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Manchester University: A $5 million gift from a 1940 graduate boosts efforts toward the $8.5 million Lockie and Augustus Chinworth Center, which will serve as home for the College of Business and student services.
Category Archives: Food
How an exporter used forbidden fruit to cheat US consumers
Ricardo Rudin Mathieu ran a racket. He put labels bearing the U.S. Department of Agriculture's organic seal on boxes of pineapples grown conventionally with chemicals.
1 percenters get more dough
With great fanfare, pomp and ceremony, congressional Republicans and our tax-evader-in-chief Donald Trump rolled out a tax package they believe to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. But that, of course, depends on who gets how many slices.
Battling Unfair Limits on Trade
Some of our nation's best trading partners have the nasty habit of protecting select industries of their own by virtually locking out competition from the United States. The European Union's ban on hormone-treated beef from the United States is an example.
In break with tradition, Trumpa
President Donald Trump couldn't stop talking about the red carpets, military parades and fancy dinners that were lavished upon him during state visits on his recent tour of Asia. "Magnificent," he declared at one point on the trip.
Donald Trump doesn’t host a state dinner, breaks with tradition
President Donald Trump couldn't stop talking about the red carpets, military parades and fancy dinners that were lavished upon him during state visits on his recent tour of Asia. "Magnificent," he declared at one point on the trip.
Indonesia bakery refuses to write Merry Christmas on cake, triggering religious row
Bakery Chocolicious Indonesia has attracted controversy for refusing to write a Christmas greeting on a customer's cake. PHOTO: INSTAGRAM/@CHOCOLICIOUSINDONESIA.
Cheers! Cider, Craft Beer Makers Get Trump Tax Cut in New Year
Makers of craft beer, artisanal spirits, hard cider and mead may lift their glasses a bit higher next year as the result of a little noticed provision in the sweeping tax overhaul the U.S. Congress passed this week. Tucked away in Part IX, sections 13801 through 13808, are sharply lowered excise taxes on a liquor cabinet full of alcoholic beverages made by small producers.
Senate Ag Committee Chair Applauds USDA’s Withdrawal Of Organic Production Standards
SENATE AG COMMITTEE CHAIR APPLAUDS USDA'S WITHDRAWAL OF ORGANIC PRODUCTION STANDARDS Dec. 18, 2017 Source: Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry news release After years of challenging the rule, U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture's announcement of a proposed rule that would withdraw a controversial regulation that would have revised organic livestock and poultry production standards. "With USDA's wise decision to withdraw this rule, organic livestock and poultry producers can rest assured that they will not be forced out of business by another costly and burdensome regulation," said Roberts.
Mario Batali’s Recipe For An Apology Includes Cinnamon Rolls
Mario Batali found himself in hot water again after his apology for his behavior following sexual misconduct allegations included a cinnamon roll recipe, according to People. "As many of you know, this week there has been some news coverage about some of my past behavior," Batali wrote in a newsletter to fans on Friday.
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With possible implications for fruit and vegetable servings, the government is seeking public input on how certain foods are counted for nutrition standards in school lunches. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is inviting comments on what it called "food crediting," the system that defines how each food item fits into a meal for the National School Lunch Program and other federal child nutrition programs.
A pizza problem: Why those third party polls don’t pan out
"In every presidential election, pluralities or majorities say they're 'willing to vote for' or 'interested in seeing' a third party candidate. In between, pluralities or majorities proclaim the 'need' for a third party.
Here’s the Beef with Chicken from China
On June 21, 2017, ExporTech, a California-based poultry wholesaler, accomplished something both commonplace and unprecedented. The commonplace was to import to the United States five cartons of cooked chicken.
Portrait of a Marriage: Julia Child Captured in Paul Child’s Shimmering Photographs
These tender black-and-white pictures, from the couple's early days in France, show a Julia Child before books, before cooking on television, before fame. of the most significant meals of the last century occurred almost seventy years ago, on November 3, 1948, when Paul and Julia Child, two years wed, arrived in Le Havre on the S.S. America from New York.
Puerto Rico’s Farmers Face A Long Road To Recovery Post-Hurricane Maria
Clusters of bruised plantains and bags of oranges hung from RenA "Papo" Cruz's fruit and vegetable stand on the side of the road. The 60-year-old farmer sat in a worn chair, waiting patiently for customers to buy what he could salvage in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
Feds giving Maine nutrition center $400K to grow local food
Maine's U.S. senators say the federal government is awarding $400,000 to a Lewiston nutrition center to develop local food systems. Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King say the grant is going to St. Mary's Regional Nutrition Center.
Trump is making America work for himself
Don't like skipping work to take your child to the doctor? Republicans have done away with the Children's Health Insurance Program, which protected 9 million children whose families' insurance policies don't cover them because of a legal glitch. Never mind that the U.S. ranks 26th among developed nations on infant mortality.
#PANIC: Ron Klain: Conservatives have a breathtaking plan for Trump …
Conservatives have a new court-packing plan, and in the spirit of the holiday, it's a turducken of a scheme: a regulatory rollback hidden inside a civil rights reversal stuffed into a Trumpification of the courts. If conservatives get their way, President Trump will add twice as many lifetime members to the federal judiciary in the next 12 months as Barack Obama named in eight years .
Sailors celebrate Thanksgiving with chicken wings, turkey, chocolate in Algonquin
ALGONQUIN - During every day of his six-week boot camp assignment at Naval Station Great Lakes, Shane Skinner thought about three things: graduation, his girlfriend and chicken wings. The 24-year-old Navy recruit from Bolivar, New York, had that and more Thursday when he joined three dozen of his future shipmates at Algonquin's St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, where volunteers and the Knights of Columbus organized a free Thanksgiving feast for sailors from Naval Station Great Lakes.
US troops overseas celebrate Thanksgiving with 98,820 pounds of turkey
US troops serving overseas during the holiday still have much to be thankful for, including nearly 100,000 pounds of turkey. In keeping with a long tradition of providing holiday meals to troops serving abroad, the Department of Defense intends to serve 98,820 pounds of turkey, 10,173 pounds of stuffing mix, 6,588 pounds of marshmallows and 918 gallons of eggnog to US service members in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan this Thanksgiving, according to the Pentagon.