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• Volunteers load healthy food for families in Gaines Park - WPBF West Palm Beach

  15-10-2016 23:43
  
  WPBF West Palm Beach
  Volunteers load healthy food for families in Gaines Park
  WPBF West Palm Beach
  Dozens of volunteers loaded bags and boxes of healthy food away to distribute at Gaines Park, an area considered to be in a food desert. Advertisement. "We're in one of the wealthiest counties in the country and people forget that we have so many ...
  
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• Food pantry Sunday with ND players - South Bend Tribune

  15-10-2016 21:52
  
  South Bend Tribune
  Food pantry Sunday with ND players
  South Bend Tribune
  Members of the Notre Dame football team will help to package and give out food at a drive-through pantry for needy residents from 5 to 6 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot of the Food Bank of Northern Indiana. prev. next. SOUTH BEND — Members of the Notre ...and more »
  
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• Venezuelan Government Eases Price Controls On Food, Other Essentials - legal Insurrection (blog)

  15-10-2016 21:39
  
  legal Insurrection (blog)
  Venezuelan Government Eases Price Controls On Food, Other Essentials
  legal Insurrection (blog)
  The economic crisis in Venezuela canaptly be described as a centralized control crisis, a crisis socialist and communist states know and for some reason insist on repeating. Over and over. We've seen the reports on shortages ranging from toilet paper ...and more »
  
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• Food Banks and Free Markets - New York Times

  15-10-2016 20:43
  Food Banks and Free Markets
  New York Times
  “How Food Banks Can Stop Sending Potatoes to Idaho,” by Sendhil Mullainathan of Harvard (The Upshot, Economic View, Oct. 9), told how Feeding America used free market principles to aid distribution among the food banks it serves. The organization put ...
  
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• Polar bears, growing desperate for food, threaten native Alaskans - PBS NewsHour

  15-10-2016 20:32
  
  PBS NewsHour
  Polar bears, growing desperate for food, threaten native Alaskans
  PBS NewsHour
  Increasing numbers of polar bears are finding land on the coast of Alaska. Photo by Carla SimsKayotuk. While Carla SimsKayotuk was getting ready for work last year in one of the U.S. Arctic's northernmost villages, she noticed her door wasn't shut all ...and more »
  
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• USDA approves hot meal waivers for North Carolina food stamp recipients - wtkr.com

  15-10-2016 20:01
  
  wtkr.com
  USDA approves hot meal waivers for North Carolina food stamp recipients
  wtkr.com
  The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the Division of Social Services requested approval for the hot food waiver across the state after many North Carolina citizens were displaced from their homes after Hurricane Matthew.and more »
  
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• Frutarom acquires Brazilian flavor company

  15-10-2016 18:54
  Frutarom Industries, manufacturer of flavors and specialty fine ingredients, has signed an agreement for the purchase of 100% of the shares of the Brazilian company Nardi Aromas for approximately $1.6 million.
  
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• Reporters: World Food Prize barred us for covering protesters - DesMoinesRegister.com

  15-10-2016 18:21
  
  DesMoinesRegister.com
  Reporters: World Food Prize barred us for covering protesters
  DesMoinesRegister.com
  A freelance reporter for Democracy News Watch says she was ejected from the World Food Prize on Wednesday after she covered a group protesting at the anti-hunger event held annually in Des Moines. Kerri Marks said she walked with about eight Iowa ...
  
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• The big potential in food delivery - VentureBeat

  15-10-2016 18:15
  
  VentureBeat
  The big potential in food delivery
  VentureBeat
  The food delivery business remains a hot sector for investors, despite recent high-profile ups and downs. Here in Europe, for example, we saw Brussels-based Take Eat Easy fold recently after failing to secure a much-needed cash injection. The entry of ...
  
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• Food prices are dropping, but restaurant prices aren't - The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines

  15-10-2016 17:50
  
  The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
  Food prices are dropping, but restaurant prices aren't
  The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
  Beef and burgers are plentiful, thanks to lower production costs. But restaurants are slumping because it is not translating into lower menu prices. (Washington Post). By Thomas Heath, Washington Post. Oct 15, 2016 at 10:44 am | Print View. The United ...and more »
  
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• Mom sentenced after boy found selling teddy bear for food - KTRK-TV

  15-10-2016 15:22
  
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  Mom sentenced after boy found selling teddy bear for food
  KTRK-TV
  A boy told police he hadn't eaten in days after he was found trying to sell his teddy bear for food. (KTRK). KTRK. Saturday, October 15, 2016 08:23AM. FRANKLIN, OH (KTRK) --. A boy was spotted by a police officer trying to sell his teddy bear to buy ...
  Sentencing for mother of boy who tried to sell toy for foodFox News
  Mom sentenced after boy found trying to sell toy for foodCincinnati.com
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• In Fight Against Food Waste, Brits Find A Worthy Battlefield: The Home - NPR

  15-10-2016 14:19
  
  NPR
  In Fight Against Food Waste, Brits Find A Worthy Battlefield: The Home
  NPR
  About one-third of all the food produced globally is either lost or wasted. Pests and infections destroy fruits and vegetables. Grains often rot in storage or during transport. And then there's food in consumers' kitchens and refrigerators that doesn't ...
  A third of the planet's food goes to waste — here's what we throw out the mostBusiness Insider
  World Food Day and the Challenge to Solve World Hunger and Pro
  
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• 1 Stock to Own for Food Security in the 21st Century - Motley Fool

  15-10-2016 14:07
  
  Motley Fool
  1 Stock to Own for Food Security in the 21st Century
  Motley Fool
  Archer Daniels Midland hasn't been shy about investing in next-generation industrial biotech platforms for producing innovative food ingredients. It's sorely needed for a food secure world. Maxx Chatsko. (TMFBlacknGold). Oct 15, 2016 at 8:07AM. Images.and more »
  
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• Annual city food cart rankings knock El Grito food cart from Capitol loop location - Madison.com

  15-10-2016 13:14
  
  Madison.com
  Annual city food cart rankings knock El Grito food cart from Capitol loop location
  Madison.com
  The El Grito Taqueria food truck lost their Capitol loop vending spot due to their low rankings in the city's annual food cart review. prev. next. Since El Grito Taqueria food cart opened in Madison last summer, it has been loved by customers and ...
  
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• Performance Foodservice Missouri donates 3231 pounds of food to Ozarks Food Harvest - Springfield News-Leader

  15-10-2016 13:04
  
  Springfield News-Leader
  Performance Foodservice Missouri donates 3231 pounds of food to Ozarks Food Harvest
  Springfield News-Leader
  Performance Foodservice Missouri donated 3,231 pounds of food and $2,105 to Ozarks Food Harvest following a food drive supported by its employees, vendors and broker partners throughout the month of September. “As the only food bank serving ...and more »
  
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• Counter: Bar food, beer and what to wear to dinner - Los Angeles Times

  15-10-2016 09:05
  
  Los Angeles Times
  Counter: Bar food, beer and what to wear to dinner
  Los Angeles Times
  We're midway through October already, somehow, and the few weeks of respite before the holidays kick in are a great time to head out to restaurants. Maybe check out the Arts District in downtown L.A., where this week Jonathan Gold considers a bar with ...
  
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• This Indian Social Entrepreneur Has Delivered Food To A Million Needy People, And Isn't Slowing Down - Forbes

  15-10-2016 08:36
  
  Forbes
  This Indian Social Entrepreneur Has Delivered Food To A Million Needy People, And Isn't Slowing Down
  Forbes
  For a lot of people in India, Word Food Day (October 16) is celebrated by volunteering, either filling up a bag of non-perishable food items for a food drive, or sending donations to charities. If you haven't, you certainly know someone who has. Then ...
  
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• Food Invasion dinner a celebration of community - Montgomery Advertiser

  15-10-2016 04:27
  
  Montgomery Advertiser
  Food Invasion dinner a celebration of community
  Montgomery Advertiser
  The guests barely noticed the transition from sunset to string lights as daytime faded to dusk on the Hampstead Farm Thursday night. Instead their attention was arrested by the fall-inspired menu composed by James Beard Award-winning Chef Anne ...
  
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• Polar Bears Can't Just Switch to Terrestrial Food - Scientific American

  15-10-2016 02:03
  
  Scientific American
  Polar Bears Can't Just Switch to Terrestrial Food
  Scientific American
  With a shorter season of sea ice, polar bears have less access to marine mammals. But switching to a terrestrial diet deprives them of the fatty seal meals they need to thrive. Full Transcript. When the Arctic Ocean freezes over in the autumn, polar ...
  
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