A Berry A Day

New research suggests that eating blueberries and strawberries can slow memory loss in older adults.

Apr 27th, 2012

New research suggests that eating blueberries and strawberries can slow memory loss in older adults.

A lorry drives along a country road that between a flowering rape field and a freshly tilled field in Pattensen, Germany on April 28.

EU Aims to Cut Pesticides, Lift Organic Farming

The EU's executive arm wants to halve the use of chemical pesticides by 2030.

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New Way to Identify Ancient Beer

The beverage has prehistoric roots.

An avocado in Cranfield University's Plant Science Laboratory, Cranfield, U.K.

New Test Could Guarantee the Perfect Avocado

Lasers and vibrations can reliably assess fruits' ripeness.

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Natural Preserving Food With Gas: What to Know

As health-conscious consumers become more educated about their food, more manufacturers are turning to a natural way of preserving food and extending shelf life.

EPA Allows Cancer-Linked Pesticide

The move was widely praised by farmers, who view the weedkiller as a new tool in an ever-increasing battle with “super weeds.”

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NV Distilleries Turning Hooch into Sanitizer

They're combining their key ingredient — ethanol, which kills germs — with aloe vera or other chemicals to make hand sanitizer.

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Enforcement Update for Bioengineered Food Standard

The USDA's Agriculture Marketing Service will enforce compliance with the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard beginning on Jan. 1, 2022.

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USDA Expands Definition for “Healthy” Label

USDA is now allowing the same uses of the "healthy" claim for meat and poultry as currently allowed for other food products.

Logan Snyder bottles hand sanitizer made at the Eight Oaks Farm Distillery in New Tripoli, PA on Monday, March 16. The distillery's owner, Chad Butters, grew increasingly angry as he saw the skyrocketing price of hand sanitizer. So he's temporarily converting his operation into a production line for the suddenly hard-to-find, gooey, alcohol-based disinfectant.

Distilleries Making Hand Sanitizer

Eight Oaks Farm Distillery filled its first 20 bottles on Monday, a batch destined for charitable groups that need hand sanitizer

This undated photo provided by Applegate Farms shows Applegate Well Carved Organic Grass-Fed Beef Burgers, a line of meat-and-veggie burgers which the company is introducing at grocery stores next month.

Meat Companies Say: Eat Your Veggies

Meat companies are making it easier for you to eat your vegetables by blending them into burgers, meatballs and sausages.

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Pickle Drinks to Spice Up Sports Nutrition

The benefits of pickle juice have been touted in recent years as a credible sports drink alternative.

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US OKs More Expansion of Mexico Sugar Exports

Commerce previously increased Mexico's refined sugar export limit by 100,000 short tons on Nov. 25 of last year.