Consumer demand for locally-grown foods and locally-raised meat, poultry and eggs has grown. After a decline of small farms and slaughter houses in the 1990s, the U.S. has seen a resurgence in small, locally-owned operations. According to ...
January 29, 2014 How might Lion's next moves affect the Australian dairy industry Food and beverage company Lion has announced that it does not currently intend to sell its shareholding in Victorian dairy company Warrnambool Cheese and ...
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Mondelēz International, a US-based food and beverage firm, is geared up to invest around £75m in its Cadbury plant in Bournville, Birmingham. The investment will be used to upgrade equipment at the facility over the next three ...
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Wisconsin farmers didn’t have their best year ever in 2013, but they didn’t miss it by much. “They earned about $3.75 billion in total net farm income, $600 million more than in 2012 and just short of the record of $3.8 ...
December Egg Production Up 2 Percent United States egg production totaled 8.25 billion during December 2013, up 2 percent from last year. Production included 7.19 billion table eggs, and 1.06 billion hatching eggs, of which 986 million ...
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Salmonella contamination of shell eggs and subsequent recalls in 2010 resulted in economic losses to the egg industry and increased consumer concerns about the safety of eggs. In addition, HACCP regulations for egg processing are probable ...
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Given a choice, male dyeing poison frogs snub empty pools in favor of ones in which their tiny tadpoles have to metamorphose into frogs in the company of larger, carnivorous ones of the same species. The frog fathers only choose to deposit ...
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When Louis Pasteur developed and patented the process of pasteurization in the 1860s, it had nothing to do with milk. He was more concerned with keeping beer from spoiling. But, by the turn of the century, this method of preservation had ...
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American meat producer Tyson Foods is reportedly considering the acquisition of egg distributor Michael Foods Group, owned by a private equity unit of Goldman Sachs Group. The deal, which is seen worth over $2bn, will help the two ...
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Going barefoot in parts of Africa, Asia and South America contributes to hookworm infections, which afflict an estimated 700 million of the world's poor. The parasitic worm lives in the soil and enters the body through the feet. By feeding ...
Biologists have studied the functionality of a poorly understood category of genes, which produce long non-coding RNA molecules rather than proteins. Some of these genes have been conserved throughout evolution, and are present in 11 ...
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Scientists have shown how controlled sperm cells inside tubes can be driven to target destinations using magnetic control. The significance of their investigation lies partly in what may be in store for in vitro fertilization. "Eventually," ...
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China Mobile, the country's biggest services provider, on Friday begins selling Apple's iPhone to its millions of customers, ending a six-year wait in a crucial market for the US technology giant. The combination of China Mobile's ...
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While many better-for-you menus tout items below 500, 400 and 300 calories, 7-Eleven, Inc. breaks the 200-calorie barrier with its new Egg White Breakfast Sandwich. Not only is the calorie count low, the price is too – just $1.99. ...
Like "Turn out the lights" and "Don't slam the door," being told to "Wash your hands" is one of those universal instructions children hear every day. But it's more than that. Hand washing has been shown to be one of the most effective ...
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