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• A 2017 Food-Court Resolution: End Regulation-Through-Litigation Crusade Against Trans Fat - Forbes

  04-01-2017 20:03
  
  Forbes
  A 2017 Food-Court Resolution: End Regulation-Through-Litigation Crusade Against Trans Fat
  Forbes
  In 2016, class-action lawsuits alleging that a processed food product or its labeling violated state consumer-protection laws continued to clog the federal courts, especially in California. The number of new food-related consumer class actions filed ...
  
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• CES: FridgeCam battles food waste - Fox News

  04-01-2017 19:23
  
  Fox News
  CES: FridgeCam battles food waste
  Fox News
  Have you ever bought something perishable from the food store, eaten some of it and thrown the rest in your fridge only to find it two weeks later brown and mushy? Now there's a device that is meant to prevent waste by helping you keep track of what ...and more »
  
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• Junk Food Checkout Aisles Are Useless And Have To Go - Scary Mommy

  04-01-2017 18:50
  
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  Junk Food Checkout Aisles Are Useless And Have To Go
  Scary Mommy
  Going to the grocery store with kids is tiring at best, and an absolute disaster at worst. With all the whining and meltdowns bound to occur, it's a miracle when you make it to the checkout lane without losing your shit. And that's when you're faced ...
  Mom Creates Petition for Grocery Store Chain to Remove Candy, Junk Food from Checkout LinesABC Newsall 10 news articles »
  
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• For food pantry - Rockdale Reporter (subscription)

  04-01-2017 18:36
  
  For food pantry
  Rockdale Reporter (subscription)
  FOR FOOD PANTRY—In what has become an annual Christmas tradition, 'admission' to the Charlie and Pat Watson Christmas party was an item of food for the Rockdale Christian Services food pantry. The 2016 event raised 275 pounds of food. Charlie ...and more »
  
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• Report: Food stocks low in southern Haiti in wake of storm - Fox News

  04-01-2017 18:31
  
  Report: Food stocks low in southern Haiti in wake of storm
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  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Hundreds of thousands of people in southern Haiti are facing food shortages three months after Hurricane Matthew destroyed crops and livestock in the region, an international aid organization said Wednesday. A "very poor" ...and more »
  
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• Cat food recalled for low levels of essential nutrient - Fox News

  04-01-2017 17:02
  
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  Cat food recalled for low levels of essential nutrient
  Fox News
  The J.M. Smucker Company has announced a limited voluntary recall on 20 canned cat food products from the brands 9Lives, EverPet and Special Kitty because the products may have harmfully low levels of thiamine (vitamin B1). Cats with low thiamine in ...
  20 kinds of cat food recalled including 9Lives, EverPet, Special KittyNBC4i.com
  Cat food recall for 9Lives, EverPet and Special Kitty9NEWS.com
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• East Grand Forks food blogger named to Forbes "30 under 30" - AG Week

  04-01-2017 17:01
  
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  East Grand Forks food blogger named to Forbes "30 under 30"
  AG Week
  EAST GRAND FORKS, MINN. — East Grand Forks food blogger Molly Yeh's renown has reached beyond her corner of the Midwest. She was named to Forbes' 2017 “30 Under 30” list in the food and drink category Tuesday, and she's set to appear on “The ...
  
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• A Restaurant Owner Wants to Build a Chain Specifically for People With Food Allergies - Grub Street

  04-01-2017 16:42
  
  Grub Street
  A Restaurant Owner Wants to Build a Chain Specifically for People With Food Allergies
  Grub Street
  For people with life-threatening food allergies, going to restaurants can be like navigating a minefield. That's not the case at the Montreal restaurant Zero8, where the menu is entirely free of the eight most common, potentially fatal food allergens ...
  
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• Want to up your local-food skills in 2017? - Charlotte Observer (blog)

  04-01-2017 16:37
  
  Charlotte Observer (blog)
  Want to up your local-food skills in 2017?
  Charlotte Observer (blog)
  Want to fill your basket with new food skills this year? T. Ortega Gaines [email protected]. i. Want to fill your basket with new food skills this year? T. Ortega Gaines [email protected]. By Kathleen Purvis.
  
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• Cat food recall for 9Lives, EverPet and Special Kitty - KSDK.com

  04-01-2017 16:34
  
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  Cat food recall for 9Lives, EverPet and Special Kitty
  KSDK.com
  A voluntary pet food recall was announced by the J.M. Smucker Company for several of its cat food brands after potentially low-levels of thiamine (Vitamin B1) were found in the food. The brands include 9Lives, EverPet and Special Kitty cat food. Pet ...
  9Lives, EverPet, Special Kitty canned cat food recalledFOX31 Denver
  9Lives, Special Kitty cat food recalled for low vitamin B1 levelsKTRK-TV
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• Ferrero Group in Packaged Food (World)

  04-01-2017 16:31
  Ferrero continues to experience incredible growth in China and perform solidly in many other of its core focus markets, while gradually expanding in previously weak areas such as the US and the UK. Th
  
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• It's always sunny at Jollibee, the irrepressibly happy Filipino fast food chain - A.V. Club

  04-01-2017 16:28
  
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  It's always sunny at Jollibee, the irrepressibly happy Filipino fast food chain
  A.V. Club
  The buzziest restaurant in Chicago at the moment has a human-sized bee statue standing guard at its entrance. This 6-foot-tall bee with human facial features and human limbs wears a bowtie and a blazer, but no pants. As I stand before him, suddenly a ...
  
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• Baby Food Company HaBaby Poised to Represent Duke in Hult Prize Regionals - Duke Today

  04-01-2017 16:13
  
  Duke Today
  Baby Food Company HaBaby Poised to Represent Duke in Hult Prize Regionals
  Duke Today
  The HaBaby team waits to make their pitch: Shantanu Sharma, Andrew Huang, Adia Coley and Priyanka Vennkanagari. Photo by Katherine Black. Share this story. Share this story on facebook; Share this story on twitter; Share this story on reddit; Share ...
  
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• The food market in 2017 - the need-to-know US consumer trends

  04-01-2017 15:16
  A seismic shift in the US consumer landscape has redefined the country's food market in recent years, challenging so-called Big Food and making it harder for legacy brands to grow sales. Trends that gained steam in the US during 2016 include the rise of the "clean label", a growing awareness of GMOs, increased concern over sugar consumption and rising demand for free-from products. These will remain influential factors in 2017 but here just-food takes a look at some of the other emerging co
  
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• How Tough Food Truck Laws 'Lit A Fire' And Led To New Avondale Meat Palace - DNAinfo

  04-01-2017 14:59
  
  DNAinfo
  How Tough Food Truck Laws 'Lit A Fire' And Led To New Avondale Meat Palace
  DNAinfo
  But Chicago's cumbersome food truck scene became so intolerable after two years in business, owners of the German-Turkish mash-up accelerated their plans to put down roots. "It just became kind of a nightmare," co-owner Shawn Podgurski said of ...and more »
  
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• Daniel Neman: The latest trend? Unlikely predictions - STLtoday.com

  04-01-2017 14:40
  
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  Daniel Neman: The latest trend? Unlikely predictions
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  Whenever Daniel Neman posts new content, you'll get an email delivered to your inbox with a link. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save. Manage followed notifications. Follow Daniel Neman. Close ...and more »
  
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• US dairy co-ops Prairie Farms Dairy and Swiss Valley Farms to combine

  04-01-2017 14:29
  US dairy cooperatives Prairie Farms Dairy and Swiss Valley Farms have announced a plan to combine.
  
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• Nestle, Hostess Brands to launch ice cream lines in US

  04-01-2017 14:25
  
  Nestle and Hostess Brands are to launch a range of ice cream products under the US bakery group's brands.
  
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• Our Favorite Chefs Want To See These Food Trends Die In 2017 - UPROXX

  04-01-2017 14:21
  
  Our Favorite Chefs Want To See These Food Trends Die In 2017
  UPROXX
  The trend-ization of food has certainly changed the game for chefs. They can't just think about running restaurants anymore, they have to think about how each dish connects on social media. Not surprisingly, most of the chefs we know are a little burnt ...
  
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• Burton's Biscuit Co. launches Maryland Cookie Bites

  04-01-2017 14:08
  UK-based Burton's Biscuit Co. has moved into the sharing segment with the launch of bite-sized cookies under its Maryland brand.
  
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• Teens preyed on food delivery drivers, cops say - NJ.com

  04-01-2017 13:25
  
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  Teens preyed on food delivery drivers, cops say
  NJ.com
  HALEDON -- Teens repeatedly called food delivery drivers in December to rob them, police said. Hobson.JPG Richard Hobson, 18, of Haledon. (Haledon Police). Three separate food delivery men told Haledon Police someone ordered food on the 400 block ...and more »
  
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• Food companies must step up work on sugar - exclusive report

  04-01-2017 12:53
  
  Food companies must accelerate moves to cut the sugar content of their products, or step up efforts to reformulate in other ways to reduce the amount of the ingredient, in the face of growing regulatory pressure, a new report from just-food argues.
  
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• 4 Reasons Why Plant-Based Protein Will Be a Major 2017 Food Trend - AlterNet

  04-01-2017 12:51
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  4 Reasons Why Plant-Based Protein Will Be a Major 2017 Food Trend
  AlterNet
  For vegans, it's going to be a good year. For meat-eaters, a chance to expand horizons. By Kristie Middleton / AlterNet. January 4, 2017. Print · Comments. Various legumes and different kinds of nutshells in spoons. Walnuts kernels ,hazelnuts, almond ...
  Letter: A plant-based food revolutionJuneau Empire (subscription)all 7 news articles »
  
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• Bellamy's Australia largest investor wants board shake-up amid China woes

  04-01-2017 12:36
  The largest single shareholder of Bellamy's Australia, the Black Prince Private Foundation, has said it wants to replace four of the company's non-executive directors with its own candidates, after trading in the infant formula maker's shares were voluntarily suspended following problems with exports to China.
  
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• Texas couple gets TV food series for their creative cakes - KHOU.com

  04-01-2017 12:23
  
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  Texas couple gets TV food series for their creative cakes
  KHOU.com
  AUSTIN, Texas -- You've heard of sculptures of celebrities and pop icons at wax museums, so why not cake sculptures that you can eat, too? KVUE News sat down with the Austin couple, who launched their unique cake start-up, 'Sideserf Cake Studio,' back ...and more »
  
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• Pennsylvania Farm Show food: What's new, what not to miss - LancasterOnline

  04-01-2017 12:23
  
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  Pennsylvania Farm Show food: What's new, what not to miss
  LancasterOnline
  This Blue Ribbon Mushroom Burger, available at the Pennsylvania Mushroom Farmers at this year's Farm Show, combines mushrooms and beef. Farm Show mushrooms. Buy Now. MARY ELLEN WRIGHT | LNP file photo. Pennsylvania mushroom growers ...
  Plenty of food and fun growing on at 101st Pennsylvania Farm ShowScranton Times-Tribuneall 10 news articles »
  
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• Resolution kept: Volunteer packs food every day of 2016 - WUSA9.com

  04-01-2017 12:15
  
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  Resolution kept: Volunteer packs food every day of 2016
  WUSA9.com
  COON RAPIDS, Minn. – The ball was already dropping on 2015 and Danny Pham hadn't yet made his resolution. “I need to be committed to something new for next year,” the 26-year-old told himself as time was running out. Danny made his decision.and more »
  
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• Lions Club Food Collection - Morgan County Herald

  04-01-2017 12:11
  Lions Club Food Collection
  Morgan County Herald
  The Chesterhill Lions Club will be collecting nonperishable food items to donate to local food pantries. The Lions club members have set a goal to collect one thousand cans of food by March. The public is asked to drop off nonperishable food items at ...and more »
  
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• Food Crawl: 4 gustatory gems on South Dean St., Englewood - NorthJersey.com

  04-01-2017 12:08
  
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  Food Crawl: 4 gustatory gems on South Dean St., Englewood
  NorthJersey.com
  Esther Davidowitz, Food Editor for The Record, takes a food crawl through Englewood. Michael Karas/NorthJersey.com. South Dean Street food crawl. Have an appetite for Italian? Join the line. (Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com). 6 CONNECTTWEET 2 ...
  
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• The food market in 2017 - the big foodservice trends to watch

  04-01-2017 11:54
  
  Foodservice is rapidly becoming a global industry, and operators and manufacturers need to be aware of, and stay ahead of, big trends to be able to fully capture the growth opportunities available. David Henkes, advisory group senior principal at US foodservice consultants Technomic, outlines eight trends he expects to see across the foodservice market in 2017.
  
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• US own-label ice cream firm Fieldbrook Farms expands

  04-01-2017 10:53
  US own-label ice cream firm Fieldbrook Foods Corp. has completed a US$4m production expansion project at its headquarters in Dunkirk, New York State.
  
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• Are 'open source' seeds necessary for a resilient food system? - GreenBiz

  04-01-2017 10:02
  
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  Are 'open source' seeds necessary for a resilient food system?
  GreenBiz
  Around the world, plant breeders are resisting what they see as corporate control of the food supply by making seeds available for other breeders to use. This story was first published by Ensia. Frank Morton has been breeding lettuce since the 1980s.
  
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• Italian food leads to judge helping mobster with criminal case - New York Daily News

  04-01-2017 10:01
  
  New York Daily News
  Italian food leads to judge helping mobster with criminal case
  New York Daily News
  The Pasquale's Rigoletto Restaurant in the Bronx has a veal scallopini so good that it swayed a judge to help a suspected mobster with his criminal case. (Alvarez, Enid/New York Daily News). BY Victoria Bekiempis. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Wednesday ...and more »
  
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• Health food connoisseurs busted for shoplifting - New York Post

  04-01-2017 09:26
  
  New York Daily News
  Health food connoisseurs busted for shoplifting
  New York Post
  Two members of a health-conscious grocery co-op in Brooklyn were arrested after being caught on video shoplifting food totaling $18,000 over the course of last year, cops said Tuesday. Norman Sussman, 79, was arrested on Nov. 30 at the Park Slope Food ...
  2 Park Slope Food Coop members busted for stealing groceriesNew York Daily News
  Park Slope Food Coop Members Arrested After Allegedly Stealing $18000 Worth
  
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• Hilton Food Group sets up JV with Portuguese retailer Sonae 

  04-01-2017 09:21
  UK meat packer Hilton Food Group has extended its cooperation with Portugese retailer Sonae Modelo Continente through the formation of a joint venture that will supply packaged meat to the group's supermarkets in the country. 
  
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• Hilton extends JV with Portuguese retailer Sonae 

  04-01-2017 09:21
  UK meat group Hilton has extended its cooperation with Portugese retailer Sonae Modelo Continente through the formation of a joint venture that will supply packaged meat to the group's supermarkets in the country. 
  
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• Amplify Snack Brands CFO Brian Goldberg named chief strategy officer

  04-01-2017 08:51
  US snack maker Amplify Snack Brands has created a new position of chief strategy officer as part of a "strengthened leadership team" aimed at boosting the growth of the business.
  
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• Amplify appoints former Kellogg exec to "strengthened" leadership team

  04-01-2017 08:51
  US snack maker Amplify Snack Brands has appointed former Kellogg Foods executive Mike DeGrace as senior vice-president of sales North America as part of a "strengthened leadership team" aimed at boosting the growth of the business.
  
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• Kaiser Permanente and Weld Food Bank partner to feed hungry patients - Greeley Tribune

  04-01-2017 07:17
  
  Greeley Tribune
  Kaiser Permanente and Weld Food Bank partner to feed hungry patients
  Greeley Tribune
  Kaiser Permanente is kicking off a pilot program to help families who can't afford food. The nonprofit health care provider, which has an office in Greeley, is partnering with Weld Food Bank to provide emergency food boxes stuffed with non-perishable ...
  
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• Purdue innovation fund gives $100,000 to ag startups

  04-01-2017 07:00
  Two Purdue agricultural-based startups received investments totaling $100,000 from the Purdue Ag-celerator, a plant sciences innovation fund operated by Purdue Ventures, the capital access arm of the Purdue Foundry, with assistance from the Purdue College of Agriculture, Purdue Research Foundation’s Office of Technology Commercialization, and the agricultural industry.
  
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• PepsiCo’s Khan joins Applied DNA Sciences’ strategic advisory board

  04-01-2017 07:00
  Applied DNA Sciences, a provider of DNA-based supply-chain, anti-counterfeiting, and anti-theft technology, product genotyping, and product authentication solutions, has announced that Mehmood Khan, PepsiCo’s vice chairman and chief scientific officer, global research and development, has joined the company’s strategic advisory board.
  
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• Palsgaard to expand business activities in Brazil

  04-01-2017 07:00
  Palsgaard, emulsifier specialist, has acquired the majority of the shares of Brazilian food ingredients company Candon Aditivos para Alimentos in December 2016.
  
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• Hershey appoints Buck as CEO, president

  04-01-2017 07:00
  Hershey has announced that its board of directors has appointed Michele Buck, currently the company’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, as Hershey’s next president and chief executive officer, effective March 1, 2017.
  
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• FDA issues Nutrition Facts, serving size guidance documents

  04-01-2017 07:00
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued two draft guidance documents related to the final rules on Nutrition Facts labeling and serving sizes to help industry comply with those rules.
  
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• FDA extends comment period on ‘healthy’ labeling

  04-01-2017 07:00
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it is extending the comment period on the use of the term “healthy” in the labeling of food products to April 26, 2017, in response to requests for additional time to submit comments.
  
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• Applications for Dannon grant program due soon

  04-01-2017 07:00
  Applications for Dannon Co.'s 2016–2017 Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotics Dannon Fellowship Grant program are due on February 15, 2017.
  
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• Food Column: Food trucks move indoors for winter - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  04-01-2017 06:03
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  Food Column: Food trucks move indoors for winter
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  It's the first week of the New Year, and already there's a great opportunity to destroy your healthy eating resolutions. GoodTaste! Pittsburgh is organizing the region's first indoor food truck festival. “Food Truck-a-Palooza: Winter” debuts from 1 to ...
  
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• Austin couple gets their own Food Network series for creative cakes - KVUE.com

  04-01-2017 05:52
  
  KVUE.com
  Austin couple gets their own Food Network series for creative cakes
  KVUE.com
  You've heard of sculptures of celebrities and pop icons at wax museums, so why not cake sculptures that you can eat, too? KVUE News sat down with the Austin couple, who launched their unique cake start-up, 'Sideserf Cake Studio,' back in 2013. It has ...and more »
  
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• Resolution kept: Volunteer packs food every day of 2016 - KARE

  04-01-2017 04:16
  
  KARE
  Resolution kept: Volunteer packs food every day of 2016
  KARE
  COON RAPIDS, Minn. – The ball was already dropping on 2015 and Danny Pham hadn't yet made his resolution. “I need to be committed to something new for next year,” the 26-year-old told himself as time was running out. Danny made his decision.and more »
  
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• The NeOse smell recorder could help your fridge detect spoiled food ... - The Verge

  04-01-2017 03:47
  
  The NeOse smell recorder could help your fridge detect spoiled food ...
  The Verge
  Computers have gotten more and more sophisticated at reading visual and audio cues, but they've lagged behind in one major, albeit quirky, area: scent.and more »
  
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