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Betting the farm on rising food prices
Oct 16, 2012
Could speculators be at the heart of increasing food prices?
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The Cheesecake Factory to launch in Middle East
Oct 9, 2012
Casual dining chain, The Cheesecake Factory, is expanding abroad with 22 new locations in, of all places, the Middle East.
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Going inside the lab behind new flavors
Oct 9, 2012
Snack makers come out with new flavors every year. Many of those new tastes get their start in labs off of the New Jersey Turnpike.
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Supermarket sweepstakes: Africa's small farmers encounter the modern grocery store
Sep 26, 2012
The spread of modern grocery chains could lift millions of African farmers out of poverty -- or ruin them.
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FDA studies arsenic found in rice products
Sep 19, 2012
Arsenic occurs naturally in soil, but also comes from manure and pesticides. Rice plants absorb higher levels of arsenic than other crops.
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Where food prices are heading
Sep 6, 2012
Global food prices are expected to rise in the long term as population grows, but a new study warns that severe weather events like this year's drought in the U.S. could spike prices higher suddenly.
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Spilled and spoiled: Exploring two worlds of food waste
Aug 27, 2012
An alarming amount of the food we produce is never eaten. It’s a huge waste of land, water, labor, fuel and other resources. How to limit the losses? That depends on where we live.
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Spilled and spoiled: In the U.S., consumers are the food wasters
Aug 27, 2012
Where food is cheap and plentiful, consumers are the biggest wasters -- whether at home, in restaurants or at school. But how much of this waste is preventable?
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Americans struggle to feed their families
Aug 23, 2012
New data from Gallup shows that 25 percent of Mississippi residents have struggled to feed their families at some point over the last 12 months. On average, 18 percent of respondents in the U.S. say they've lacked money for food at least once recently.
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Lessons from the Great Depression, one meal at a time
Jul 13, 2012
At nearly 100, YouTube phenomenon Clara Cannucciari has been inspiring viewers with her "poor man's meals."
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