Zambeef Products, a Zambia-based meat products company, has opened a dairy processing plant in Chisamba. The $2.5m facility is set to raise the company's milk processing capacity from 35,000 liters per day to 100,000, while creating 1,000 ...
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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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About two years ago, I wrote a column on Apple’s new digital goddess Siri, the company’s digital assistant and go-to person for iPhone users. Folks could ask Siri a range of questions including street directions, the location of ...
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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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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 ...
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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With food prices skyrocketing and food supplies looking increasingly questionable for 2013, you'll be happy to know I've selected and assembled a list of recommended storable foods from a trusted discount source. All the foods listed below ...
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Gerber Poultry has started using the 'Where Food Comes From' labeling program on its Gerber's Amish Farm Chicken products. The labeling program uses QR codes for smartphones to offer detailed information to its consumers regarding the ...
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McDonald's, an American hamburger fast food chain, has launched new Dollar Menu & More which will be available in its restaurants across the Greater Philadelphia region. The Dollar Menu & More features about 15 new offerings, including ...
Fried foods damage your body and brain in many different ways, and it's not just a long term consequence, but a short term detriment as well. Just as a car needs good clean oil to run efficiently and not break down, your body needs food ...
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Garden-Fresh Foods, a US-based food firm, has halted operations at its production facility in Milwaukee over product recalls. The company has recalled tons of products in five recalls since August-end, as Michigan state food safety ...
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Glass Onion Catering in Richmond, Calif., recalled about 182,000 pounds of salads and wraps after 26 people got sick eating their products, officials say. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Sunday ...
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Sainsbury’s, a UK-based retailer, is recalling its own brand Chicken Paella Meal Soup as it contains milk which is not mentioned on the label, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) said. The product subject to recall is by Sainsbury's ...