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How does your school garden grow?

Brian Stack Education

After a long winter, spring has finally arrived. For many — especially those who spent a season buried under record-breaking snowfalls — the warm weather means it is time to plant the family garden. Home gardens have been on the rise since 2009 when the White House announce plans to plant their own kitchen garden.

Report forecasts a turbulent decade ahead for the food industry

Bambi Majumdar Food & Beverage

Globalization has changed the face of business drastically over the last decade. Food businesses have also had to undergo major changes and upheavals in order to meet the challenges of the newer technologies and emerging markets.

Teens and food: How a fatty diet can disrupt muscle response

Dorothy L. Tengler Sports & Fitness

Today, about 1 in 3 American kids and teens is overweight or obese. Tripling from 1971 to 2011, childhood obesity is now the No. 1 health concern among parents in the United States, topping drug abuse and smoking. Despite a social emphasis on being thin, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) reports that among those in the age group 12 to 19, the incidence being overweight increased from 11 percent to 17 percent.

As companies eliminate artificial ingredients, is food really getting healthier?

Cait Harrison Food & Beverage

You've probably heard the recent announcement that Panera plans to remove artificial ingredients from its food. But it comes among a plethora of other companies who have also vowed to remove additives, preservatives and other so-called "bad" ingredients from their recipes.

5 apps every wine drinker needs

Bambi Majumdar Food & Beverage

In the age of high technology, it is hardly a surprise that life's pleasures have a digital connection. When it comes to enjoying wine, a wide variety of useful smartphone apps have been created in recent years. Whether you are a veritable oenophile or someone who likes to have an occasional glass of wine just for fun, you will have loads of help from these apps.

Compostable high-barrier packaging material highlights processing advances

Don Rosato Engineering

Plastic barrier packaging technology is driven by safety, convenience and quality. Growing demand for convenience foods and "ready meals" created by busier lifestyles and increased disposable income are reflected in high growth in food packaging. Food-purchasing decisions are based on taste and appearance, as well as convenience, making excellent barrier quality to maintain product freshness vital in food packaging. No. 1 with the public is food safety, and active or barrier packaging that can help prevent spoilage or contamination is in strong demand.

Rise in contaminated food causes consumers to seek local

Lisa McReynolds Smith Food & Beverage

Food. It's not just simply something we consume daily to live. Food is a powerful connector among the members of a community, and allows them to be engaged with the source of their nutrition. It's a lifestyle. It's a thriving culture.

Research highlights devastating health effects of energy drinks

Bambi Majumdar Food & Beverage

Along with an alarming rise in obesity, energy drinks are leading to increasing statistics of negative social, emotional and behavioral issues along with other long-term health effects. Now policymakers and physician groups are coming together to push for serious sales restrictions of these drinks, especially to children under 18.

Keeping a fresh fish diet in your travels

Connie Ulman Recreation & Leisure

I have been camping my whole life, and I have been full-time RVing for a while now. No matter where my travels take me, fresh fish is something I strive to keep in my diet. Now how do you go about making sure you get fresh fish in your diet while traveling? I'd like to say that it's an easy thing to do, but it's not — especially if you are not a fisherman. One option is to visit as many places as close to a water source as you can. A lot of the fishing piers offer restaurants right on location. You can either catch your own fish, or have a seat and order yourself up some fresh-caught fish right there.

NPE 2015 end-use regulatory impact review: Food labeling/packaging

Don Rosato Engineering

The National Plastics Exposition (NPE) recently took place March 23-27 in Orlando, Florida. Let's go behind the scenes and take a look from a plastics engineering standpoint at some of the regulatory impacts in key plastics end-uses and related technologies.

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