GAINESVILLE, Florida, U.S. – A University of Florida team’s novel methods are helping farmers at home and abroad fight agricultural pests. An insect no bigger than a grain of rice is threatening coffee worldwide, but a team of University of Florida researchers is using some unconventional thinking to stop it in its tracks.
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea has the world's fourth largest number of Starbucks Coffee stores in relation to its population, industry data showed Thursday. Starbucks Coffee Korea, the local unit of the U.S. coffee giant, said it has 1,008 stores across the country as of the end of February, meaning one outlet for every 50,000 South Koreans.
HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam gained a year-on-year increase of 7.6 per cent in total export value of agro, forestry and fishery products in the first quarter of this year . Of the total figure for Q1, export value of main farming products rose 13.5 percent year-on-year. However, rice, a key farming product, still faced difficulty in export during the first quarter.
NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya plans to double its coffee exports to the United States in order to tap into the lucrative North American market, officials said on Wednesday. Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) Kenya Interim Head of Coffee Directorate Grenville Melli told a coffee forum in Nairobi that Kenya currently exports
ABU DHABI, United Arabi Emirates – A new project has been launched by the Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development in a number of malls across the UAE as part of its participation in the Month of Reading this month. As part of the 'Book Corners in Coffee Shops' programme, Starbucks coffee shops across the UAE now includes ...
BISHOPSTOWN, Ireland – For those who enjoy good coffee and good whiskey a new drink from Bayview Beverages could hit the spot. It’s called Black Twist and it is a 25 per cent ABV (alcohol by volume) craft spirit drink that blends single origin Kenyan Arabica coffee and Irish whiskey.
LONDON – Food companies on both sides of the English Channel are set to feel the brunt of "more costly" trade once the UK leaves the EU, even if a "customs union" is negotiated, according to a new report. Research from the Netherlands-based financial services company Rabobank - released yesterday (29 March) as UK Prime Minister ...
OAK BROOK, IL, U.S. – Four industry experts leading the discussion surrounding compostable food packaging do some myth-busting while pointing to the technical and commercial realities in this recent webinar. Myth-busting is a two-step process: First identify a mistruth about an assumption and then present the reality.
NEW YORK, U.S. – On March 20, 2017, ICE Futures U.S. issued a notice that the licensed cocoa warehouse operated by Camden International Commodities, at 2nd and Clinton Street (BLDG H) in Camden, NJ, in the Port of Delaware River, had sustained damage to a skylight caused by heavy snow.
SCARPERIA, Italy –La Marzocco inaugurated its very first OUT OF THE BOX in Australia on Tuesday, March 28th, at Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne: 1 Saint Heliers Street. This was a unique occasion to experience La Marzocco’s ultimate designs in espresso machine technology such as the Strada AV with Auto Brew Ratio ...