Feetz, which specializes in customizable footwear using 3D printing, closed on a $1.25 million seed round. The capital infusion will be used to launch the Feetz platform directly to customers later this year via the first ...
Tags: 3D printing, Feetz, Sporting Goods
Before you start kicking up dust this spring as planting gets rolling, make sure you're not only doing everything right but also avoiding the things you shouldn't be doing, whether it be small-scale agronomic matters or farmwide management ...
Tags: Soil test, Segments of the production equation, Agriculture
Endangered Species Chocolate (ESC) has added three new 60% cocoa bars to broaden its Natural Bar product range. The new products include dark chocolate with lemon poppy seed, dark chocolate with blackberry sage and dark chocolate with ...
Tags: Cocoa Bars, chocolate, Food
The current measures being implemented to ensure coexistence of GM and non-GM crops in the EU are practically feasible, both at farm level and along the supply chain, a new study by UK researchers has revealed. The new study, conducted ...
Tags: Coexistence Measures, GM crops, non-GM crops, Agriculture
Natural food brand Doisy & Dam has launched a range of five handcrafted varieties of organic dark chocolate nationwide which are available at online food retailer Ocado. The new five variants of chocolates include Coconut & Lucuma; ...
Tags: Organic Dark Chocolate, Chocolate
The global leader in induction cap sealing was exhibiting at the Empack show in February, co-located with Packaging Innovations, for the fifth consecutive year. Visitors were able to see some of Enercon’s Super Seal range, which ...
Tags: induction cap sealing, Packaging
Global seed technology major Monsanto’s Indian subsidiary said it would submit final trial results for its genetically modified (GM) corn to lawmakers within a year. As cited in Reuters, Monsanto India CEO Shilpa Divekar Nirula said ...
Tags: seed technology, Corn
“Reliable detection and removal of metallic fragments with the Uster Jossi Metal Shield is a sure way to safeguard both capital investments and profitable production of quality yarn,” says Uster. According to Uster, ...
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Respondents to survey reported a 14 per cent hike to 18,234 acres in US organic cotton acres planted in 2014 from 15,973 acres in 2013, representing the largest planted organic cotton acreage in almost 20 years. This happened, despite ...
Tags: Organic Cotton, Textile
The share of cotton from more sustainable sources used by furniture and home furnishings retailer, Ikea in its products reached 76 per cent and is on track to reach its goal of 100 per cent by August 2015. Sweden based Ikea Group released ...
Tags: Sustainable Cotton, Ikea Products
Irish bakery Foods of Athenry has expanded its export business to the UK after securing new deals with upmarket department store Harrods and speciality distributor Cotswold Fayre. To date, they have won 38 Taste Awards for their unique ...
Tags: snack time, healthy products, Agriculture
Nutrition company Herbalife has unveiled its Herbalife Innovation and Manufacturing (HIM) facility in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Spread over an area of around 800,000ft2, the HIM facility has so far witnessed around $100m in ...
Tags: teas, liquids, Agriculture
Today Syngenta announced the addition of Mertect 340-F fungicide to its portfolio. When Clariva Complete Beans and Mertect 340-F fungicide are combined, there's potential for reduced damage from soybean sudden death syndrome (SDS). Mertect ...
CHS, an energy, grains, and foods company and the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative, has purchased a 25% share of West Central, a full-service wholesale distributor headquartered in Willmar, Minnesota. "Investing in West Central ...
The Center for Nanoscale Science, a US National Science Foundation-funded Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at Penn State University, has been awarded a six-year, $15m grant to continue research on materials at the ...