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ConAgra to buy Ralcorp for $4.95 billion

Nov 27, 2012
Giant food company ConAgra is getting a little more giant. It's agreed to buy private-label food producer Ralcorp for about $4.95 billion.

Company seeks American cheese 'revolution'

Nov 26, 2012
Health-conscious cheesemaker Organic Valley wants in the multi-billion market for American cheese.

Cadbury to release non-melting chocolate bar

Nov 26, 2012
Cadbury, which is now owned by Kraft Foods, has developed a chocolate bar resistant to heat up 104 degrees.

The economics of wasted leftovers

Nov 23, 2012
Americans trash millions of dollars worth of Thanksgiving turkey.

Climate change comes to the cranberry bog

Nov 19, 2012
Cranberry growers in Massachusetts are starting to look elsewhere to farm as a warming climate makes managing bogs more expensive and interferes with the maturing of berries.

Is Mexican company Bimbo eyeing Hostess?

Nov 19, 2012
Attention Twinkies lovers! All is not lost. Parent company Hostess begins its liquidation process, and one rumored buyer is a global bakery conglomerate from Mexico.

For public good, not for profit.

Food stamps holding up farm bill

Nov 19, 2012
Congress is considering changes in the $80 Billion food stamp program, known as SNAP.

Chobani's overnight billionaire

Nov 19, 2012
Chobani founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya shares his views on the yogurt company's success, plans for the future, and what Chobani has meant for the region around South Edmeston, New York.

Hostess to close, but what about the Twinkies?

Nov 16, 2012
The snack cake maker has filed for permission to liquidate, but will Twinkies go down with it?