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In this Saturday, May 4, 2013 photo, Ethan Welty, co-founder of the urban foraging website fallingfruit.org, tastes and examines a fruity seed pod from a tree at a public park, in Boulder, Colo. Welty's website, which grew out of one of his hobbies, already points the way to more than half a million edible plants in public spaces worldwide, and it is growing. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Found Fruit

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Boulder, Colo. — Ethan Welty is thinking ahead to harvest time as he cycles through tidy Boulder streets pointing out apple, plum and mulberry trees on public and private land. “We’re coming up on the best apple trees in Boulder,” said Welty, a geographer and doctoral student specializing in glaciers in the University of Colorado’s Environmental Studies program. He was …

The J.R. Simplot Co's headquarters is shown in downtown Boise on Monday, May 13, 2013. Simplot is seeking U.S. regulatory approval to market genetically engineered potatoes that resist ugly black bruises and are designed to produce lower levels of potentially cancer-causing acrylamide when fried to growers and, eventually, consumers. (AP Photo/John Miller)

Idaho Potato Giant Bets on Biotech Spuds

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Boise, Idaho — A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds. This month, tuber processing giant J.R. Simplot Co. asked the U.S. government to approve five varieties of biotech potatoes. They’re engineered not to develop ugly black bruises. …

McDonald’s Expected to Overhaul U.S. Menu

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Chicago — The Angus burger is going away, and it may not be the only McDonald’s dish on the chopping block. The world’s largest restaurant chain has also considered axing Caesar salads, the McSkillet Burrito, the Southern Style Biscuit and steak bagels, according to a franchisee email obtained by Bloomberg News. While the Angus burger contains as many as 820 calories and costs …

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