Category Archives: General Trading

Dumb, Dumb, Dumb!

It’s official: pizza is a vegetable! Congress set to keep slices on school lunch menus because they contain tomato By Associated Press Last updated at 12:25 PM on 16th November 2011 Pizza is set to be classified as a vegetable … Continue reading

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Rethinking Food Labels

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What Future Grocery Shopping Looks Like

In South Korea, TESCO is experimenting with a new concept for online shopping. Subways have images representing the food isles in the grocery store. With a smartphone in hand, a QR reader app, you are set to start your shopping … Continue reading

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Who Says Vegetables Can’t Be Fun

Cool vegetable art might make the fussiest get excited about vegetables. Check it out and enjoy. From Magimix ad by Shalmor Avnon Amichay/Y&R Interactive looks. Bookmark to: Hide Sites

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New E. Coli Breakout

Germany appears to be the focus of a new strain of E. Coli breakout in Europe. The source seems to becoming from cucumbers from Spain. Import of fresh vegetables are being banned across the European countries. Will sales of frozen … Continue reading

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Food Cost On The Rise

An interesting article from Bloomberg news on food inflation. Food Costs Seen Reaching Record as Global Inflation Accelerates April 26 (Bloomberg) — Global food prices may rise 4.4 percent to a record by the end of the year, driven by … Continue reading

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Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: The Power Of Japanese Resilience

After all the problems Japan has encountered with the earthquake, tsunami and lastly the nuclear reactor problems, I found the following article giving insight into the Japanese culture in trying times as this very enlightening. Enjoy, click here. Bookmark to: … Continue reading

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The Twinkie Diet!

And here is another twist on twinkles. It was Dan White who used the Twinkie Defense in his murder trial of Mayor George Mascone and supervisor Harvey Milk. Today it is a diet! Yes, Professor Dr. Mark Haub a nutritionist … Continue reading

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Bugs Our Natural Defense

Shimon Steinberg gives a great presentation on bugs the world’s best natural, biological control agents. (15min., 24sec.) Technorati Tags: bugs, biological, pesticide, plants, insects, spiders Bookmark to: Hide Sites

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Being Naked In Japan

Here is a great post by Garr Reynolds that should be essential reading for anyone doing or thinking of doing business in Japan. Click here Bookmark to: Hide Sites

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