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• Louis Dreyfus Profit Rises 3.8% as Tax Offsets Lower Food Prices - AgWeb

  29-09-2016 20:47
  
  AgWeb
  Louis Dreyfus Profit Rises 3.8% as Tax Offsets Lower Food Prices
  AgWeb
  Louis Dreyfus Co., one of the world's four biggest food-commodities traders, said first-half profit rose 3.8 percent as a lower effective tax rate countered tumbling prices and reduced trading opportunities. Net income rose to $135 million in the six ...and more »
  
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• This Artist Is the Wolfgang Puck of Miniature Food - Grub Street

  29-09-2016 20:22
  
  Grub Street
  This Artist Is the Wolfgang Puck of Miniature Food
  Grub Street
  YouTuber Walking With Giants has pretty much cornered the market on tiny, ultra-detailed edible things, but what's most impressive is the breadth of his culinary talent. It's not just mini hotdogs and hamburgers he's serving up, but gumbo, potatoes au ...
  
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• Chicago's Ed Sura watches Detroit's growing food scene in awe - Detroit Metro Times (blog)

  29-09-2016 20:15
  
  Detroit Metro Times (blog)
  Chicago's Ed Sura watches Detroit's growing food scene in awe
  Detroit Metro Times (blog)
  Chef Ed Sura has been gazing upon Detroit from afar, and occasionally he enjoys coming to the Motor City to experiment in the kitchen with his friends. His posse when he's in town includes the venerable James Rigato (the Root, Mabel Gray), Andy ...
  
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• Rachael Ray Happily Samples Her Own Pet Food - Parade

  29-09-2016 19:43
  
  Parade
  Rachael Ray Happily Samples Her Own Pet Food
  Parade
  Only a Rachael Ray event would feature the cutest of puppies available for adoption and a caricature artist eager to sketch pictures of any four-legged friend in attendance. Then again, that's because the daytime TV host, bestselling cookbook author ...
  
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• Europe's food safety watchdog says to release studies on glyphosate - STLtoday.com

  29-09-2016 18:47
  
  Europe's food safety watchdog says to release studies on glyphosate
  STLtoday.com
  FILE - In this June 28, 2011 file photo, bottles of Roundup herbicide, a product of Monsanto, are displayed on a store shelf, in St. Louis. Monsanto Co. said Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, its fiscal first-quarter earnings soared on strength of its seed business.and more »
  
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• Food additive key to environmentally friendly, efficient, plastic solar cells - Phys.Org

  29-09-2016 18:40
  
  Phys.Org
  Food additive key to environmentally friendly, efficient, plastic solar cells
  Phys.Org
  Schematic illustration and chemical structure of semi-printed plastic solar cells in air, using food additive o-MA as solvent. Image credit: Long Ye, NC State. Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have ...and more »
  
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• These are the most common causes of food poisoning - Mic

  29-09-2016 18:36
  
  Mic
  These are the most common causes of food poisoning
  Mic
  Food poisoning is the worst. One minute you're enjoying a (hopefully) delicious meal and the next you're sick to your stomach regretting you ever ate anything at all. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in six Americans ...
  
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• Local food pantry gets special delivery - WeAreGreenBay.com

  29-09-2016 18:25
  
  WeAreGreenBay.com
  Local food pantry gets special delivery
  WeAreGreenBay.com
  A local food pantry, run by students in northeast Wisconsin, got a large donation on Thursday. The Giving Tree, is a food pantry run by students in the Howard Suamico school district. On Thursday they received eight boxes filled with food, and a $500 ...
  
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• Europe's food safety watchdog says to release studies on weed-killer glyphosate - Fox News

  29-09-2016 18:17
  
  Fox News
  Europe's food safety watchdog says to release studies on weed-killer glyphosate
  Fox News
  LONDON/BRUSSELS – Europe's food safety watchdog will release data from some of the scientific studies it reviewed in its assessment of glyphosate, an ingredient in Monsanto's widely used herbicide Roundup and subject of a fierce row over possible ...and more »
  
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• Location announced for Huntsville food truck event finale, details emerge on new format - AL.com

  29-09-2016 18:05
  
  AL.com
  Location announced for Huntsville food truck event finale, details emerge on new format
  AL.com
  Downtown Huntsville Inc.'s final Street Food Gathering will be held Oct. 21. (File photo) (Matt Wake [email protected]) (bn). Print Email · Matt Wake | [email protected] By Matt Wake | [email protected] AL.com. Email the author | Follow on Twitter on September 29 ...
  
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• In Paris, a Dinner Where Food and Jewelry Commingle - New York Times

  29-09-2016 18:05
  New York Times
  In Paris, a Dinner Where Food and Jewelry Commingle
  New York Times
  “Scandinavian bling” is how the Danish jewelry designer Sophie Bille Brahe jokingly describes her new spring/summer 2017 collection, which will be presented in Paris tonight. Though she is best known for designing elegant single earrings —most notably ...
  
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• Floridians love ordering this food for delivery - Palm Beach Post

  29-09-2016 17:37
  
  Palm Beach Post
  Floridians love ordering this food for delivery
  Palm Beach Post
  You would think people want pizza delivered to them the most, but according to new data, Floridians are keener on this culinary item. Eater created a map of the most popular delivery food items in each state with chicken being the most popular in Florida.and more »
  
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• Bee bans and more: How food laws sting producers - DesMoinesRegister.com

  29-09-2016 17:18
  
  DesMoinesRegister.com
  Bee bans and more: How food laws sting producers
  DesMoinesRegister.com
  Clare Heinrich, a senior at Dowling Catholic High School in Urbandale who's studied beekeeping, received her first shipment of bees in April. Not long after setting up the hives in her back yard, Heinrich quickly became a celebrated honey producer ...
  
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• Boko Haram Victims Trade Sex for Food - Breitbart News

  29-09-2016 15:56
  
  Breitbart News
  Boko Haram Victims Trade Sex for Food
  Breitbart News
  Women and girls in a Nigeria-based camp for people who have been displaced by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) wing known as Boko Haram are trading sex for food, reports Reuters. Located in the capital and largest city of Borno state, the Bakassi camp for ...and more »
  
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• Deportation risk increases food insecurity - Phys.Org

  29-09-2016 15:16
  
  Deportation risk increases food insecurity
  Phys.Org
  Nearly 3.5 million children of Mexican descent live with an unauthorized immigrant parent; the vast majority of these children are U.S. born citizens, according to data from the Pew Hispanic Center. Researchers from the University of Missouri have ...
  
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• Illinois Tech scientists' aquaponics farm runs on food waste, is fully mobile - Phys.Org

  29-09-2016 15:04
  
  Illinois Tech scientists' aquaponics farm runs on food waste, is fully mobile
  Phys.Org
  Two Illinois Institute of Technology scientists have invented a fully containerized aquaponics farm that will use local food waste as the energy source instead of electricity, providing grid independence, lower cost than typical indoor farms, and ...
  
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• US opens beef imports, exports to Brazil

  29-09-2016 15:00
  
  USDA also recently determined that Brazil's meat standards meet US standards.
  
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• Feds spend $$ studying if college kids eat junk food when they drink - Fox News

  29-09-2016 14:17
  
  Feds spend $$ studying if college kids eat junk food when they drink
  Fox News
  The National Institutes of Health is spending over $50,000 to study whether college students eat junk food when they drink. The two-year study rests on the hypothesis that “heavy drinking may lead to unhealthy eating habits surrounding drinking episodes.and more »
  
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• QR codes not a smart move for GMO labeling

  29-09-2016 14:13
  
  A new law gives USDA two years to develop a national GMO labeling standard. While there are likely a number of ways companies will be able to maintain compliance, a QR code shouldn’t be one of them.
  
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• Even a 14-Cent Food Tax Could Lead to Healthier Choices - Harvard Business Review

  29-09-2016 14:13
  
  Even a 14-Cent Food Tax Could Lead to Healthier Choices
  Harvard Business Review
  More than one-third (37.7%, or 91.4 million) of U.S. adults are considered obese, which is among the highest obesity rates in the world. The condition shows a marked socioeconomic gradient, with significantly higher rates among minorities and the poor ...and more »
  
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• Peek into French Quarter kitchens on SoFab food, drink tour - NOLA.com

  29-09-2016 14:06
  
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  Peek into French Quarter kitchens on SoFab food, drink tour
  NOLA.com
  How often have you strolled down a French Quarter street and wondered what lay beyond those historic facades? Now, imagine being invited into the kitchen for a glass of wine and a bite to eat. On Oct. 9, the "Cirque de Cuisine: A Kitchen Tour" allows ...
  
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• Empty Bowls to benefit Greater Lansing Food Bank - Lansing State Journal

  29-09-2016 13:05
  
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  Empty Bowls to benefit Greater Lansing Food Bank
  Lansing State Journal
  LANSING - Lansing-area potters have done it again. They've completed hundreds of ceramic soup bowls for the 26th Empty Bowls fundraiser for the Greater Lansing Food Bank. This year's event will be Oct. 11 at Troppo, 111 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing.and more »
  
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• Lose It launches Snap It to let users count calories in food photos - TechCrunch

  29-09-2016 12:46
  
  TechCrunch
  Lose It launches Snap It to let users count calories in food photos
  TechCrunch
  Boston-based Lose It! (incorporated as FitNow Inc.) has released a new beta feature today called Snap It within its weight loss and calorie tracking app. As is easily guessed by the name, Snap It beta lets users take photos of their daily meals and ...
  Finally! A good reason to take pictures of your foodCNET
  Lose It! Snap Lets You Take Photos of Food, Get a Calorie CountPC Magazine
  Lose It!'s New Food Reco
  
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• Volunteers pick apples for Licking County food pantries - Columbus Dispatch

  29-09-2016 12:09
  
  Columbus Dispatch
  Volunteers pick apples for Licking County food pantries
  Columbus Dispatch
  View Slideshow Request to buy this photo Fred Squillante | Dispatch Farm Credit Mid-America employees Tanya Cognion, left, of Coshocton, and Shannon Scott of Mount Vernon pick apples at Lynd Fruit Farm in Pataskala on Wednesday. Apples for those in ...
  
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• If you like food that tastes good, oh well! - Grist

  29-09-2016 12:06
  
  Grist
  If you like food that tastes good, oh well!
  Grist
  New Mexico, land of Christmas-style everything, grows a quarter of the United States' chili pepper crop every year. But that's getting harder and harder to do, thanks to — oh, you know the drill. Climate change is at it again, says the Santa Fe Reporter.
  
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• Paul Dano in Fast Food Nation - A.V. Club

  29-09-2016 08:54
  
  A.V. Club
  Paul Dano in Fast Food Nation
  A.V. Club
  I was 14 when my dad drove me to McDonald's and told me to get a job. I was 17 when I quit, a day that was surprisingly bittersweet. I hated the job, but I'd made memories there—friends, enemies, jokes. I'd met my first love in the break room. She ...
  
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• The food police are coming — liability and DOJ enforcement - Food Safety News

  29-09-2016 07:42
  
  The food police are coming — liability and DOJ enforcement
  Food Safety News
  The notion that “the food police are coming” motivated attendees at the United Fresh Produce Association's Washington Conference earlier this month to attend a session featuring Jeffrey Steger, assistant director in the Consumer Protection Branch of ...
  
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• Urban Chinese consumers drive away-from-home breakfast market

  29-09-2016 07:00
  Research from Mintel’s new “Breakfast Foods China 2016” report reveals that six in 10 (66%) urban Chinese consumers eat breakfast at home at least 2–3 times a week, down 11% compared with 2013 (77%).
  
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• Nontraditional pathways for attracting women in science

  29-09-2016 07:00
  A North Carolina State University study published in NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education shows that women who enter college with an undecided major may gravitate to the sciences.
  
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• ConAgra acquires Frontera Foods, Red Fork

  29-09-2016 07:00
  ConAgra Foods has acquired the packaged foods businesses of Frontera Foods and Red Fork, including the Frontera, Red Fork, and Salpica brands.
  
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• Cargill, Japfa form joint venture for poultry products in Indonesia

  29-09-2016 07:00
  Cargill and So Good Food, a wholly-owned Indonesian subsidiary of the agri-food company Japfa, have entered into a 60-40 joint venture to produce and supply fully-cooked poultry products in Indonesia.
  
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• 8-cent eggs: Shoppers grab cheap food as grocers squirm - The Detroit News

  29-09-2016 03:46
  
  The Detroit News
  8-cent eggs: Shoppers grab cheap food as grocers squirm
  The Detroit News
  Supermarkets are facing competition discounters as well as online retailer Amazon.com. (Photo: Steve Perez / The Detroit News)Buy Photo. Call it the Great Grocery-Store Giveaway of 2016. In Austin, Texas, Randalls slashed prices for boneless beef ribs ...
  Eight-cent eggs: Consumers gobble cheap food as grocers squirmChicago Tribune
  Analysts Say Food Prices Have Tumbled to a 'Completely Unprecedented' LowGr
  
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• What Obama Has Meant for Food - The New Yorker

  29-09-2016 02:00
  
  The New Yorker
  What Obama Has Meant for Food
  The New Yorker
  President Obama eats noodles in Hanoi, Vietnam, with the chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain. Credit PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY CNN. The Season 8 première of “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” begins just like all of the show's episodes do: with its ...
  
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• Consumer and Market Insights: Savory Snacks in Germany

  29-09-2016 02:00
  Germany's Savory Snacks market is characterized by the lowest per capita consumption among the major European economies.
  
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• Consumer and Market Insights: Bakery and Cereals in Turkey

  29-09-2016 02:00
  The Bakery & Cereals market in Turkeyis forecast to register higher growth in value terms during 2015-2020 compared to 2010-2015 driven by a large young population base.
  
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• Consumer and Market Insights: Bakery and Cereals in Colombia

  29-09-2016 02:00
  Colombia Bakery & Cereals market is forecast to register growth in value as well as volume terms during 2015-2020.
  
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• Baby Food in Colombia

  29-09-2016 02:00
  Baby food market in Colombia has seen growth both in terms of value and volume between 2009 and 2015.
  
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