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Kenyan macadamia sector rallies stakeholders to strengthen local consumption and processing
Food Business Africa Magazine
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June 5, 2025
KENYA – At the inaugural National Macadamia Conference held at Embu University, leading players in Kenya’s macadamia sector came together to call for stronger collaboration aimed at boosting local consumption and processing. Despite Kenya being...
Laois whiskey producers shortlisted for national industry award
Leinster Express
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June 6, 2025
A Portlaoise based whiskey maker has been shortlisted for the prestigious Export Industry Awards. The Irish Exporters Association has announced that Portlaoise-based Biggar and Leith has been shortlisted in the Sustainable Food and Drink Category...
Three Louth businesses make Export Industry Award shortlist
Louth Live
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June 6, 2025
The Irish Exporters Association has announced that three Louth businesses have received shortlist nominations for this year’s prestigious Export Industry Awards. Carlingford Oyster Company has been shortlisted in the Seafood Exporter and...
Feds ask court to dismiss timber industry lawsuit that aims to increase Tongass old-growth logging
KTOO - Alaska
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June 6, 2025
The Tongass National Forest covers more than 80% of the land in Southeast Alaska. (Photo by Katie Anastas/KTOO) Listen to this story: https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/05LogSuit_WEB.wav The largest timber companies operating in...
The pet food landscape
dvm360
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June 6, 2025
To kick off her lecture at Fetch Nashville, Taylor Root, VMD, asked attendees to picture a busy Friday afternoon in their clinics. The appointments are back-to-back, patients seem to be coming into the clinic without discussing the reason for...
Mondi develops recyclable pet food packaging for Saga Nutrition
Packaging Gateway
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June 6, 2025
Packaging manufacturer Mondi has partnered with French pet food manufacturer Saga Nutrition to introduce recyclable packaging for Saga’s dry pet food products. The packaging solution is made from monomaterial instead of the previously used...
Industry warns of meat price spike and hunger as SA faces supply crisis
The Citizen (South Africa)
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June 6, 2025
South Africa’s meat supply is under pressure from a “triple whammy” of crises: bird flu in Brazil, a poultry producer’s collapse, and a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. A combination of a perfect storm of factors has led to a meat supply crisis...
Mixed Signals: Top Chef’s Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons on how food ate media
Semafor
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Listen to the latest episode of Mixed Signals here. Top Chef, which is airing its 22nd season finale next week, has been shaping how we think and talk about food for the past two decades. This week, Ben and Max talk to Tom Colicchio and Gail...
DSWD stockpiles food packs for rainy season
The Manila Times
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June 6, 2025
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has stockpiled 3 million family food packs (FFPs) in 938 storage facilities across the country as the rainy season begins. Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rexlon Gatchalian has...
There are only 2 industries that are hiring a lot right now
Business Insider
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June 6, 2025
Health services and restaurant gigs are in strong demand, while office jobs are not. May's jobs report out Friday morning showed the US added 139,000 new jobs that month. Adding in March and April's numbers, that means that there are 406,000 more...
Vegdog: German Plant-Based Dog Food Firm Raises $10M After Sales Grow by 66%
Green Queen
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June 6, 2025
4 Mins Read Munich-based vegan pet food startup Vegdog has raised €9M ($10.2M) in Series A funding to expand its European presence, after seeing sales hike by 66% in 2024. While startups working on alternative proteins for humans continue to face...
Private sector urged to strengthen resilience in face of global trade headwinds
Loop News
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June 6, 2025
With the US imposing new baseline tariffs that could undermine longstanding trade preferences, Jamaican businesses are being urged to expand into alternative export markets, strengthen supply chains, and build greater production capacity. The call...
Celebrating on San Antonio’s River Walk: Food, History, and Pure Fiesta
Go World Travel Magazine - Colorado
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June 6, 2025
San Antonio Riverwalk shines at night. Photo by iStock/f11photo I’ve never understood the fascination with guacamole. I don’t hate it, just don’t love it. My dip of choice for tortilla chips tends more to salsa or bean. But on this day, at this...
New food processing facility under construction in York
Central Penn Business Journal - Pennsylvania
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June 6, 2025
H&H General Excavating Co. of Spring Grove has begun construction on a new 58,000-square-foot industrial facility in York County. Designed by York-based CORE Design Group for Saisar Properties, LLC, the pre-engineered building will serve as a...
This Underrated Town Just Officially Became One Of The World's Best Food Destinations
The Travel
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June 6, 2025
Every once in a while, crowd-sourced review platforms and rental, tourist, and luggage companies produce reports about the most popular travel destinations. For instance, in the article “2025 Summer Travel Trends, Revealed,” Airbnb reports that...
Food safety is a pre-requisite to achieving food security
The News International
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ood safety is fundamental in achieving food security and nutrition objectives. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, one in five people in Pakistan suffer from foodborne illnesses. The high rate—twice the global...
It Is Time for American Consumers and the Ag Sector to Have a New Farm Bill
Wyoming Livestock Roundup
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June 6, 2025
By Klodette Stroh We can learn a lot if we study the history of any given topic. For instance, the history of sugar production shows us in 1974 when the U.S. Sugar Act expired, the world price skyrocketed to 60 cents a pound. As a result, American...
Ageing populations: is the food industry ready on ready meals?
Just Food
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June 6, 2025
The world is getting older. By 2030, one in six people in the world will be aged 60 years or over and by 2050 the proportion of the world’s population over 60 years old will be 22%, nearly double its 2015 levels, according to the World Health...
Belarus Key to Indonesia's Food Security in Potash Fertilizer Deal
Tempo.co
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June 6, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia has engaged with Belarus, one of the world's largest potash fertilizer exporters, to strengthen the fertilizer supply chain to support national food security. This strategic step was discussed in a meeting between the...
Prevent Food Poisoning at Backyard BBQs
Mega Doctor News - Texas
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June 6, 2025
Now that it feels like summer, it’s time for some backyard barbecues, but before you fire up that grill, it’s important to keep food safety in mind. Image for illustration purposesMega Doctor News CLEVELAND CLINIC – Now that it feels like summer,...