DHL Express is celebrating its first year as the official logistics partner of charities Free The Children and Me to We. By providing the charities with free shipping, storage and logistics support, DHL has allowed them to allocate 90% of ...
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Cattle on the Schilke Ranch in northwestern North Dakota, located on Bakken Shale. Photo: Jacki Schilke In the midst of the domestic energy boom, livestock on farms near oil-and-gas drilling operations nationwide have been quietly falling ...
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Australian manufacturing and distribution company Pro-Pac Packaging has completed the acquisition of the business and assets of Australian Flexographic Printers (AFP) and Poly Products (PPC). According to Pro-Pac, Sydney-based flexo ...
Shanghai-based Giant Interactive Group Inc. (NYSE: GA) confirmed that independently developed King of Soldier has been licensed to Gen C Inspire Corporation for operation in Thailand from August 2013, signaling that the Chinese online game ...
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This “pinkhouse” at Caliber Biotherapeutics in Texas, grows 2.2 million plants under the glow of blue and red LEDs. The practice of vertical farming could potentially undergo a transformation that will make urban food centres ...
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Buying traceable, local and British food has risen “substantially” up consumers’ agendas since the horsemeat scandal, according to the latest research from Mintel. The horsemeat scandal had made consumers more aware of ...
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South African supermarket operator Shoprite Holdings said it has maintained its "robust and established" growth pattern, booking an increase in half-year profits. Earnings for the six month period earnings grew 19.6% to ZAR1.70bn ...
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Simple actions by consumers and food retailers can dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tonnes of food lost or wasted each year and help shape a sustainable future, according to a new global campaign to cut food waste launched today by the UN ...
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Cannondale wrapped up a four-day camp for its first title-sponsored WorldTour road race team on Monday, an event marked by the Hollywood-themed rider introduction in the heart of Southern California’s film industry. ...
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General Mills recently put up a Facebook app asking consumers to share what one of their products,Cheerios,meant to them.The app was appropriated by proponents of Proposition 37,most of them protesting the company's$1.1 million contribution ...
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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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A new app from the NRDC connects technology with fresh, organic produce. As explained The Huffington Post in a recent article, the iPhone app, titled "NRDC Eat Local" allows shoppers to find out what produce is in season and where they can ...
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The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Foundation has announced the addition of ten new countries to its international ‘Litter Less' education campaign led by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE).This addition brings the number of ...
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Norwegian conglomerate Orkla, which is reshaping its business to focus on consumer goods, is to buy local food group Rieber & Søn. Orkla has struck a deal to buy the Rieber family's 90.1% stake in Rieber & Søn. The agreement ...
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Speech by the Chairman of the Autonomous Region Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is situated in the northwestern part of China. With beautiful landscapes, rich resources and great potential for development, it is China's important reserve ...
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