04-2016 13:52
  French agricultural cooperative Agrial said it grew 2015 sales and earnings despite facing a "major agricultural crisis". 
  
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• Food industry news of the week - Fazer snaps up Mondelez International brands Jaffa, Domino and Fanipala, Hershey acquires Ripple Brand Collective, MG's Gary Helou, Brad Hingle step down

  29-04-2016 13:33
  Mondelez International announced a European sale, this time of its biscuit brands, Domino, Jaffa and Fanipala to Fazer. The firm also had its first quarter numbers out this week as did Hershey who, alongside their results, announced the acquisition of BarkThins owner, Ripple Brand Collective. In the movers and shakers news this week, Murray Goulburn MD Gary Helou and CFO Brad Hingle announced their departures and Mondelez exec Mark Clouse joined Pinnacle Foods as CEO.
  
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• Mountain Causes: Food rescue expanding reach - Asheville Citizen-Times

  29-04-2016 13:30 via citizen-times.com
  
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  Mountain Causes: Food rescue expanding reach
  Asheville Citizen-Times
  ASHEVILLE - The leftovers trundled through the kitchen on a rolling metal rack, making their way into an elevator and then out the back door of the dining hall here at UNC Asheville. Last spring, these 100 pounds or so of food — more than a handful of ...
  
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• First Milk expects to return to profit 

  29-04-2016 13:22
  First Milk, the UK dairy cooperative, said that it expects to return to profit as it updated its farmer-owners on the progress of its turnaround efforts. 
  
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• Is this tiny Welsh food market the best in Britain? - Telegraph.co.uk

  29-04-2016 13:04 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Is this tiny Welsh food market the best in Britain?
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Neat green and white striped awnings, big bunches of pussy willow and blue and yellow spring flowers, melt-in-the-mouth croissants (made with goat's butter) and better jam than I can make myself; as soon as I arrived at the local producers market in ...
  
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• Google Says These 5 Food Trends Are Sweeping America - Adweek

  29-04-2016 13:01 via adweek.com
  
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  Google Says These 5 Food Trends Are Sweeping America
  Adweek
  Trying to decide what to make for dinner tonight? No shame in Googling it like the rest of America. When it comes to learning new recipes, it's no surprise that everyone's turning to the search engine giant for advice. A report released Thursday by ...
  Fastest rising Google food search? 'Best foods for acid reflux'CTV Newsall 2 news articles »
  
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• Atria sells northern Estonian pig farm

  29-04-2016 12:54
  Atria has announced the sale of a pig farm in northern Estonia.
  
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• Urban population growth and demand for food could spark global unrest, study shows - Los Angeles Times

  29-04-2016 12:01 via latimes.com
  
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  Urban population growth and demand for food could spark global unrest, study shows
  Los Angeles Times
  A population explosion in urban centers around the world is expected to fuel an unprecedented demand for food that – if not met – could trigger economic upheaval and civil unrest on a global scale, according to a study published by the Chicago Council ...and more »
  
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• Fazer buys Mondelez's Domino, Jaffa and Fanipala brands

  29-04-2016 10:21
  Finland's Fazer Group announced today that it is expanding its share of the bakery sector with the acquisition of the  Domino, Jaffa and Fanipala brands from Mondelez International. 
  
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• B&G raises FY earnings, sales guidance on improved Q1 profits

  29-04-2016 10:21
  B&G Foods is increasing its full year sales and earnings guidance on the back of higher profits reported in the first quarter.
  
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• BRF Q1 sales driven by Europe, Asia 

  29-04-2016 10:13
  BRF has booked a double-digit increase in first-quarter sales, with revenue growth lead by its operations in Europe and Asia. 
  
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