AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- What is behind the huge trend of vegetable gardens and backyard chickens? Surprisingly, it is not the higher costs of groceries. A recent survey showed the biggest motivation for 1,598 new gardeners to start growing their own food is food...

Mark Hix, author of “British Regional Food,� creator of restaurants serving seasonal produce from Colchester rocks to Shetland Isles halibut, is getting tired of visiting restaurants serving seasonal British regional food.

The era of food prices always falling has come to an end with the world population set to add another 2 billion people, according to Cargill Inc., the U.S. farm commodities trader.

A Minnesota food company recalls more than a million hard-cooked eggs distributed to 34 states, including Colorado.

When times are tough and people are struggling to make ends meet, food can become one of the items a person or family will cut back on because it is more in their control.

Wal-Mart — the largest seller of food in the US — is about to label its healthier fare as "Great For You" in what it says is part of a strategy to improve the nutritional choices of it customers and make healthier fare less expensive. read more

Shares of some top food companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:McDonald's Corp. fell $.42 or .4 percent, to $99.59.Wendy's Company rose $.07 or 1.4 percent, to $4.90.

Weaning babies on finger food instead of spoon-fed purees could prevent them becoming obese, according to new research.

* USDA adds social media, data mining to enforcement tools * Official Warns against stricter eligibility rules By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Stung by election-year criticism of a program used by one in seven Americans, administrators of U.S. food stamp benefits are intensifying efforts to combat fraud and protect the $75.3 billion plan from the budget axe.

YARRA Council will consider guidelines for the operation of mobile food vans in the municipality tomorrow.

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