food industry

• Baltimore County

Monkton Grille, The Weekender now open

Two new restaurants open in Monkton this summer: The Weekender and The Monkton Grille.

• Opinion

Where was the beef? [Commentary]

A decision last week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, upholding federal regulations requiring that meat labels state where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered, is a win for consumers, public health and American meat producers.

• Baltimore City Paper

Conversation Artist

• Opinion

Howard County making a healthy effort [Letter]

Restrictions on sales of unhealthy food and drink at county-sponsored events are necessary to promote good health

• Maryland

Food safety a new frontier for legal pot

The marijuana in those pot brownies isn¿t the only thing that can potentially make consumers sick. The industry and regulators are taking a closer look at how pot-infused edibles are actually made.

• Laurel Leader

Laurel Health Foods leaving Main Street

Laurel Health Foods store owner Monika Price is preparing to close the store on Main Street and leave the historic district when her lease expires this month. The good news is that Laurel Health Foods, which Price's mom, Maria Lowe opened 44 years ago, won't disappear completely, but will be downscaled in a much smaller location. Price's sons, Philip and Curtis Price, own a 6,000-square-foot CrossFit gym at 14210 Cherry Lane Court, and are designing a space for the store in the gym's current

• Opinion

Measure up, word nerds

• Opinion

Gauge your word-nerdiness

• Baltimore City Paper

GMO-Right to Know . . . and "Soap-Foaming Firetruck"!

• Opinion

Keep the broccoli, lose the cheese [Editorial]

First Lady Michelle Obama is correct to criticize those who would weaken nutritional standards of school lunches for political gain

• Opinion

Do we reward hard work or not? [Letter]

Hard work of any kind ought to be rewarded, not discouraged with confiscatory taxes

• Consumer Goods Industries

Fuchs North America launches new line of ethnic seasonings

Baltimore-based spice and seasonings maker Fuchs North America said Wednesday it has launched a new line of ethnic seasonings, marinades and flavor bases to sell to food service and food manufacturing customers.

• Baltimore City

Food poisoning investigated at food safety summit in Baltimore

Health officials are investigating a possible outbreak of food poisoning earlier this month at the Baltimore Convention Center -- during a conference on food safety.

• Baltimore City

Food poisoning investigated food safety summit in Baltimore

Health officials are investigating a possible outbreak of food poisoning earlier this month at the Baltimore Convention Center -- during a conference on food safety.

• Health

Officials urge consumers to cut back on sugar

Sugar latest additive in the cross hairs of government, consumer groups

• Opinion

Energy drinks a threat to kids [Letter]

Maryland should adopt restrictions on the sale of energy drinks to minors

• Health

FDA proposes new food labels

New food label to emphasize calories, include bigger portion sizes

• Harford

Vegetarian critical of meat federal meat inspection regimen [Letter]

In the meantime, each of us can assume responsibility for our own safety by switching to the rich variety of soy-based products offered by our favorite supermarkets.

• Opinion

Questioning safety of U.S. meat [Letter]

USDA rules governing meat safety and inspection are inadequate

• Food & Drink

Happy animals, local meat

There's a growing interest in Maryland and across the country in finding meat, poultry and eggs that come from animals who were raised in conditions more humane than what is found in typical "factory farms," which some criticize for their use of antibiotics, crowded conditions and food approaches that do not match animals' naturally intended diets.

• Opinion

Md. should say no to mandatory GMO labeling [Letter]

Maryland should reject mandatory GMO labeling

• Carroll County Times

Fuchs Group Baltimore Spice to move to Hampstead

The German-based Fuchs, which manufactures spice concoctions for the food industry, is building a new North American headquarters in Hampstead, relocating its operations from Baltimore County.

• Carroll County Times

Baltimore Spice moving to Hampstead

The Board of Carroll County Commissioners announced Monday that Fuchs North America will be relocating from Baltimore County to Hampsted.

• Opinion

The minimum wage is about the middle class [Commentary]

The real reason the minimum wage needs to be raised is because its macroeconomic benefits would shore up the middle class. One has to wonder why a law that only affects a limited percentage of the labor market elicits such strong political opposition. The obvious reason is that its benefits are broader than opponents would like you to believe.

• Lifestyle and Leisure

Unions are using striking fast food workers

Striking fast food workers are pawns of organized labor.

• Education

Hopkins University commits to local, organic food

JHU is one of 19 colleges or universities in the U.S. to join the Real Food Challenge, a burgeoning campaign to encourage institutions to buy at least 20 percent of their food from small nearby farmers and butchers by the year 2020.

• Food & Drink

Baltimore Outreach Services cooks up success for women at its shelters

Thanks to the Baltimore Outreach Services culinary arts training program, Carter has a full time job with Hyatt Regency.

• Anne Arundel

Naval Academy employee dies suddenly

A civilian employee of the Naval Academy died Friday after falling unconscious on campus, the academy said.

• Family

Anne Arundel County health briefs

• Anne Arundel

Anne Arundel County health briefs

• Harford

Havre de Grace Middle School open on normal schedule after power outage and fire alarm Sunday

Firefighters with the Susquehanna Hose Company of Havre de Grace responded to Havre de Grace Middle School Sunday evening to investigate what turned out to be an "odor of burning."

• Anne Arundel

Anne Arundel County health briefs

• Lifestyle and Leisure

FDA moving to ban trans fat from processed foods

The Food and Drug Administration moved Thursday to virtually eliminate trans fat, an artificially created artery-clogging substance, from Americans' diets

• Latest

Banning foam cups: City Council members conclude the cost outweighs the benefits

At Woody's Taco Island food truck, customers take their marinated tilapia, Caribbean fried rice and jerk chicken chili to go in recycled cardboard containers. It's an environmentally friendly — albeit more expensive alternative — that restaurateurs around Baltimore say their customers are demanding in place of traditional foam cups and containers that some want banned from the city.

• Features

Rules proposed to boost pet-food safety

Rules proposed to boost pet-food safety

• Environment

Report finds reforms stymied in poultry, livestock industries

A new analysis of the nation's farm animal industry finds almost no reforms have been made in the five years since a broad-based commission called for sweeping changes to address concerns about food safety, animal welfare and the environmental impacts of modern poultry and livestock production.

• Consumer Goods Industries

TIC Gums expands in Harford County

TIC Gums in Harford County is perhaps the biggest privately owned player in an invisible part of the food industry.

• Business

Learn to how to make 'Food for Profit'

Whether it's making gourmet jams or jellies, baking bread and cakes, catering festive events or creating a packaging special dinners for one, food related businesses are becoming increasingly popular as a way to earn a living (or to add to your income). The cook's creative flair, combined with business practicality will succeed even in tough economic times, if the enterprise is given the appropriate research and planning before its launch.

• Retirement

Golden years grow dimmer as workers labor longer

Though stock prices are rising, unemployment is falling and the economy is growing, more and more workers are choosing to stay in the labor force longer.

• Opinion

Renewable fuel standard is too costly

Biofuel policy is costing U.S. too much in food prices and jobs

• Lifestyle and Leisure

Fractured Prune launches national expansion, plans 20 Baltimore-area donut shops

Ocean City-based Fractured Prune launches a national expansion, with 20 Baltimore-area donut shops planned.

• Baltimore City

Congregations focus on living wages as part of Labor Day initiative

Kodiane, a Cherry Hill resident who was a guest speaker at Metropolitan United Methodist Church in Lafayette Square. He appeared as part of an Interfaith Worker Justice of Maryland effort to connect low wage workers with religious congregations.

• Opinion

Jobs are coming back, but they don't pay enough

Robert Reich says a minimum wage increase is necessary to address rising income inequality

• Opinion

Don't let Congress trample Maryland's rights

Pernicious Farm Bill amendment would strip Maryland's ability to impose tougher rules for agricultural products

• Baltimore City

Little Italy facing big challenges

Baltimore's Little Italy is aging and faces competition from newer, trendier neighborhoods such as Harbor East and concerns about crime.

• Obituaries

Shirley B. Howard, fundraiser

Shirley B. Howard, a former local TV personality who with her late husband founded the Children's Cancer Foundation and proceeded to raise millions of dollars, died Wednesday from respiratory failure at her Pikesville home. She was 88.

• Carroll County Times

'Carroll's going to be a leader in our wine industry'

Carroll County has five wineries on its wine trail with Old Westminster being the newest. After Cygnus Winecellars opened its doors in 1996, the county has seen four wineries open in the last 10 years.

• Food Industry

Vanns Spices adds space, employees to keep up with demand

Improved logistics have allowed Vann Spices to better market custom blends sent to high-end restaurants

• Property

Convenience store competition heats up

Competition among convenience store chains has heated up in the Baltimore area as retailers vie to win over consumers with a redefined view of "convenience."

• Howard County

Howard school board to sign contracts with several unions

The Howard County Board of Education Thursday, June 20 announced it had reached agreements with most of its bargaining units, but negotiations with the Howard County Education Association, the teachers' union, are ongoing.