It’s getting harder to find a brand that doesn’t claim to be green. But, do they have a solar power factory? Is the rest of their energy use offset by energy credits? And, are they rebuilding a town that was virtually wiped out by a tornado? Not likely...

California is poised to become the first state in the nation to ban restaurants and other food facilities from using trans fats, which are known to increase the risk of heart disease, under a bill approved by the state Legislature Monday and sent to ...

Some restoration work is under way at the destroyed Wild River Foods potato processing plant in Grandview, but the plant's owners said in a letter Monday that they still haven't decided if they will rebuild.A sparking electrical panel caused a fire tha...

Analyst Martina Valenta of Erste Bank downgrades Agrana AG (AGB1) from "hold"to "reduce,"while reducing her estimates for the company. The target price has been reduced from €72.40 to €54.00.In a research note published this mornin...

Nine out of ten regular food items aimed specifically at children have a poor nutritional content - because of high levels of sugar, fat or sodium - according to a detailed study of 367 products published in the July issue of the UK-based journal Obesi...

CSM N.V. said that it will sell the gluconates production plant of unit PURAC in Ter Apelkanaal to AVEBE, for an undisclosed amount.

This year's potato crop in North Dakota is estimated at 83,000 acres, a drop of 14 percent from last year.The Agriculture Department says wet soil conditions in May delayed planting progress, but planting still wrapped up around June 8. That was ahead...

Two years and $2 million later, the big moment in the life of Long Island's new distillery came in March when co-owner Dan Pollicino put his pinkie into the first liquid flowing out of the still and tasted it."When we got to the heart of the run a...

Potato chip maker Mr Chips has received a full takeover offer from Simplot Australia. The offer, conditional on a satisfactory report by Grant Samuel &Associates, was for $2.643 per Mr Chips share, and an entitlement to retain a cash dividend of ...

Nearly 5,000 pounds of potatoes an hour are processed into potato chips at the Hermiston Snack Alliance plant, which runs three shifts, six days a week. The Hermiston Snack Alliance plant has added two production lines to make riceworks brand snacks. T...

Potato production is down in Manitoba this year, a result of input costs, market value and a decrease in demand. Labour shortage issues, rising production costs and higher returns in other crops, as well as economic factors, have contributed to less ...

This Gain report summarizes palm oil exports from Malaysia by country of destination, from the World Trade Atlas based on data from the Dept. of Statistics in Kuala Lumpur.For January to March, 2008, total palm oil exports from Malaysia were 3.28 MMT.