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Food, Fitness and Trends

 

Can a special bag keep your produce fresh longer?

You’ve probably seen the advertisements on television for the special green bags that you place your produce in when you get home from the store and it miraculously stays fresh for longer periods of time...more

 

Increasing Number of Missourians Going Hungry, Study Finds
MU Research Team Releases First Missouri Hunger Atlas

More than $1.1 billion a year is spent on public programs in Missouri, yet a new University of Missouri study reports the state has a rising number of people worried about having sufficient amounts of food and coping with hunger. The MU Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security has released a new tool in the fight against hunger. The first Missouri Hunger Atlas details the distribution of hunger in the state and the success of programs trying to meet food insecurity and hunger needs...read more  or  go directly to the Missouri hunger Atlas

 

What's In and What's Out When it Comes to Food?

Why do you buy food? Price? Convenience? You have a coupon? You're hungry?  Perhaps you can relate to one of these reasons. There a few new products that hit the market that are quite trendy--fitting the buyer's needs to a tee...more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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