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Bad news for meat industry
This has not been a banner year for the meat industry. A study of more than 120,000 people by the Harvard School of Public Health confirmed once again that meat consumption raises the risk of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Margaret Chan, director...Tags: Heart Disease, Vegetarian Diet, Vegan Diet, Health Organizations, Diets and Dieting
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Beer getting pricey? The industry has been planning it for years
Hipsters are making beer more expensive, or at least that’s the argument that’s been popular the last couple of days. But the brewing industry -- run by enormous multinational conglomerates -- has been planning price hikes for years. ...
Tags: Distilling and Brewing Industry, Prices, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Anheuser-Busch
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USDA funds studies of weather and climatic variability impact on cattle
MADISON, Wis. - On May 7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded $19.5 million to support research, education and Extension activities associated with climate solutions in agriculture aimed at the impacts of climate variability and change on...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research and Technology, Oklahoma State University-Stillwater , Kansas State University , University of Michigan
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Australian dairy farmers cut out middlemen
SYDNEY, Australia - Tim Bale's dairy farm barely broke even in six years as mergers of processors and competition between supermarkets Coles and Woolworths pushed down milk prices. So 14 months ago, he decided to cut out the middleman. "The milk...Tags: Australia, Antitrust Issues, Earnings, Sydney (Australia), Agriculture
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Rising consumer demand aids organic industry sway
WASHINGTON (AP) - The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill, prompted by its entry into traditional farm states and by increasing consumer demand. That's not going over well with everyone in Congress. Tensions between conventional...Tags: Elections, Genetic Engineering, Republican Party, Corporate Performance, Marketing
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SDSU Extension hosts small scale hops production field day
BROOKINGS - SDSU Extension will host an informative field day for specialty crop producers on small scale hops production, June 1 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Anderson Hop Farm, 26677 486th Avenue, Valley Spring Township, S.D. 57068. Anyone interested in...Tags: Distilling and Brewing Industry, Science, Dwayne Johnson, Research, Science and Technology
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Are state lobbyists really needed?
Pity the poor lobbyist. Just mentioning the word in a public place can result in cries of derision. But, don't feel sorry for the lobbyists. They can handle the scorn, particularly since many of them make a lucrative living at their trade. Last year in...Tags: Verizon Communications, Florida Legislature, Lobbying, Politics
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Heinrich Rohrer dies at 79; a father of nanotechnology
The electron microscope revolutionized biology in the 1930s by providing magnifications thousands of times higher than that of light microscopes, allowing scientists to discern the inner workings of cells for the first time. But it was not nearly as...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, IBM, Scientific Invention, Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Electronics
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Ice cream trail opens in time for holiday weekend
The Baltimore SunImagine a trail, a trail made of ice cream! Well, that's not what this is. But the Maryland's Best Ice Cream Trail is pretty cool all the same. Launched in 2012 by the department of agriculture to promote Maryland's dairy industry, the ice cream trail...Tags: Ice Cream, Foods and Beverages, Aberdeen, Beverage Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Senate rejected Toomey-backed sugar amendment to farm bill
Call Washington BureauDisputes over the government's sugar program break down regionally rather than politically. It pits lawmakers from states like Pennsylvania where candy making is big business against those from states where sugar is grown. Helping to lead the candy...Tags: Elections, Dianne Feinstein, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Chuck Schumer, Economic Organization
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More poor in U.S. suburbs than cities, report says
Once considered the definition of the middle-class American dream, the suburbs are now home to a larger, faster-growing poor population than urban areas, according to a new analysis. During the 2000s, the number of poor living in U.S. suburbs grew by 64...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Calumet Heights, Poverty, Brookings Institution, Authors
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