"Farmers are in the front line against hunger," Howard G. Buffett told 600 participants today at the sixth Iowa Hunger Summit in Des Moines, Iowa. “Hunger in the U.S. Is hidden behind closed doors,” he said.
US authorities have seized dietary supplements and unapproved drugs from New York-based firm Confidence after company was found to be making unfounded health claims.
While fast food tycoon Burger King announced in January that they would be testing delivery service in Virginia and Maryland to see about improving sales, nothing was implemented in their home base of South Florida.
While in Boise, Idaho on Thursday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) publicly committed to holding a vote on the 2012 farm bill after the election.
Testimony in the two-week trial in Baltimore over how poultry practices affect the water quality on Maryland’s Eastern Shore has ended, but the spinning continues, with closing arguments now set for Nov. 30.
A projected decline in retail orange juice prices leading to a sharp increase in OJ sales during the next year will lead Florida citrus growers to another profitable season.
Purfresh, Inc. today announced that the European Patent Office has granted patent No. 2107936 to Purfresh, entitled “Shipping Container Ozonation System.”
US-based Gray & Company has launched the CherryMan Farm to produce Maraschinos, a new cherry product free of artificial colors, flavors and preservatives.
While growth rates will moderate over the next five years in the wake of market expansion, U.S. sales of gluten-free foods and beverages will exceed $6.6 billion by 2017.
Monster Beverage Corp. earlier this year advised the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that a death of a 14-year-old girl whose parents sued the company last week was allegedly connected to its energy drinks after the media brought the matter to its
