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Farmers Markets: The family behind Maggie's and Kenter Canyon farms
For many years, Maggie's Farm, based in Agoura Hills, has sold top-quality salad greens and herbs exclusively at farmers markets. Kenter Canyon Farms offers a wider range of similar produce, at a few farmers markets, but mostly wholesale and on a much...
Tags: Bob Dylan, Agriculture, Lifestyle and Leisure, Farms, Lettuce
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New Brooks Bros. store to dress up downtown L.A.
Downtown Los Angeles isn't the most hospitable place for dandies. The knot of business towers and lofts, saturated with mass-market or Santee Alley-style emporiums, is a wasteland for upscale retail. "It's criminal," sniffed Matthew Allnatt of the...
Tags: Realty, Clothing, Politics, Macy's, Thom Browne
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On The 'Restaurant' Menu: Food Salvaged From Dumpsters
The Hartford CourantRestaurants don't usually serve garbage to their patrons. Then again, most restaurants aren't operating on The Gleaners' Kitchen philosophy. The home-based bistro, conceptualized by Tufts University student Maximus Thaler, features a menu of food...Tags: Bank Robbery, Lifestyle and Leisure, Human Interest, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants
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Protest motto: soup's on!
WASHINGTON -- When authorities got wind of a demonstration planned for Monday outside the Food and Drug Administration's offices in College Park, Md., they fortified their defenses. A motorcycle and nine police vans, ominously marked "Homeland Security,...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Mushrooms, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Arable Farming, Food and Drug Administration
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Tesco to pull out of U.S. and sell Fresh & Easy markets
The British are leaving. Five years after launching the Fresh & Easy grocery chain in the U.S., Tesco of England is abandoning its nearly $2-billion gamble. Once called "foolhardy" by investment guru Warren Buffett, the ambitious experiment joins a...
Tags: Walmart, Panera Bread Company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Warren Buffett, Consumers
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Planned complex aims to help Pacoima neighborhood, entrepreneurs
At a busy but nondescript intersection in Pacoima, a real estate developer is trying to help revive the San Fernando Valley neighborhood with an open-air market and retail complex aimed at small entrepreneurs. The complex on Van Nuys Boulevard at San...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Realty, Television Industry, Human Interest, Jose Huizar
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Fresh & Easy fail: Tesco exits U.S. after profit tanks 96%
Tesco PLC’s ambitious U.S. experiment -- 5-year-old grocery chain Fresh & Easy -- has failed after costing its British parent billions of dollars, the company said Wednesday. After a strategic review of the brand in the last year, during which...
Tags: Walmart, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Tesco plc, United Kingdom
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FBI: Bank robbery suspect caught riding bike near his home
Tribune reporterA man who wrapped his face in white tape and carried a cane when he robbed a bank in the North Center neighborhood Sunday was caught two hours later riding a bike near his home, according to the FBI. Erwin Acox, 39, of the 5100 block of North Kimball...Tags: Bank Robbery, Police Investigations, FBI, Criminals, Chicago Transit Authority
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Do Your Part: Reduce waste in the kitchen
McClatchy-Tribune Information ServicesAmericans create an average of 4.5 pounds of trash a day and much of it is created in our kitchens. Recycling is one option to reducing all that trash and composting is another. But sometimes there are items that we toss because we don't have a greener...Tags: Wines
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Farmer Jay teaches gardening workshops at Plantation Whole Foods Market
Sun SentinelCelebrate Earth Month with expert advice on gardening from a Delray Beach farmer. Jason “Farmer Jay” McCobb, 38, who runs two sustainable farms in Delray Beach and supplies his crops to local restaurants, will teach three gardening...Tags: Agriculture, Lifestyle and Leisure, Gardening, Hobbies, Delray Beach
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Whole Foods to anchor new Playa Vista city center project
Construction is underway on the long-awaited city center for Playa Vista that will include its first grocery store -- a Whole Foods Market. About the size of four city blocks, the $260-million shopping and apartment project called Runway is intended...
Tags: CVS Corp., Arts and Culture, KB Home, Bank of America Corp.
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Reed's nears profitability amid thirst for healthful drinks
In college, Christopher J. Reed discovered meditation and healing herbs, including ginger, which became his favorite. So when he went into business for himself, Reed chose to launch a brand of ginger-based drinks. He said he spent hours at UCLA's...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Organic Foods, Diabetes, Coca-Cola Co., Dining and Drinking
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