Hain, Dean, Nestle, among large food companies likely to acquire organic and all-natural beef companies as industry ... (mergermarket.com) As consumers? interest in all-natural and organic products gains momentum, private equity interest and M&A activity in the organic and all natural meat sector will likely increase....more...Local tastes: Restaurants harvest benefits by using area farmers to stock kitchens (BizJournals) When Jane Zieha bought the Blue Bird Bistro five years ago, she set up a buying policy: organic, all-natural, sustainable, local....more... Feeding your vegan (The Burlington Free Press) A shared diet leads to a Vermont cookie business...more... Recipes for a healthy Thanksgiving dinner (Reno Gazette-Journal) We've searched far and wide to bring you some of the more interesting and healthy Thanksgiving recipes. Cook, eat, enjoy and be healthy....more... Healthy makeover for your lunch (Denver Post) It's a snap to pack nutritious foods that will tide you - and your kids - over until dinnertime without a visit to the snack machine. All it takes is a little planning....more... Feeding the experience (Boston Globe) Here's what they don't teach you in Art Appreciation 101: It makes you hungry. Whether contemplating Degas or Dalí or even dinosaurs, after an hour or two of mental and physical exertion, a museumgoer needs time to rest and refuel before setting off to another exhibition....more... HEALTH MATTERS: Weigh the benefits of eating organic fare (Princeton Packet) It used to be that you had to go to specialty stores to find organic foods. Today, you can find organic food in the aisles of almost every supermarket as more and more consumers are coming to embrace the benefits of eating these products....more... Bringing farmers' bounty to market (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) For Juanita Kawamoto, owner of Fresh From the Farm LLC, bringing Hawaii farmers' goods to the market is more than a business -- it's a passion....more... Food producers ask 'what's natural?' (CNN.com) WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's a fight that has the nation's largest chicken producers squabbling, Big Sugar and Big Corn skirmishing and Sara Lee mixing it up with Farmer John....more... |