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In a world record breaking attempt, Canadians Cloe Whittaker (22) and Tyson Jerry (24) are taking a 45,000 Km road trip in a van powered by the waste oil from French fries.They will launch their Driven to Sustain adventure on Wednesday October 1 from M...

Veenkoloniale akkerbouwers dreigen hun bedrijfstoeslagen kwijt te raken bij een al te drastische omschakeling van het EU-landbouwbeleid.Met die waarschuwing kwam Avebe-voorzitter Hans Hoekman vandaag naar de Tweede Kamer. Een Kamercommissie belegde een...

Malaysia's crude palm oil production rose 2.5 percent to 1.6 MMT in August. Despite an increase in crude palm oil output, stronger palm oil exports resulted in a slight increase in carryout stocks to 1.8 MMT at the end of August. Weaker overseas demand...

A project at the University of Maine to produce new varieties of potatoes that can stand up to disease while giving Maine growers new marketing opportunities recently received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Following the successful revival of Cadbury's Wispa chocolate bar, which was re-released last year in response to reportedly overwhelming consumer demand, the lurid corn snack has been reborn. And Walker's Crisps, which manufactures Monster Munch, has ...

Indra Nooyi, chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo Inc., the world's largest snack maker, was named the most powerful woman in business by Fortune magazine for the third year in a row. The India-born Nooyi, 52, is aiming to boost business fo...

In Sri Lanka, KFC has also acquired the Halaal stamp for its full menu including its popular KFC Biriyani, KFC Kottu and KFC Chinese Chicken Rice. The Halaal accreditation was received from the All Ceylon Jamithul Ulama (ACJU) which is the only statuto...

Danish Potato Starch manufacturer KMC's results for the fiscal year 2007/08* are one of the best in KMC’s history, president Uffe Andreasen announces. The fiscal year that ended August 31 exceeded the budgeted result with a little over 10%, which is mo...

California on Tuesday became the first U.S. state to require fast-food restaurant chains to list calories on their menus.The state estimates that residents collectively have gained 360 million pounds (165 million kg) in the last decade, and it sees the...

Researchers and farmers across the region begin judging Monday in an annual potato beauty contest. The annual Pacific Northwest Tri-State Potato Tour determines what potatoes to plant in the future. Over the next week, farmers and researchers will tra...

Triarc Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRY;TRY.B), the parent company of Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc., which is the franchisor of the Arby's(R) restaurant system, and Wendy's International, Inc. (NYSE: WEN), announced today that they have completed their merg...

The snack food producer Soulful Foods Inc. today announced that Sam's Club stores in six states will offer a line of potato chips the company developed with Sylvia Woods, owner of a famous New York soul food restaurant.Sylvia's 12-ounce bags of Honey B...