Two starkly different views of rural America and U.S.agriculture emerged in recent weeks—one hopeful and optimistic,the other discouraging and maybe even a bit cynical. Starting with the bad news,USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced ...
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Last week, the 8th Annual RoboBusiness Leadership Summit posted record attendance over three warms days in Pittsburgh, Pa. Home to Carnegie Mellon University and its famed Robotics Institute, the city is a strong contender for robotics ...
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Cambridgeshire students have designed a 'tear and share' seasonal sausage that may appear on Waitrose shelves next year. var ...
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US-based AquaLiv Technologies has entered into an agreement to acquire Verity Farms, a company aiming to lower chemical dependency and genetic modification in food production. AquaLiv Technologies, through its subsidiary AquaLiv, offers ...
Food packaging is approximately a$340 billion industry worldwide.In the U.S.,about a third of household waste is food packaging,and much of this cannot be recycled. Gifts totaling$2.2 million from The Wegman Family Charitable Foundation ...
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Hazard analysis and critical control points, or HACCP, is a systematic preventive approach to food safety and pharmaceutical safety that identifies physical, allergenic, chemical, and biological hazards in production processes that can ...
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The UK government said today (10 July) there needs to be "a culture change" in the food industry to ensure the country can produce food sustainably amid "soaring" population growth. UK farming minister Jim Paice called on all in the ...
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UK-based food inspection specialist S+S Inspection has harnessed the power of neodymium magnets to offer an easy to implement method of removing metal contaminants from liquid and paste product manufacturing lines. LIQUIMAG ...
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Lark Energy, a leading solar development and construction company, has secured planning permission for the UK's largest solar farm at the site of a former World War II airfield in Leicestershire. The 32MWp solar project at Wymeswold ...
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UK-based packaging product development-to-manufacture company, Sirane has announced the opening of its packaging facility in Turkey. Sirane managing director Simon Balderson said Turkey is the perfect location for the company to open a ...
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Electrostatic spraying using organic acids can be more effective in offering protection against E.coli in fresh produce, compared to the current sanitation procedures, according to a new study published in the Journal of Food Science. For ...
US-based supermarket chain Whole Foods has financed aquaponic indoor farm,FarmedHere,for the expansion of its operations. FarmedHere is a USDA certified farm and it has been selling its fresh and locally grown produce in Whole Foods since ...
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The new positioning comes a year after Sealed Air's £4.3bn acquisition of hygiene giant Diversey in October 2011 and aims to bring the benefits of both sides of the business into a single coherent approach to food and drink packaging. ...
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Private equity firms Blackstone and BC Partners are set to submit a joint bid for frozen food company Iglo, in a deal which is expected to value the company at $3bn, including debt. The two firms, which were earlier competing with each ...
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Bahrain plans to increase its domestic food production from 20% to 60% of total yearly food consumption by 2016. In line with this plan, Bahrain intends to promote the role of small farmers and local business to boost the domestic food ...