The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announces that the Virus Resistant Cassava for Africa Plus (VIRCA Plus) consortium of American, Nigerian, Ugandan, and Kenyan institutions recently received a five-year, $10.46m grant The grant has ...
Corbion has secured patent in Europe for new method to produce aqueous potassium lactate solutions. The new method is said to provide flavor, concentration and quality advantages over traditional methods. Aqueous potassium lactate (KL) ...
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US-based agricultural company Monsanto has secured an approval from its shareholders to merge its business with a subsidiary of German pharmaceutical company Bayer for $66bn. As per the terms of the merger deal, the shareowners will be ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation has selected 28 projects to be the grant recipients of the Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program. In the 17 years since its introduction in 2000, a cumulative total of 332 projects in 53 countries and ...
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Agropur Cooperative, in partnership with the Quartier de l'innovation de Montréal, AgBioCentre and NineSigma, has announced the launch of Inno Challenge, an initiative to create new dairy products through open innovation. This is a ...
Flexible packaging converter American Packaging (APC) is planning to build a new $170m manufacturing plant in Monroe County, New York, US. Planned to be built on Beaver Road in the Town of Chili, the facility is scheduled to be ...
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Wells Enterprises, an Iowa-based ice cream company, has announced to invest $40m in Le Mars facility to expand its production capacities. The manufacturer of the Blue Bunny ice cream brand and three other local companies have been awarded ...
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Arcos Dorados, the world’s largest McDonald’s franchisee, announced that it will source 100% cage-free eggs by 2025. The decision reinforces the Company´s commitment to animal welfare, demonstrated by its existing ...
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Finnish meat processor Atria has gained access to lucrative Chinese pork market, as the authorities grant license for the company to start exports. Atria said that it has received official confirmation of the pork export license to China. ...
Grant will support food bank’s school Backpack, School Pantry, Picnic in the Park and Cooking Matters programs BOISE, Idaho (Oct. 6, 2016) — This week, the Idaho Foodbank celebrated receiving a $90,000 grant from the Walmart ...
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No matter the job, real-world experience is the most valuable foundation for starting a career or advancing an existing one. Training is a close second. But sometimes it’s unclear how both of these can move you forward, especially ...
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Across America, kids are settling back into school routines. They are making new friends, trying new activities, and taking on new subjects to learn. But there’s something else that happens this time of year: many children also ...
Jing Zhang, an engineering faculty member at Rochester Institute of Technology, has received a $305,000 grant from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to acquire an inductively coupled plasma reactive-ion etching (ICP-RIE) system for ...
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General Mills has announced that it will invest $25m to expand its cereal production plant in Buffalo, New York, US. Expected to be completed in May 2017, the expansion project will include purchase of new packaging equipment, production ...
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has granted $ 560,000 loan to Turkmen meat producer Taze Ay, as part of its efforts to support the private small and medium-sized enterprises in the country. EBRD, along with the ...