FAO Schwarz Takes High Road for Survival
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Posh toy seller FAO Schwarz, forced into bankruptcy after a price war with discount giants like Wal-Mart, hopes offerings like a &#36;12,000 treehouse will lure the penthouse-dwelling customers it is counting on for its revival.
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do well to turn to a UN site that counsels if you can&#39;t beat them eat them. swarms that have landed in Cyprus from Africa. &quot;Here are a few local recipes from locust-affected countries,&quot; a page on the FAO Web site says.
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The UKâs Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has published a new food and health manifesto, setting out the industryâs efforts to help in the fight against obesity.
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The restaurateur holds up well in a tough sector.
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Improving the microbes and building expensive factories are two of the hurdles awaiting the cellulosic ethanol industry.
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The cost of future outbreaks of foot-and-mouth may have to be met by the industry, farmers are being told.
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Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website  GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - The head of the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Dr Jacques Diouf has called on the Caribbean countries to reverse the negative trends within their agricultural sectors.
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NAIROBI, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The World Food Program (WFP) has said it was gearing up for a &quot;critical stage&#39;&#39; in delivering food assistance to hundreds of thousands of people affected by conflictin the western Sudanese region of Darfur.
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From fast-food chains to Congress, moves are afoot to reduce animal suffering and ensure food safety
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The agricultural firm's sales soar, but costs catapult.
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Organics help lead the way as the supermarket chain continues to ring up sales and profits.
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FAO Schwarz, the venerable upscale  U.S. toy retailer, on Monday said it would reopen its flagship  store on New York City's Fifth Avenue this Thanksgiving, nearly  a year after its previous owners filed for bankruptcy.
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In the face of new competition, primarily from China, produce farmers have joined forces for the first time.
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SAN PEDRO MASAHUAT, El Salvador -- Marta Sonia Ayala hunched over a metal table in a room that resembles a large restaurant kitchen, scooping heaps of a light brown powder into plastic bags. Later, she placed the bags of frijolito -- beans ground into flour -- in a heat-sealing machine, placed colored labels on them and shipped them to 22 stores throughout the country where they would sell for $1.35 a pound.
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By Guan Xiaofeng  Experts have warned of environmental pollution from increased animal husbandry, as the country became the world's top meat and egg producer last year.
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By NATALIE STOREY  Workers preserve forest lands while helping farmers make profits  It wasn't so long ago that farmers and cattle herders in southern Costa Rica, in their efforts to survive, had nearly destroyed part of one of the world's most beautiful rain forests.
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Marooned amid rising waters, many residents refused to leave their livestock, one of the most valuable assets in a country heavily dependent on agriculture.