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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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food industry stories: 27 news summaries

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Opinion

We Live in a Time of Bacon—
Resistance Is Futile

Spray-on variety a bit much, but writer thinks meat can't ever get too full of itself

Jul 10, 08 8:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Everywhere Peter Meehan looks, he sees bacon. Fatty, salty, bombastic, and blissfully delicious bacon. The Salon writer tries to figure out "where we are in the bacon bonanza"—he cites bacon spray, scented candles, trendy recipes, even a bacon-of-the-month club—and reaches out to experts "to see... More »

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junk food • fast food industry • salt • cocktails • food industry • pork • bacon

 US, S. Korea Reach Beef Deal 

Imported US meat must come from cattle younger than 30 months

Jun 21, 08 10:46 AM CDT
(AP) - All US beef imported into South Korea will come from cattle less than 30 months old, officials said today, in a deal made to placate South Korean protesters worried about mad cow disease. Nonetheless, thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Seoul, calling for a complete renegotiation of an... More »

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South Korea • business • beef • US exports • imported food • beef industry • food industry

opinion

 Dear Lobster,
 I Hardly Knew Ye 

A conscience-clearing letter to the author's slain-in-the-name-of-succulence dinner

Jun 11, 08 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Francis Lam eases his guilt about chowing down on a certain tasty crustacean by creating an unlikely enemy on his dinner plate, writing an open-ended letter to “Lobster” in Gourmet. He's not sorry for chowing down, "for your meat was like butter and nuts," but his... More »

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delicacy • seafood • food industry • lobster

Rising Food Allergies Drive
a Swelling Specialty Market

'Free-from' foods will bring in $3.9B this year

Jun 8, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the number of people with allergies soars, so does the “free-from” food market—that is, foods that avoid common allergens like peanuts, the Washington Post reports. Specialty foods are expected to bring in $3.9 billion this year, a study says, while gluten-free products will likely bank some... More »

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health • gluten free diets • food allergies • food industry • peanut • food production

US Farmers Want Feds' Help on Food Crisis

Skyrocketing prices bring speculators to grocery stores

Apr 23, 08 1:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - US farmers asked for federal help yesterday in stemming a tide that has seen speculators hitting grocery stores and consumers hoarding basic foodstuffs, the Washington Times reports. "The public is all too aware of the recent credit crisis on Wall Street," a farmers-union rep said. "We don't... More »

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biofuel • farmer • food prices • Commodity Futures Trading Commission • food industry

 Behind Organic Labels 
 Lurk Megacorporations  

The nation's top 30 food processors have quietly cornered the green market

Apr 20, 08 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yes, your probiotic flaxseed Kashi cereal is still organic, but shoppers looking to stick it to the man by going green be advised: the nation's top 30 corporate food processors—think Pepsi, Kellogg, Kraft, General Mills—have been quietly buying up vast swaths of the organic aisle of your supermarket,... More »

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organic food • Pepsi • corporations • USDA • Kraft Foods • food industry

Wal-Mart Helps Farmers Grow, American Style

But Central American stores may ruin them first, critics say

Mar 9, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wal-Mart is helping Central American farmers even as the chain threatens to render their mom-and-pop ways outdated, the Los Angeles Times reports. Thousands of small farmers are financially at risk, unable to grow produce that fits the US giant's supply chain—so Wal-Mart, Washington, and a Portland, Ore., relief group... More »

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agriculture • retail • Mexico • Central America • Guatemala • farmer • Wal-Mart • food industry

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