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As food prices rise, more than two out of three households in West and Central Africa cannot afford healthy diets. Local non-profits, farmers, and small and medium enterprises are working together to develop solutions and build resilience, but they need more support. “Climate change is real, and for many communities, it’s a matter of even

Liquid Death is now a billion-dollar beverage brand, thanks in part to the $67 million funding round the company raised in new capital from strategic investors and distributors. The $1.4 billion dollar valuation is likely also due to the company’s performance in the market since its 2019 debut. Revenues from Liquid Death’s retail sales were

March Madness is upon us. And with it, plenty of TV screens in bars across the city will be playing basketball through early April. Fans of college sports may flock to team-specific bars to cheer on their favorites. While many bars will show an ongoing rotation of games from both the men’s and women’s tournaments,

As warmer temperatures make their way across North America, the landscape slowly changes, from forests to lawns, showing signs of the new growth of spring. While landscapers, gardeners, and weekend warriors are ready with mowers and clippers in hand to banish the onslaught of weeds, there is a community of foragers, herbalists, chefs, and foodies

Women continue pushing the envelope in the male-dominated world of spirits. Now more than ever, ladies are entering the arena as founders, master distillers and blenders, roles that have largely been reserved for men. Recently, Brugal Rum and Freeland Spirits have released special editions of their beloved products, created by female master distillers in celebration

Everyone is bullish on bourbon these days. Largely ignored and forgotten a few decades ago, America’s homegrown spirit is heralded nowadays as one of the leaders in the premiumization movement transforming the spirits industry. This has led to the birth of bourbon investing, as the price of aged barrels keeps rising as demand outstrips supply.

If you’re like me, you’ll have noticed that the pizza you’ve had lately is nothing like when you were a kid, and slices cost 15 cents. Today’s myriad types, styles, tastes, and ingredients are as mind-boggling as the cost. How did pizza become so diversified and expensive, and where is it going from here? Where

Mondelēz has wound down its innovation hub SnackFutures, alongside its CoLab Program, through which the consumer behemoth had been helping accelerate early-stage snack brands for the past five years, and subsequently launched a corporate VC, SnackFuture Ventures. The new entity was created as part of Mondelēz’s efforts of doubling down on investments in growth-stage companies

In the picture above, giant French retailer Carrefour placed a sign where the Pepsi products were formerly displayed. It reads, “We no longer sell this brand because of unacceptable price increases.” Consumers and retailers are much less tolerant of large price increases and that caused Pepsi to lose one of the ten largest retailers in

If you don’t have a box of frozen puff pastry in your freezer, run out and get one. A box of puff pastry is the key to an easy and elegant meal that is perfect for entertaining or treating yourself. It can be used for both savory and sweet tarts and you can make them

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Yesterday afternoon at the natural products and specialty food playground Expo West, I started dragging under the weight of two massive bags of samples. Then I discovered that actor Michael B. Jordan had just unveiled a line of sea moss beverages, called Moss, and I’ve never

Erica Blaire Roby is a woman on many talents. Aside from being one of the country’s leading female pitmasters, she is also an attorney, a level-2 Certified Sommelier, United States Navy wife, and a mother. Uniting these diverse endeavors, food is at the heart of it all. Her meteoric rise to fame began in 2021,