(AFX UK Focus) 2007-10-03 21:30 GMT: Food company to hire at Ind. plant (Interactive Investor) CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind. (AP) - A New York company that makes fresh organic meals for grocery stores will plant roots in eastern Indiana with a factory that could grow to employ 1,000 people....more...How to hook a hungry hen (The Scotsman: Business) OK, WE all know he could bring down beefy forwards in his day, but let's see him try to catch chickens. Kenny Milne the former Scotland hooker, had to do just that at the Cyrenians' Team Building launch this week....more... The body beautiful (Daily Telegraph) Your guide to make-up and more by Lesley Thomas. This week: Devilishly red lips....more... Waitrose Champions OrganiPets, Reducing Carbon Pawprints Nationwide (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) As a nation of animal lovers we're spending more on our pets. The market value approached a staggering 2.6 billion in 2006, representing more than a 5% growth in one year. It is estimated that the market value will grow by another 6% in 2007.(i)...more... (AFX UK Focus) 2007-09-27 18:29 GMT: Chefs fight back in war on foie gras (Interactive Investor) PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Tired of protests and proposed bans on foie gras, a group of chefs who serve the prized duck liver are fighting back with a $5 tasting menu....more... How fat is your child? (Times Online Sunday) It?s getting harder to tell, as the latest research from obesity experts shows. Simon Crompton reports...more... Scotland's forgotten farmers fight for industry's future (The Scotsman) IT WAS a day like any other for Kelvin Pate, tending to cattle and sheep on his 350-acre farm in Scotland yesterday. But his future, and the survival of thousands of other farmers, depends upon the outcome of a crisis that has been ignored or forgotten......more... Rapid rise in global warming is forecast (Times Online Sunday) The oceans are losing the capacity to soak up rising man-made carbon emissions, which is increasing the rate of global warming by up to 30 per cent, scientists said yesterday....more... Fresh herbs make a mint as cooks spend £46m (The Scotsman) SALES of fresh herbs are soaring as Jamie Oliver and other celebrity chefs inspire shoppers, according to a new report....more... |