Topic: Foods

Organic Growth

As Wal-Mart and its ilk go natural, true believers are grumbling. But investors are chowing down.READ»

Delicious Growth

A report from the past.READ»

Innovation: Waiter, There's Too Much Pepper on My Paprikash

Correct! That line was spoken by Billy Crystal's character in 1989's "When Harry Met Sally," a film which had among its great themes that life is a menu of choices, and it's okay to be choosy. The movie's Sally Albright (Meg Ryan's ...READ»

FAO: Farmers need fertilizers to fight famine

FAO: Farmers need fertilizers to fight famine (12/13/2007)   A leader of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says he doesn't ...READ»

Recreate the Obama White House Vegetable Garden--Online

We learned last week that the Obama's are working on a 1,100-square-foot White House vegetable garden to be cared for by local fifth graders and the first family. Now web-based vegetable-garden design application Plangarden has ...READ»

• New Appointment: White House Farmer?

Trash to Treasure

Per Scholas is an organization that refurbishes old PCs for use by low-income families. Hershey's repurposes cocoa bean hulls to offer cocoa shell mulch for use by gardeners -- hardly Hershey's core business, but an impressive way to ...READ»

The (Ice) Cream Rises...

It's summer time, and the living is easy. So our minds turn to all things summer: kite flying, picnics in the park, baseball, and ice cream. Today's New York Times offers two glimpses behind the business of ice cream -- which make ...READ»

Lindt Dark Chocolate Lindor Truffles

Easter without Lindt Dark Chocolate Lindor Truffles Just Isn’t the Same Are you looking for a unique Easter gift, something to make that special occasion a little different and memorable?  Personalized Easter baskets are fun ...READ»

These Lollies Are About to Go Pop

How Chupa Chups innovates to make suckers of us all.READ»

Customers First Honorable Mention: Cold Stone Creamery

Cold Stone Creamery Despite all the mysteries of childhood, there was one thing I knew for certain: When September 2nd came around, I would celebrate my birthday with a cake made of chocolate and vanilla ice cream and crumbled Oreo ...READ»

Cupcake Stand

Have you ever made cupcakes for a party or event and had really no place to put those delicious little cakes of heaven. Most people place them on normal plate and set them on the table with all the other food and treats, but there’s ...READ»

From an Old-Fashioned Bank to an Heirloom Seed Bank

From the crumbling ashes of the fallen financial system rises a new type of bank: one for heirloom seeds. It sounds like the beginning of a post-apocalyptic novel, but it's really happening in Petaluma, California, where an abandoned ...READ»

Consistency and the Customer Experience

I just made a lunch run, and while the experience wasn't as distracting or dismaying as Alison's experience with Starbucks in November, I'm thinking as I eat my sandwich. How consistent should customer service and experience be with ...READ»

Unilever's Room-Temperature Ice Cream is Green, But How Will it Taste?

Astronaut ice cream is a fun novelty treat for science-happy kids, but could Earth-bound adults ever warm up to the idea of room-temperature ice cream? That's what Unilever--the food company behind brands like Ben & Jerry's and ...READ»

Rumor Mill: Vegetables from the White House Garden to be Sold at DC Farmer's Market

Ten years ago, few people could have imagined that the First Family would rip up part of the White House lawn and plant a vegetable garden. But that's exactly what happened in March, when Michelle Obama started work on a 1,100 ...READ»

Numerology: The Business of Candy

Don't snicker at the confectionery business: Sales in the $32 billion -- plus industry are expected to be up almost 4% this year. Until candy's Christmas arrives on October 31, sate yourselves with these informational bonbons, which, thankfully, can be enjoyed guilt-free.READ»

What Success is. Or Isn't! by Ted Eleftheriou

Two views of success and happiness. Which would you pick?READ»

A Farming Fairy Tale

Imagine that you could wave a wand--and make all our food organic.READ»

Watermelons: The Sweetest Ethanol Source Around

Ethanol is commonly produced from crops like corn, switchgrass, sugar cane and sweet sorghum. But the next big ethanol crop might the ultimate summer fruit: Watermelon. A 20-pound watermelon can yield 1.4 pounds of sugar, which can ...READ»

Roof Top Gardens

Peter, your query on Roof Top Gardens: Yokogawa Electric Asia in Singapore maintains a roof-top hydroponics garden. Here employees are allowed to grow their own vegetables like tomatoes, rock melon, cucumber for home consumption, ...READ»

National German Chocolate Cake Day

Cocktail-party factoid for the day: German chocolate cake--that messy and ridiculous pile of layer cake, coconut, and pecans slathered with caramel-infused goo--has nothing to do with Germany. It's actually named for Samuel German, ...READ»

The Sweet Taste of Success

Since 1983, San Francisco-based Schmidt and his team of chocolatiers have created and hand-painted millions of works of edible art.READ»

Entrepreneurship: What's With Chocolate?

In the last few days, the world has seen a morass of chocolate-related news. The New Yorker has a story on the hippie-go-lucky founders of Dagoba Chocolate, the popularity of which has surged on a reemergence of interest in natural ...READ»

Beefonomics: Cargill Meat Solutions Turns Trash to Cash

How Cargill Meat Solutions is winning over grocers, consumers, and its employees -- and driving growth -- with its first entry into the branded beef business.READ»

• From Trash to Cash

A Chocolate Maker is Buffeted By Global Forces Beyond His Control

How long can he stay profitable?READ»