Ancient Grains: The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?

At markets from Whole Foods to Vons, shoppers can choose from a growing number of breads made with so-called ancient grains, including quinoa, amaranth, spelt and Kamut (a patented variety of wheat).

Echoes Of Our ‘New Norm’ Conference

Maybe you can blame it on a little lingering vertigo, courtesy of a post-conference virus that laid me out for the whole week post-Portland, but I keep seeing echoes of Whole Grains: the New Norm everywhere I turn. Or maybe, its more accurate to say that our fifth whole grains conference made such a splash, even the littlest ripple seems to be washing knowledge, insight, and progress ashore.

Cocoa Surges To 32-Year High On Ivory Coast Political Unrest

Cocoa futures jumped to a 32-year high on mounting political unrest in Ivory Coast, the worlds largest producer.

$100M Canada Bread Plant On Cusp Of Hiring Spree

A factory many hope marks the start of a new food processing hub in Hamilton is rising in the citys southeast corner like a loaf of bread.

Ingredient Tracking Regulation An Opportunity For Riverdale, NJ Company

February 18, 2011 Alexander McInnes, The Record

A new federal law, signed by President Obama last month, will require food producers to map the exact DNA makeup of whatever they manufacture and sell to grocery stores, so that regulators can better trace contaminated ingredients during a recall. That new mandate could mean an opportunity for a company in Riverdale.