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U.S. Children: Generation Snack
NY Times
Parents are raising a generation of snackers — kids who eat almost constantly throughout the day as they graze on cookies, salty snacks and fruit drinks.
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Sustainability is a Growing Theme
Wall Street Journal
For years, companies have suggested changes to bread-and-butter business school courses. But recently, firms have begun to try to make their mark on another subject: social responsibility and sustainability.
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Safeway First Grocer to be Founding Member of The Sustainability Consortium
Progressive Grocer
Safeway, Inc. yesterday became the first U.S.-based retail grocery chain and manufacturer of private label merchandise to join The Sustainability Consortium, a science-based group of companies working to develop a more sustainable global supply chain.
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Can a Caffeine-Packed Plant Give a Boost?
Wall Street Journal
A highly caffeinated South American plant is increasingly being used to provide the pep in energy drinks, dietary supplements, food products and candy. Marketers say guarana-containing products boost energy, mood and cognitive function - and may even help with weight loss.
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Tomatoes Get Sliced From Menus
Wall Street Journal
A shortage of tomatoes from weather-battered Florida is forcing restaurants and supermarkets to ration supplies amid soaring prices for America's most popular fresh vegetable.
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F.D.A. Cracks Down on Nestlé and Others Over Health Claims on Labels
NY Times
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday released 17 warning letters to food manufacturers, making good on a vow to crack down on misleading labels on food packages.
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Ben & Jerry’s Fair Trade Fanfare Belies Struggle with Corporate Parent
Inc.com
Managers in the U.S. were particularly resistant to going fully Fair trade because the certification, which also comes with a promise for the producers of ingredients to get a fairer share of the profits, isn't as widely-recognized (and rewarded) as it is in the rest of the world. Less than a third of U.S. shoppers understand the term, according to TransFair USA, the nonprofit group that certifies ingredients as Fair trade.
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Newman, Meehan Discuss Growth in Organic Food Market: Video
Bloomberg TV
Nell Newman and Peter Meehan, co-founders of Newman's Own Organics, talk with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton about growth in the organic food market and outlook for the company's pet-food business.
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..::WINE NEWS::..

South Africa Wine Sector Sees World Cup Boost
Reuters Africa
South Africa's wine industry expects increased global sales in 2010, although a strong and volatile rand currency threatens its long-term prospects, a senior official said on Wednesday.
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Have Fair Trade Wines Come of Age?
The Guardian
For any fairly traded product to be beneficial to its producers it must be top quality and competitively priced. Which fairly-traded wines are worth buying just for the wine?
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French Crushed by South African Wines at Sales Slump for Our Gallic Friends
Mail Online
British drinkers are buying more South African wine than French for the first time, according to industry figures.
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Stellar Choice
Life in Balance
Stellar Winery is celebrating the arrival of 2010 with the launch of its long-awaited Stellar Organics Sparkling wine. It is a blend of Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc, with a faint nose of mixed fruit cocktail.
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Ethical Practice Awards for SA Wines
SouthAfrica.info
Fairtrade, initiated to protect workers across a range of industries, has helped to focus international attention on the importance of fair labour practices in promoting socio-economic sustainability. Research conducted by Globescan earlier last year found that 87% of U.K. consumers believed the issue of payment to farmers or their workers in developing countries was important.
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