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3 hrs ago | Marshall County Tribune-Courier

Bottles up for the All American Soda Showdown

Blake McLeod, also known as "Mr. Bubbles" pouring samples for Jhance and Deanne Whitemere of Evansville, Ind.

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Related Topix: Evansville, IN, Life, Food

5 hrs ago | Merced Sun-Star

Farm-labor scarcity spurs rise in workers' pay

Fears of a potential farm labor shortage have caused San Joaquin Valley growers to boost wages to as much as $10 an hour this year to attract and keep workers for the harvest season.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Kingsburg, CA, Selma, CA, Life, Food

9 hrs ago | The Wichita Eagle

Healthy barbecue, all summer long

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial kickoff to summer and with that, barbecue season.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Bar-B-Q, Baked Goods, Dessert, Pies, Recipes, Home Gardening, Home

Mon May 20, 2013

Detroit Free Press

Michigan fruit farmers fight to rebound from last year

Rodney Winkel, 66, of Watervliet checks frost damage on grape buds Thursday. 'Any little thing that goes wrong, you're out,' he explained.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Michigan, Watervliet, MI, Honey

Get Reading

Chocolate heaven at Coworth Park Hotel

Hilary Scott meets the hotel kitchen duo who beat some of the big names in the world of chocolate at the recent Academy of Chocolate awards I am standing in a room that would make a chocolate lover swoon.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Chocolate, Dining

San Diego Magazine

Everyday Eats: Big Bowl at Queenstown Public House

At Queenstown Public House , the latest project by the owners of Bareback Grill , you can score a solid lamb burger , but if you're looking for something a bit lighter, or simply feel uncomfortable munching ground lamb in plain sight of the fluffy little sheep happily grazing on the ceiling , try the Big Bowl .

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Pudding

Horticulture

How and Why to Prune Tomato Plants

I've heard that I should prune my tomato plants. Is that true, and how do I prune tomato plants? Answer: The truth is that there is no definite "yes or no" answer as to whether or not you should prune your tomato plants.

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Related Topix: Life, Food

Digital Trends

7 reasons why Amazon reviews are a goldmine of Internet funny

If you're willing to take the time to share your opinion online, it's often because you have something pointlessly negative to say.

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Related Topix: Internet, Science / Technology, Life, Food, Inventions

Dallas Observer

Texas Peaches Had a Rough Spring, So If You See a Good One: Eat It

Ken Halverson from Larken Farms Orchard brought a few boxes of the season's first peaches to the White Rock Local Market over the weekend.

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Related Topix: Texas, Agriculture, Science, Life

News Shopper

An edible road of fruit trees has blossomed in Forest Hill

AN 'EDIBLE road' of fruit trees sprang up in Forest Hill over the weekend in a bid to encourage home-grown fruit and veg.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Home Gardening, Home

hosted Blogcritics | Blogcritics

Book Review: Still More Names for Animals? Are You Serious? by Carnita Groves

Still More Names for Animals? Are You Serious? by Carnita Groves is a must read. Even though the book is dedicated to ranchers, cowboys, cowgirls, farmers, and wranglers, anyone wanting to know more about animals will enjoy reading the book.

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Related Topix: Life, Food

Bradenton.com

Rare Fruit Sale is a 'sweet' success

The 25th annual Manatee Rare Fruit Council's Rare Fruit Tree Sale was once again a huge hit Sunday with residents and visitors alike.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Bradenton, FL, Ellenton, FL

South Delta Leader

Bee shortage stings farmers, beekeepers

Beekeeper Don Cameron of Westham Island Apiary has all of his bees in production on this blueberry farm in Ladner.

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Related Topix: Apiculture, Science, Canada, World News, Life, Food, Weather, Agriculture

Sun May 19, 2013

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Found fruit: Online map is gateway to edibles

BOULDER, Colo. - Ethan Welty is thinking ahead to harvest time as he cycles through tidy Boulder streets pointing out apple, plum and mulberry trees on public and private land.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Boulder, CO, Computers

Staffordshire Newsletter

Fruity Friday

This year's Fruity Friday is on 17 May, and a timely reminder of all the reasons why eating a plant based diet with plenty of fruit and vegetables, whole-grains and pulses can protect against heart disease, type-2 diabetes and a number of cancers in later life.

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Related Topix: Life, Food

PRLog US Entertainment

Biggest U-Pick Strawberry Festival in Northern VA May 25 & 26

May 17, 2013 - LEESBURG, Va. -- Come celebrate the event that launched Great Country Farms 20 years ago.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Food Festival, Leesburg, VA, Agriculture, Science

The Miami Herald

Colombia's fight against coffee blight may show the way for stricken Central America

At a sprawling central Colombia coffee laboratory and research facility - full of coffee plants trapped in jars and shimmering test-tubes - workers poked their heads out of cubicles to share the latest news from Central America and Mexico.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Life, Food

Serious Eats

Preserved: Raspberry Rhubarb Ginger Jam

When I was growing up, for special occasions in the summertime, my mom would bake a raspberry-rhubarb pie.

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Related Topix: Life, Food

Chambersburg Public Opinion

Organizations stress bicycle safety at Chambersburg elementary school

A watermelon nestled in a bicycle helmet was dropped several feet to the ground, making a dull thunk as several children on bikes looked closer.

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Related Topix: Chambersburg, PA, Life, Food, Franklin County, PA, Opinion

Malaysian National News Agency

SCPE Plants Watermelons To Target Fasting Month Market

Syarikat Cegah Padu Enterprise ,a Bumiputera company, is undertaking the planting of watermelons with the fasting month as the target market.

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Related Topix: Life, World News, Malaysia