Posts Tagged ‘ production of ethanol ’

Caterers Double Whammy Rising Oil Food Prices

May 30th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Foods

Alfonso Contrisciani, whose company oversees food services at Nationals Park, walked the concourses at the stadium May 20, ignoring much of the game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Wearing his dress whites and then changing into a sports coat to go incognito, he quietly observed everything: The staff behind concession stands. The kitchen crews.
As vice president [...]



Farm Bill Needs A Signature

May 19th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Opinion

The farm bill provides far more money for hungry people than it does for farmers. Nearly 80 percent of the cost of the farm bill is for food programs, including $10.2 billion for domestic food assistance programs and $7.8 billion for food stamps. There’s also $1 billion for a program to provide healthy snacks of [...]