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State awards $370K in food infrastructure grants

PROVIDENCE – Seven local food businesses have received more than $370,000 in Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure grants, Gov. Daniel J. McKee and the R.I....
ON THE MARK: Richard Grundy, CEO and president of AVTECH Software Inc., indicates the level of floodwater at Cutler Mill in Warren, where AVTECH’s offices are located. 
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A SLOW RETREAT: Voluntary buyouts, relocations part of Warren’s pioneering climate...

When Richard Grundy moved AVTECH Software Inc. from Newport to Warren 15 years ago, the renovated Cutler Mill seemed to offer the ideal flexibility...

RIDEM awards $1M in Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure grants

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has awarded more than $1 million in Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure grants to four local organizations...

USDA bans school lunch fees for low-income families 

NEW YORK (AP) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that students eligible for free or reduced price school meals cannot be charged processing...

R.I. gets $1.5M to strengthen state’s food infrastructure

PROVIDENCE - The U.S. Department of Agriculture Marketing Service has partnered with the state to offer more than $1.5 million in competitive grant funding...

Farmers in R.I., Northeast eligible for additional federal flooding assistance

PROVIDENCE – After one of the rainiest Julys on record for the region, farmers in Rhode Island and eight other Northeastern states are eligible...
NICOLE RICHARD, left, a University of Rhode Island food sciences researcher, received a $205,000 federal grant to find ways to improve food production safety in the state. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI food researcher receives $205K federal grant to help improve food...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island food sciences researcher received a six-figure federal grant to find ways to help improve food safety...

USDA expands recall of sausage manufactured at Burrillville facility

BURRILLVILLE – The U.S. Department of Agriculture earlier this month announced a recall of about 69,255 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage products manufactured by Daniele...
EXPENSIVE INGREDIENTS: Michael Manni, owner of LaSalle Bakery Inc. in Providence, says in addition to increased shipping prices and labor costs, “everything we buy has gone up.”  
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Rising prices have taken some cheer out of bakeries

Buying dessert for the holidays might be pricier this year, and local bakeries aren’t happy about it. Whether it’s a pastry, a butter croissant, or...

R.I. farmers, tree growers part of ‘climate-smart’ projects

PROVIDENCE – Three multistate projects that will benefit Rhode Island farmers, tree growers and consumers will share $135 million in federal funding, U.S. Sen....
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