Through his six-decade career, Han Meilin-who is well-known as the chief designer of Fuwa, the good-luck mascots for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008-has always turned to Chinese cultural traditions for inspiration. The 80-year-old began ...
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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 ...
Inocucor Technologies announced that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has registered its first two specialty ag biological products for use by Canadian farmers and greenhouse growers. Synergro is a live-cell formulation for ...
In a letter to the USDA's Office of Inspector General, The Cornucopia Institute has requested an independent audit of the National Organic Program, charging multiple illegal actions and inactions. The Wisconsin-based farm policy research ...
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Google has this strange habit of releasing new apps for iOS without rolling them out on home soil; the chief example being the excellent Gboard keyboard. The firm has rectified that today by finally releasing the excellent add on under ...
1 minutes reading tips 1. "Music as an ecological strategy is right, but in the order of the strategy we have different views" 2. "The music as it is now, the three risk outbreak at the same time, this time to consider the adequacy of ...
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Barry Callebaut has published its new sustainability strategy “Forever Chocolate” with the ambition to move sustainable chocolate from niche to norm in less than a decade. Barry Callebaut CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique said: ...
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Dairy giant Arla Foods has launched its first branded organic product to expand its milk offerings in the UK. Branded as the Arla Organic Farm Milk, which comes in 2-litre semi-skimmed and whole milk formats, has a price tag of ...
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The Scottish Government has selected Neogen to carry out genomics testing as part of its program to enhance the country's beef herd. The program, dubbed the Beef Efficiency Scheme, aims to improve the overall herd profitability and to ...
Inocucor Technologies’ microbial crop accelerator for farmers and greenhouse growers has been approved for use in California. Registration by the California Department of Food and Agriculture also includes certification for the ...
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Mizkan America Food Ingredients Division has announced the addition of Hatch Valley Roasted chiles to its line of pepper products. Sourced from the famous farmlands of Hatch Valley in New Mexico, where the perfect blend of soil and ...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook has urged staff to ‘move forward together’ following the election of Donald Trump, a man who attempted to spark an Apple boycott (while tweeting from an iPhone, early in the campaign). In an email to ...
An organic industry watchdog contends the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has quietly allowed a flood of hydroponically-produced fruits and vegetables, largely imported, to be illegally labeled and sold as "organic." This produce is ...
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POS Bio-Sciences has partnered with Apeiron Lanka to set up a manufacturing facility in Sri Lanka to extract pure essential oils. The new facility will process raw materials from Sri Lankan farmers, employing the local people. Apeiron ...
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Roman Supersnack firm BRAMI has closed on a $1.5m Series Seed round of funding. The round was led by Lerer Hippeau Ventures, AccelFoods and Enlightened Capital. With this investment, the company plans to push retail expansion, pursue ...
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