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• Beingmate takes step toward completion of Fonterra JV

  01-05-2017 21:30
  Chinese infant formula company Beingmate Baby and Child Food has set up an Australian unit, Guangdasheng (Australia), through which to carry out its acquisition of a stake in a local plant owned by Fonterra.
  
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• Automated temperature monitoring and control ensure food safety

  01-05-2017 15:00
  
  Of the major measured process variables, temperature is perhaps the most important in food and beverage.
  
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• City's low-income residents offered few options for fresh food - The Herald Bulletin

  01-05-2017 13:08
  
  The Herald Bulletin
  City's low-income residents offered few options for fresh food
  The Herald Bulletin
  Tori and Josh Peterson look on as their daughter, Loralye, puts some cheese in their shopping cart during ALDI's reopening on Thursday. City's low-income residents offered few options for fresh food. Don Knight. Customer Darlene Deck looks in the ...
  
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• Legal Food Frenzy Nets $190K for Atlanta Food Bank - Daily Report (registration)

  01-05-2017 12:27
  
  Legal Food Frenzy Nets $190K for Atlanta Food Bank
  Daily Report (registration)
  Law firms and other legal organizations raised more than $190,000 in online donations for the Atlanta Community Food Bank over the two-week Georgia Legal Food Frenzy. Final totals will be determined in the next few weeks, as donations of cans and other ...and more »
  
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• Community garden will offer 'a more dignified free food experience' for 13000 residents of east-side food desert - Indianapolis Star

  01-05-2017 12:02
  
  Indianapolis Star
  Community garden will offer 'a more dignified free food experience' for 13000 residents of east-side food desert
  Indianapolis Star
  Sharrona Moore had a dream of supplying healthy produce to Lawrence residents who lack easy access to a grocery store. All the director of Lawrence Community Gardens needed was the land on which to grow the fruits and vegetables. She approached ...
  
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• A New Law Would Legalize Selling Home-Cooked Food in California - Civil Eats

  01-05-2017 11:00
  
  Civil Eats
  A New Law Would Legalize Selling Home-Cooked Food in California
  Civil Eats
  California is trying to legalize small-scale sale of food made by home cooks. But will it allow tech startups to treat home cooks like Uber drivers? By Leilani Clark | Business, Food Policy, Food Safety, Technology 05.01.17. A few years back, Christina ...
  
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• National Association of Letter Carriers to host annual food drive - Knoxville News Sentinel

  01-05-2017 10:08
  
  Knoxville News Sentinel
  National Association of Letter Carriers to host annual food drive
  Knoxville News Sentinel
  The Knoxville Chapter of the National Association of Letter Carriers has announced that it will be participating in national Stamp Out Hunger food drive event sponsored by the NALC. The Stamp Out Hunger food drive will take place on Saturday, May 13 ...
  Columbus mail carriers will collect food pantry donations May 13Columbus Journal
  Annual "Market at the Food Bank" brings in fundsWK
  
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• At planting time, remember the food bank - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  01-05-2017 10:04
  
  At planting time, remember the food bank
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — A shocking statistic: Nationwide, 11 billion pounds of garden produce become food waste annually. If we salvage that food, it could feed 28 million people. At the Fairbanks Community Food Bank, we believe that gardeners in the Tanana ...
  
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• Mauritius: The island where food is everywhere - CNN

  01-05-2017 10:00
  
  CNN
  Mauritius: The island where food is everywhere
  CNN
  CNN Travel's series often carries sponsorship originating from the countries and regions we profile. However, CNN retains full editorial control over all of its reports. Read the policy. Mauritius (CNN) Inside Port Louis's Central Market, pink dragon ...
  
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• Galapagos study identifies keystone predator in a complex food web - Phys.Org

  01-05-2017 09:22
  
  Phys.Org
  Galapagos study identifies keystone predator in a complex food web
  Phys.Org
  Despite popular metaphors and cartoons depicting straightforward "food chains," ecologists such as Brown University Professor Jon Witman typically doubt that they'll see predators in diverse tropical ecosystems have meaningful impacts on species even ...and more »
  
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• Church's pet food pantry feeds multitudes of dogs and cats - Lawrence Journal World

  01-05-2017 07:03
  
  Lawrence Journal World
  Church's pet food pantry feeds multitudes of dogs and cats
  Lawrence Journal World
  Volunteer Lori TenPaz hands an order to Devan Sharon after helping him pick up food for his pit bull Bazzle at the Trinity Lutheran Church pet food pantry on Saturday, April 29, 2017. Sharon said the pantry helped him feed the dog he rescued from a ...
  Duff Street UM food pantry moves to Stealey UM facilityThe Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration)all 3 news articles »
  
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• USDA geneticist receives National Academy of Science’s prize in food, ag

  01-05-2017 07:00
  The National Academy of Science (NAS) has named Edward Buckler, geneticist with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS), the first person to receive its Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences.
  
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• Olive oil may help reduce type 2 diabetes risk

  01-05-2017 07:00
  A study published in Nutrition & Diabetes suggests that for healthy adults olive oil consumption may lower their risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
  
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• Olam Cocoa opens innovation center, unveils new brand

  01-05-2017 07:00
  Olam Cocoa opened a new Cocoa Innovation Center in Willowbrook, Ill., last week to service North American customers.
  
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• Coca-Cola to cut 1,200 jobs due to stalled growth

  01-05-2017 07:00
  According to Fortune, Coca-Cola has announced it will cut 1,200 jobs beginning in the second half of 2017 and carrying into 2018 as it tries to become “faster and more agile.”
  
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• Case study: Tax may lower consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages

  01-05-2017 07:00
  A study published in PLOS Medicine suggests that a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) may cause sales of SSBs to decline and sales of untaxed beverages and water to increase.
  
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• Chefs share their secrets at annual Fine Food and Wine fundraiser - Scranton Times-Tribune

  01-05-2017 06:38
  
  Scranton Times-Tribune
  Chefs share their secrets at annual Fine Food and Wine fundraiser
  Scranton Times-Tribune
  Pennsylvania maintains a stable of 124 “senior judges” ready to step in when native jurists are unavailable or unwilling to preside over local disputes. No local dispute is more contentious or consequential than the proposed 46-year expansion of ...and more »
  
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• Students donate 5000 pounds of food for local nonprofit - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  01-05-2017 06:00
  
  Atlanta Journal Constitution
  Students donate 5000 pounds of food for local nonprofit
  Atlanta Journal Constitution
  Students at the Mount Vernon Presbyterian School participated in the school's annual Share the Well Food Drive to support the Community Assistance Center in Sandy Springs. This year's record-breaking drive donated 5,000 pounds of food to the local ...and more »
  
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• April's FDA Recall Roundup: Enough to Put You Off Food For A Few Days - Forbes

  01-05-2017 04:58
  
  Forbes
  April's FDA Recall Roundup: Enough to Put You Off Food For A Few Days
  Forbes
  The FDA's list of food recalls for April sound less like contaminated food items and more like a menu from Hotel Transylvania: pentobarbital-laced dog chow, ground-up golf balls in the frozen hash browns and bat body parts in the organic spring mix ...
  
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• Cook-off shows promise food trucks can make it in Colorado Springs - Colorado Springs Gazette

  01-05-2017 04:55
  
  Colorado Springs Gazette
  Cook-off shows promise food trucks can make it in Colorado Springs
  Colorado Springs Gazette
  Tickets had been sold out for days before Sunday's outdoor cook-off between a half-dozen food trucks. It was an auspicious beginning for the event kicking off Small Business Week in Colorado Springs, with more than 400 people coming out to ...
  
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• 1 Suspect Charged, 1 Sought In Bronx Food Deliveryman Robbery - CBS New York

  01-05-2017 04:41
  
  CBS New York
  1 Suspect Charged, 1 Sought In Bronx Food Deliveryman Robbery
  CBS New York
  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police on Sunday were searching for a suspect who allegedly attacked a food deliveryman in a Bronx elevator a week ago Saturday. A second suspect in the case has been arrested and charged. Police said on Saturday, April ...and more »
  
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• Lohmann: Bounty of food brings gratitude but also hurdles for senior home - Richmond.com

  01-05-2017 04:05
  
  Richmond.com
  Lohmann: Bounty of food brings gratitude but also hurdles for senior home
  Richmond.com
  Edna Mae Harris, Food Service Manager at St. Francis Home in Richmond, VA, talks with visitors about the challenges of her job Tuesday, April 18, 2017. 20170501_MET_BILL_BB06. BOB BROWN. Some of the donated food items at St. Francis Home in ...
  
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• Truck drives into Texaco Food Mart - WEAR

  01-05-2017 03:24
  WEAR
  Truck drives into Texaco Food Mart
  WEAR
  (WEAR-TV) — A truck ran into an Escambia County convenient store off Fairfield late Sunday evening. Authorities told Channel 3 News a white vehicle rammed into the Texaco Food Mart at 7:51 p.m. Sunday evening. The store is located on Fairfield and ...and more »
  
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• Top Chefs, Food Network star help sell-out Wilmington brunch - The News Journal

  01-05-2017 02:43
  
  The News Journal
  Top Chefs, Food Network star help sell-out Wilmington brunch
  The News Journal
  The stage was set Sunday at the DuPont Country Club for some smack talk. And one of the recent contestants on the Bravo reality TV culinary show "Top Chef" didn't disappoint. At the Celebrity Chefs' Brunch, Meals on Wheels Delaware's annual fundraiser, ...
  
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• Big-Name Food Brands Lose Battle of the Grocery Aisle - Wall Street Journal (subscription)

  01-05-2017 02:00
  
  Wall Street Journal (subscription)
  Big-Name Food Brands Lose Battle of the Grocery Aisle
  Wall Street Journal (subscription)
  America's packaged-food giants are losing the battle for retailers' shelf space, complicating their efforts to break out of a yearslong slump. Instead of promoting canned soup, cereal and cookies from companies like Kraft Heinz Co., Kellogg Co. and ...
  
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• The 9th Annual Jewish Food Festival in Elmira - My Twin Tiers.com

  01-05-2017 01:21
  
  My Twin Tiers.com
  The 9th Annual Jewish Food Festival in Elmira
  My Twin Tiers.com
  ELMIRA, N.Y. (18 NEWS) - The 9th Annual Jewish Food Festival was held Sunday at the Congregation Kol Ami in Elmira. The food featured traditional Eastern European foods and popular Israeli street foods and all of it is made from scratch. "Everything is ...
  Jewish Food Festival brings community together with food, musicThe Bakersfield Californian
  Jewish Food Festival a chance to learn about JudaismKern Golden
  
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• Michigan food service firms merge to create $100M company - MLive.com

  01-05-2017 00:12
  
  MLive.com
  Michigan food service firms merge to create $100M company
  MLive.com
  Zeeland-based Creative Dining is housed in a commercial complex at 1 Royal Park Drive. (Shandra Martinez | MLive.com). Print Email · Shandra Martinez | [email protected] By Shandra Martinez | [email protected] MLive.com on April 30, 2017 at ...
  
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