2 Sisters’ plan to axe 200 jobs at its Coupar Angus chicken processing plant in Perth and Kinross would be “absolutely devastating”, warns the Unite union. News of 2 Sisters' 200 job cuts was received with disbelief and ...
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Meat processor Cranwick’s fresh pork business was “the stand out performer” in the firm’s interim results for the six months to September 30, says City analyst Panmure Gordon. Year-end debt Cranwick’s net ...
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has commemorated its first anniversary in South Australia having carried in excess of 2.5 million kg of cargo from the state since inauguration in November 2012. South Australian ...
The kids are not alright in China — and the effect of a population shift could have significant implications for U.S. agriculture. Thirty years of a government mandated one-child policy have flipped China’s family tree into ...
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The prices of farm produce in 36 major Chinese cities experienced a slight rebound in the week ending November 17 compared with the previous week, a Ministry of Commerce statement said Tuesday. The average wholesale prices of meat edged ...
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The PPI UltraZap XtendaPak, placed underneath the packaged meat, limits bacteria growth while enabling the fresh product to better retain its juices. This helps extend shelf life by up to two days and keeps the meat attractive up to ...
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Plantic Technologies Ltd, an international supplier of performance biopolymers, introduces Plantic eco Plastic R the first ultra-high barrier packaging material that is both renewable and recyclable. Building on the success of Plantic ...
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The food processing industry and its raw food supplier allies have been clever at marketing their products as healthy while attacking the foods they replace as unhealthy. And it has worked both ways. Saturated fats including coconut oil ...
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A new study out of California has identified some practical steps that men can take to avoid developing prostate cancer, and all of them involve making simple dietary changes. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco ...
Health is wealth. Additionally, having a healthy body can make people have fewer worries and be happy in life. If you are somebody who thinks the same way, you should beware of cooking oils with canola, sunflower, safflower, soy, or corn as ...
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All the controversy over the past few years regarding Whole Foods Market and its dubious position on genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) seems to have fizzled following the company's recent announcement that, by 2018, all GMOs sold in its ...
More conventional farmers, both small and large, are beginning to ease off antibiotic use on their animals. Pharmaceutical antibiotics had become popular as CAFOs (confined animal feeding operations) came into existence. Antibiotics began ...
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Chicken and oc may seem like an obvious pairing to culinary enthusiasts, but at least one Pennsylvania farm is demonstrating its extraordinary health benefits in food production as well. For three years or so, chickens at Bell & Evans have ...
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As challenging as it might sometimes seem, shedding those excess pounds and keeping them off is not an impossible task. For many overweight and obese people, simply making a few basic dietary changes is enough to achieve dramatic weight ...
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Another member of the labiatae, or mint, family, thyme is an herb native to the Mediterranean basin and comes in many varieties. There is only one plant, thymus vulgaris, but the composition of the oil distilled from the plant shows ...