DuPont launched a new Science & Technology speakers bureau in conjunction with its annual Technology Conference this week in Iowa. The conference brings together scientists, engineers and marketers from around the globe for a week of ...
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Interbike is adding an outdoor exhibit space to its September show in Las Vegas, with a bike test track, a stage, a jumbo LED screen and a beer vendor. The Paddock at Interbike will be in the parking lot of the Mandalay Bay Convention ...
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Nutrition Dried fruits retain most of the nutritional value of fresh fruits, and so are included with fresh fruit in dietary recommendations by U.S. and world health agencies. The specific nutrient content of the different dried fruits ...
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DuPont announced that it will increase prices on all of its titanium dioxide (TiO2) products sold in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Asia Pacific regions effective July 1, 2013, or as contracts allow as ...
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The cash, which originates from the FSA’s Strategic Planning Programme, will be channelled through the TSB’s Nutrition for Life – Providing Safe and Healthy Food competition. “The competition will fund ...
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French dairy firm Danone has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake of over 90% in Happy Family, a leading firm in the US baby food market, for an undisclosed amount. Happy Family, established in 2006, holds more than 4% ...
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Agricultural technology critical to feed 9 billion people Challenging year ahead for cotton Friant water allocation decreased again While traveling out of state recently, I saw a sign near a business which made me laugh. It read, ...
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Belgium-based ingredients manufacturer Puratos have entered into a loan contract for €45m that will be used for Puratos European research and development program until 2015. Puratos is involved ...
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There is a common saying that pets should not eat "people food." The myth is that feeding pets people food will not only give them diarrhea, but it will also turn them into beggars at dinner time. Depending on what kind of pet food you feed ...
c, a US-based private equity investment firm, has announced that it has made an investment in SGF Produce Holdings, the parent company of Sunrise Growers~Frozsun Foods. SGF Produce, an affiliated portfolio company of Sun Capital Partners, ...
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US-based Calavo Growers has announced that it has created FreshRealm, a technology company which connects participants such as traditional retailers, enterprises, communities and food banks to a network of regional fresh food producers. ...
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DuPont said that while new digital technology is allowing farmers to gather massive amounts of data, the real value comes when data drives insights to help them improve their operations’ profitability. “In today’s ...
Radikal, an Indian exporter of nutritive and healthy food products, is set to expand its business to 65 countries, which also includes Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), by the end of 2013. This move comes after the Indian government relaxed ...
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Last year was packed with surprises for the food and drink manufacturing sector, according to business guru Paul Wilkinson. Paul Wilkinson reviewed a year of food and drink manufacturing surprises Here we capture the highlights of his ...
Washington lawyer Gary Baise, who devotes much of his time to defending U.S. agriculture in venues all the way to the Supreme Court, has an unusual item on his résumé: He was one of the team that helped found what has become a ...