The action the first large layoff by the Buffalo-based food products company in at least two years will help the company weather rising oil and commodity prices that are affect- This is a fundamental restructuring of our North American business organization, basically to be aligned around our strategy moving forward, in a food industry that s becoming increasingly volatile. Rich Products corp. is reorganizing its North American business to focus on the products with the most value and...

Federal officials turned down the spigot Friday on the Apalachicola River, allowing drought-stricken Atlanta to keep more water upstream but hastening die-offs of a famed oyster industry, rare mussels and endangered fish in Florida. Officials and environmentalists in the Sunshine State reacted with mounting frustration over this latest heated chapter in a 20-year-old battle over how much water the north Georgia metropolis taps for homes, lawns and industry. The 5 percent reduction in water...

HALIFAX Fast food restaurants are taking a hit with the rise of new shops where customers make their owns meals to cook and eat at home. Krish said the business provides all the pre-cut ingredients, including spices, for poultry, beef and shrimp dishes and vegetarian meals. If I find a recipe and go shopping for all the ingredients, say one that includes cilantro, it will likely be thrown out because it won't be used entirely. The business concept, although relatively new, now has more...

Today, it serves as headquarters for ranches and farms that raise wheat, corn, sunflowers and more pheasants than anyone can count. Birds thrived when farming practices left cover on the ground before the time when row crops took over and the habitat was lost. I was ducking pheasants," he said gesturing with his fingers this way and that in front of his face. Because South Dakota law allows hunting on roadsides unless too near to homes, Bell exited his pickup truck right there and shot his...

Helicopters airlifted food to hungry survivors Monday while rescuers struggled to reach remote areas devastated by Bangladesh's worst cyclone in a decade, amid fears the death toll could be far higher than the official figure of 2,400. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the sisterhood, and to commemorate this milestone, San Francisco sent a culinary delegation composed of 35 restaurant and food industry folks, led by yours truly, and an equal number of Japanese-Americans affiliated...

Intensive cattle farming is decimating the Amazon rainforest, but there is hope - in the shape of a marble-sized, purple berry, staple ingredient of a popular smoothie. Andrew Purvis visits the families whose lives are being transformed by the ultimate sustainable fruit Sunday November 18, 2007 The Observer Do you eat meat?' asks Jo o Meirelles Filho, a Brazilian conservationist living in Bel m, the last big city on our journey north from S o Paulo to the Amazon. Andrew Purvis visits the...