oefairtrades experience is that people are willing to pay a little more for chocolate, if this supports cocoa farmers in poor countries to improve their own standard of living.
Honeydew melons like this have a sugar content of 20. 2g per 100g of fruit. The award-winning melon was selected for its sweetness, colour and form.
but last November he finally closed the Turkey General store, leaving the small Texas Panhandle town without a grocery.
The grocery industry and government dont keep statistics on rural store closures, but experts said a long-running trend seems to be speed picking up.
A survey by Kansas State university backed up that belief, finding that more than 38 percent of the 213 groceries in Kansas towns of less than 2, 500 closed between 2006 and 2009.
It isnt just a store that goes when groceries close said David Proctor, who studies rural communities at Kansas State.
He said he couldnt get anyone to deliver bread so he had to either meet a distributor in a nearby town
The towns mayor, Carol Sibley, shops for three relatives in their 90s and watches with worry as some elderly residents shuffle across a busy highway to pick up provisions at the only remaining food seller a gas station
and go after groceries, said Sibley whose town boasts of amenities such as a hospital, a nursing home, a bank, a newspaper and a pharmacy.
The U s. Department of agriculture calls areas with little access to affordable and nutritious groceries oefood deserts.
and train high school students who will run a grocery as a nonprofit. One quarter of the population is over 65 and half the school districts kids are on free or reduced lunch.
Once it opens, the towns elderly and poor will have easier access to healthier foods. Now, its 35 miles to the nearest town with a grocery store. oefor them to be able to make that kind of round-trip drive for groceries
and having reliable transportation is difficult at best, Starkweather said. oeand you throw in a few Nebraska winters
if they want the store to remain open. oewe really need our grocery here. It was a main revenue stream,
shopped in neighboring towns for about a year after their grocery closed. But a local couple who received a low-cost federal loan started construction on a new store to open this fall. oepeople in this community understand that if they dont shop locally,
and believes the closing has made them realize the importance of a town grocery. oeits like everything else,
The grocery industry and government dont keep statistics on rural store closures, but experts said a long-running trend seems to be speed picking up.
A survey by Kansas State university backed up that belief, finding that more than 38 percent of the 213 groceries in Kansas towns of less than 2
but last November he finally closed the Turkey General store, leaving the small Texas Panhandle town without a grocery.
Researchers said Chancellors story is being repeated across the country as rural stores struggle to survive amid competition from distant supercenters and relatively high operating costs The grocery industry and government dont keep statistics on rural store closures,
A survey by Kansas State university backed up that belief, finding that more than 38 percent of the 213 groceries in Kansas towns of less than 2, 500 closed between 2006 and 2009.
when groceries close, said David Proctor, who studies rural communities at Kansas State. Such closures rob towns of their vitality, with the loss of gathering places and sales tax revenue to fund local governments.
He said he couldnt get anyone to deliver bread so he had to either meet a distributor in a nearby town
The towns mayor, Carol Sibley, shops for three relatives in their 90s and watches with worry as some elderly residents shuffle across a busy highway to pick up provisions at the only remaining food seller a gas station
and go after groceries, said Sibley whose town boasts of amenities such as a hospital, a nursing home, a bank, a newspaper and a pharmacy.
The U s. Department of agriculture calls areas with little access to affordable and nutritious groceries oefood deserts.
and train high school students who will run a grocery as a nonprofit. One quarter of the population is over 65 and half the school districts kids are on free or reduced lunch.
Once it opens, the towns elderly and poor will have easier access to healthier foods. Now, its 35 miles to the nearest town with a grocery store. oefor them to be able to make that kind of round-trip drive for groceries
and having reliable transportation is difficult at best, Starkweather said. oeand you throw in a few Nebraska winters
if they want the store to remain open. oewe really need our grocery here. It was a main revenue stream,
shopped in neighboring towns for about a year after their grocery closed. But a local couple who received a low-cost federal loan started construction on a new store to open this fall. oepeople in this community understand that if they dont shop locally,
and believes the closing has made them realize the importance of a town grocery. oeits like everything else,
Instead of slogans like Jolts oeall the sugar and twice the caffeine, these new drinks proffer serenity with maxims like Unwinds oetired of being wired?
These would-be wonder drinks are coming soon to more grocery, big-box and convenience stores across the land.
Some brands have a lot of sugar; others have none. Yet even an ingredient as seemingly benign as rose hips,
wearing a cream-colored smock made of hemp. oepeople have this misconception that you just jump into it
The best of Boulders dispensaries display their product in the sort of glass cases found in jewelry stores or high-end bakeries.
Bubble gum, Sour Kush, Gods Gift, Grand Daddy Purp and Blue Skunk. oethis will throw you for a loop,
and they remain lets just run with it rue to share their names. One dispensary employee swears that his hippie parents christened him Onefree
If smoking doesnt appeal, there are lots of pot edibles, like cookies, fudge, butter, candy bars, muffins, coffee and ice cream. oewe had a milkshake night here a few weeks ago,
says Lauren Meisels of the Greenest Green. oethe place was packed. The marijuana merchants in Colorado, like trailblazers in any business, had to make a lot of basic decisions
since a restaurant moved off the premises. oethis used to be a hot dog place called Whats Up Dog
Selling oedosage controlled scoops of chocolate peanut butter ice cream? Judging from three days of visits to a dozen places, the sweet spot of the dispensary demographic seems to be 20-to 30-year-olds, all of whom,
like meat, eggs or dairy, are fed from livestock GM. But despite the creation of a GM mouse as early as the 1980s, the idea of eating modified animals does not appeal to the public.
There is no such thing as a free salmon lunch and we will pay the price,
While the endangered animal would have lived for about three months on a liquid diet before switching to bamboo and fruit,
Taking over U s. Brands Mexico city-based Bimbo bought the U s. baked-goods operations of Weston Foods taking over 22 industrial bakeries and 4, 000 distribution routes.
From Thomas English muffins to Borden milk, Saks Fifth avenue department stores to The New york times newspaper, Mexican investors have taken advantage of low interest rates
A slice of the pie Newcomers include Grupo Lala, Mexicos largest dairy company, based in GÃ mez Palacios in the northern state of Durango.
which controls the Borden brand and 18 regional dairies selling milk under the names Flav-O-Rich, Dairy Fresh, Velda Farms, Sintons, Cream O Weber, Goldenrod
Grupo Bimbo, Latin americas largest baked-goods company has expanded also its U s. operations. In 2009, Mexico city-based Bimbo bought the U s. baked-goods operations of Weston Foods for $2. 4 billion, taking over 22 industrial bakeries and 4, 000 distribution routes.
In all the Mexican company has 35 bakeries in the USA turning out national brands such as Entenmanns pastries, Boboli pizza crusts and Thomas English muffins to regional brands such as Brownberry
bread and Mrs. Bairds snack cakes. About 43%of Bimbos 2009 sales were in the USA.
New investment in the USA by Mexican companies rose from $3. 6 billion in 2005 to nearly $8 billion in 2008
Adding foreign flavor Some Mexican companies have benefited from the spread of Hispanic culture in the USA.
Gruma, which claims to be the worlds largest maker of tortillas, wraps and corn flour, makes 47%of its sales in the USA and Europe,
thanks to the growing popularity of Mexican food. The company has 25 bakeries and flour mills in Texas, California, Indiana and Kentucky.
It is a major supplier to restaurants and fast-food chains. The Gonzã¡lez Barrera family, which controls Gruma,
where the butcher and federal meat inspector are waiting. When the job is done, the team heads out to the next farm.
and investing in projects to bring locally grown meat and produce to consumers. oethere is unbelievable consumer interest in local agriculture that we havent seen in decades,
The agency is promoting small meat producers in part by funding and approving more mobile slaughter units,
A cultural shift Most people in this country are not likely to eat meat processed in a mobile slaughterhouse,
impact on the environment and quality and safety of meat. Consumers are increasingly demanding grass-fed beef,
pork and lamb raised on local pastures by farmers who can vouch for the animals diet and treatment.
The USDA estimates that the market for locally grown food will be about $7 billion by 2012, up steeply from $4 billion in 2002.
Thats difficult for a small farmer raising animals in pastures, where weather and other variables can affect their growth and readiness for slaughter.
meat cannot be sold. The USDA approved the first mobile slaughter unit for Lopez Island in 2002
and figure out a way to get the meat to them. At roughly $250, 000, a basic slaughtermobile costs about one-fourth of a permanent facility and is likely to face less opposition from the community. oeno one wants to live next to a slaughterhouse
and wrapping before the meat can be sold. oemobile slaughter units are a bit of a quick fix,
T&e Meats, is so busy they are turning away business. oeyou still need to cut up the meat,
you need saws, grinders, stuffers, vacuum packers, smokehouses, curing areas, drying units and all of these things that take a lot of space,
Cloud said. oei just dont see how were going to rebuild the local community-based system using mobile units.
Merrigan agrees. oethis is just one strategy, she said. When Kathryn Thomas wanted to turn her sheep into lamb chops,
where the butcher and federal meat inspector are waiting. When the job is done, the team heads out to the next farm.
and investing in projects to bring locally grown meat and produce to consumers. oethere is unbelievable consumer interest in local agriculture that we havent seen in decades,
The agency is promoting small meat producers in part by funding and approving more mobile slaughter units,
A cultural shift Most people in this country are not likely to eat meat processed in a mobile slaughterhouse
impact on the environment and quality and safety of meat. Consumers are increasingly demanding grass-fed beef,
pork and lamb raised on local pastures by farmers who can vouch for the animals diet and treatment.
The USDA estimates that the market for locally grown food will be about $7 billion by 2012
Thats difficult for a small farmer raising animals in pastures, where weather and other variables can affect their growth and readiness for slaughter.
meat cannot be sold. The USDA approved the first mobile slaughter unit for Lopez Island in 2002
and figure out a way to get the meat to them. At roughly $250, 000, a basic slaughtermobile costs about one-fourth of a permanent facility and is likely to face less opposition from the community. oeno one wants to live next to a slaughterhouse
and wrapping before the meat can be sold. oemobile slaughter units are a bit of a quick fix,
T&e Meats, is so busy they are turning away business. oeyou still need to cut up the meat,
you need saws, grinders, stuffers, vacuum packers, smokehouses, curing areas, drying units and all of these things that take a lot of space,
Cloud said. oei just dont see how were going to rebuild the local community-based system using mobile units.
Merrigan agrees. oethis is just one strategy, she said. Via Lyndsey Layton, Washington post Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati y
which can efficiently ferment pentose sugars, as found in agricultural waste and hardwoods. Researchers writing in Biomed Centrals open access journal Biotechnology for Biofuels describe the creation of the new S. cerevisiae strain, TMB3130,
and final biomass concentration on sugar media composed of two pentoses, xylose and arabinose. Marie Gorwa-Grauslund, from Lund University
Normal bakers yeast cannot ferment pentose sugars at all. By inserting the required genes from other fungi
and bacteria it is possible to make a relatively inefficient transgenic strain that can ferment pentose sugars.
and arabinose sugars in order to select a stable population most capable of metabolising the pentose feedstock.
and upgrade non-food material, especially dedicated energy crops and agricultural residues such as straw, bagasse, stover and corn hulls.
The only way to fix a gloomburn is to rub a mixture of apple pie and sunshine on the inside of your mind.
Excursion is the souls relaxation and banquet...Multicolor Wavesfive, six kinds of color mountains look like multicolor waves, so magnificent...
In front of the hut, the mother is cooking maize porridge over an open fire, while the two daughters sit in the dust, peeling mangoes.
receives three meals a day and sleeps in his own bed. The football school, which is called oemaison Bleu (Blue House) because of its blue walls,
is a dream factory. Those players who have made it this far stand a chance of becoming professionals in Spain, England,
But unscrupulous traffickers also have their fingers in the pie. Africans are drawn to Europe because they believe that everything there exists in abundance:
or students, are running through an obstacle course of yellow plastic cones, keeping the ball close to their feet.
like straight out of the fryer fresh, so I figured Id just get some frozen,
and eat the leaves of the sassafras or spicebush. Adults consume a variety of nectars,
including those from azalea, Japanese honeysuckle, milkweed, and thistle flowers. Via Daily mail Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati a
In the future, the scientists plan to incorporate the silk genes into alfalfa plants, which they say could produce even larger quantities of silk.
They explain that not only is alfalfa widely distributed it also has a high (20-25%)protein content,
After three months the researchers recorded a dramatic decline in the size of the hive fitted with the mobile phon, a significant reduction in the number of eggs laid by the queen bee.
Because of this the amount of nectar produced in the hive also shrank. Ved Prakash Sharma and Neelima Kumar, the authors of the report in the journal Current Science, wrote:
Scientists have discovered the secret behind an ancient Chinese super-strong mortar made from sticky rice, the delicious oesweet rice that is a modern mainstay in Asian dishes.
#Bees Prefer Flowers with Caffeine Bees prefer certain kinds of nectar. Also nicotine! A study conducted at the University of Haifa revealed that bees prefer nectar containing those psychoactive substances.
Flower nectar is comprised primarily of sugars, which provide energy for the potential pollinators. But the floral nectar of some plant species also includes small quantities of substances known to be toxic,
such as caffeine and nicotine Caffeine is found at concentration levels of 11-17.5 milligrams per liter, mostly in citrus flowers.
In the nectar of grapefruit flowers, however, caffeine is present in much higher concentrations, reaching 94.2 milligrams per liter The results showed that bees clearly prefer nectar containing nicotine and caffeine over the oeclean nectar.
The preferred nicotine concentration was 1 milligram per liter similar to that found in nature. Given a choice of higher levels of nicotine versus oeclean nectar,
the bees preferred the latter. The presumption is that natural selection has favored those plants that satisfy the desires of their pollinators.
Further studies are underway to ascertain whether the bees are addicted to caffeine and nicotine. Link.
There are no 12 years of oemellowing, no oecomplex vanilla notes. If you get one flavor out of a white whiskey,
Although illegal in all 50 states, theres a burgeoning culture of home distillers who revel in taking a bowl of corn mush and turning it, through a Rube Goldberg contraption of their making,
Kentuckys Buffalo Trace (one of the oldest and most admired distillers in the U s.)makes White Dog,
Its like a tub of cookie dough winning the Pillsbury Bake-Off. oeim not convinced its a long-term positive trend,
says cocktail guru Dave Wondrich, author of the mixological history Imbibe! oebasically, its a way of cheapening spirits by skipping the aging of whiskey.
as they watch noodle bars and taco trucks make the pages of Food & Wine.
And its the same refrain you hear from journalists who decry the way many bloggers bypass the rigorous fact-checking
and make breakfast at the Genius Bar, would I be sued? Is that fair use? Apple also trademarked the new idisk icon,
#How To Make Breast Milk Cheese At home Step one. Obtain human breast milk. Yes, you read that right.
Chef Daniel Angerer has come up with a recipe for you to turn that liquid gold into something yummy you can spread on a cracker
If you dare to try it yourself he lists a step by step guide to making the cheese on his website.
and human milk to make the cheese so you will only have to give up 2 cups of the good stuff for the recipe.
And you can buy 1, 000 at most dollar stores for pennies, even the large ones. 1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave.
and chrome Coffee filters are lint-free so theyll leave windows sparkling. 3. Protect China by separating your good dishes with a coffee filter between each dish. 4. Filter broken cork from wine.
Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale. 9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods. 10.
Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter. 12.
Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them.
and to tie fresh herbs in to put in soups and stews. 18. Use a coffee filter to prevent spilling
Insurance for cattle, chickens, tractors, trucks and lives is suddenly appearing in Indias vast rural areas
an important new indicator of the spread of middle-class stability in this nation of 1. 2 billion people.
they use cow dung cakes as fuel for cooking. One of their principle tenets oeamar Rakhave That means to provide shelter for abandoned animals
and are known to be violent in course of its protection. There is a saying that if you are a hunter,
but your salad fixings may already contain some natural insect repellents. Home improvement blog Apartment Therapy suggests using cucumbers to keep ants away,
not surprisingly a lower court decision that halted the continued unregulated release and planting of the agrifood giants Roundup Ready Alfalfa.
Background and implications of the case, after the jump In 2004 Monsanto and their partner Forage Genetics petitioned the USDA for the go-ahead to commercially release Roundup Ready alfalfa.
Geertson Seed Farms opposes the commercialization of Roundup Ready alfalfa because the USDA failed to properly consider the environmental impacts and associated economic effects of commercialization.
The deregulation and commercialization of Roundup Ready alfalfa poses significant problems that must be considered and resolved in particular concerning biological contamination and weed resistance development.
when the court delivers its ruling that Monsanto will be back in the genetically modified alfalfa business.
and How to Feed the Worldmonsanto oeseedless Corn Sold To South african Farmersgermany Bans Planting of Monsanto GM Cornout, Monsanto!
and Michael Pollan Talk about Creating a World That Can Feed Itself
#Unexpected Inventions from Unexpected People There are some inventions and inventors you just grow up knowing about Alexander graham bell and the telephone,
the ex-Prime minister Margaret Thatcher helped invent soft serve ice cream. Im not sure if I should be thankful or not.
The team she worked on developed a way to whip air into ice cream leaving it lighter and creamier than existing ice cream.
The result? Soft serve. Yum. Henry David Thoreau, of all people, invented raisin bread when he tossed a handful into the dough he was baking while at Walden Pond.
It doesnt sound like a big deal, but the addition of the shriveled little grapes is said to have stunned just
I bet their minds would be blown by cinnamon raisin bread. Marlon Brando: actor, icon inventor? Yup.
However, take this story with a grain of salt at least two Newton biographers have done extensive research on the mans life that turned up no trace of a pet of any kind.
actually contains valuable nutrients that arent found in the corn that it feeds off. In Mexico, the fungus is called huitlacoche,
and its already considered a delicacy. But U s. farmers and the U s. government, have spent millions of dollars to eradicate the blight
the intruder smashed a plate glass window of a dessert shop in Lincoln, Neb. Inside, destruction.
and were laughing hysterically, says High society Cheesecake co-owner Marcus Morris, whod arrived at 11:30 p m. to start baking for the next day,
The High society Cheesecake caper is one of many real-life turkey dramas playing out this spring in
Attempts to transplant farm-raised turkeys the Thanksgiving dinner kind into the wild failed. The birds couldnt hack it.
The birds have spurs on their feet, wings sharpened like razors from dragging on the ground and a willingness to fight.
A careful examination of not just the kites but their locations in relation to pastures and migration routes makes it very clear that desert kites were specialized for specific types of animals.
with baby lambs and chickens, and goats, and one camel. Visitors on the first day were stunned.
a government agency that protects and conserves the countrys biodiversity, and struggled to find enough resources to cope with last years fires. oewhat is most frustrating is that
and concert refreshments. While none of the technology is particularly new this system could certainly change the way we buy
Concerns range from worries about how nontraditional genetic traits in crops could affect human and animal health to the spread of herbicide-resistant weeds.
In the home of 2030, a personal monitoring system will generate a grocery list based on the anticipated needs and stated desires of that individual.
Customers will be able to order a 13.2 percent fat cheeseburger with 2. 7 grams of potassium
and banana flavoring on a sesame seed bun with exactly 47 sesame seeds on it. This may seem a ridiculous level of specificity.
It will be commonplace for a person to simply order their particular cheeseburger. Medium for me, please with only one dill pickle, no lettuce and a tomato.
Farmers will become expert at producing oejacked-in food stocks with countless variations, managed through computerized processes designed to manipulate the end results.
The regulatory system for insuring ultra-safe food supplies will be monitored constantly through automated data feeds at each step of the supply chain.
A multiple sclerosis sufferer has treated her debilitating condition with a course of 1, 500 bee stings. Sami Chugg, 45, was diagnosed with MS in 1998
and recommended that people reduce their meat consumption while traveling around the world to save the climate.
and interpret all the data. oethis is where youve got satellites actually mapping the pastures and showing you where the water is and
The cows have been fed with normal cow feed. Dubbed a oegood fat, Omega-3 is an essential fatty acid necessary for human health.
It is abundant in walnuts and cold water fish like herring, mackerel and sturgeon. LINK Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati c
Some honey makers dilute their honey with sugar beets or corn syrup, their competitors say, but still market it as 100 percent pure at a premium price.
frozen catfish fillets from Vietnam as much more expensive grouper, red snapper and flounder. The fish was bought by national chain retailers,
and ended up on dinner plates across the country. oefood fraud has been documented in fruit juice, olive oil, spices, vinegar, wine, spirits and maple syrup,
and appears to pose a significant problem in the seafood industry. Victims range from the shopper at the local supermarket to multimillion companies,
. which is studying the issue for the Grocery Manufacturers Association, which represents the food and beverage industry.
DNA can be extracted from cells of fish and meat and from other foods, such as rice and even coffee.
working with scientists at the Rockefeller University and the American Museum of Natural history last year, discovered after analyzing DNA in 11 of 66 foods including the sheeps milk cheese
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