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Bringing fresh food to everyone in New Orleans
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It's been six years since Hurricane Katrina, and grocery chains are still hesitant to return to New Orleans. Actor Wendell Pierce is trying to fix that by launching his own grocery store chain.
Red Lobster building huge aquafarm in Malaysia
The parent company of Red Lobster will create a 35-square-mile aquafarm to help keep its restaurants from running out of lobster.
Brazil delivers on hunger promise
The government made food a human right. Then it found that ending hunger takes a lot more than a declaration.
How Cuties marketed Mandarin oranges from fruit to brand
Smithsonian.com blogger Sarah Rich talks about how those little, seedless Mandarin oranges became a ubiquitous brand.
Would you spend $15 for a burger?
A Los Angeles high-end burger chain is looking to expand east.
Consuming white rice linked to risk of diabetes
Publishing in the British Medical Journal, researchers looked at four studies covering 350,000 people in Asia and the West.
McDonald’s woos cash-strapped customers
McDonald's hopes to boost sales by expanding its options for value-conscious customers, including a new "Extra Value Menu."
Manufacturing jobs up in Ohio
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Most of the growth comes from an unexpected source. Politicians jockey to take credit.
The future of food in a warming world
Bangladesh, once a poster child for the food crisis, has made dramatic progress. But will our changing climate sweep away the gains?
NASA in the market for some good eaters
The agency wants to figure out how it would feed astronauts on any future mission to Mars, so it needs people to try to cook and eat astronaut food for four long months.