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Pub. Date
2012
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Through meticulous research, Hauter presents a shocking account of how agricultural policy has been hijacked by lobbyists, driving out independent farmers and food processors in favor of the likes of Cargill, Tyson, Kraft, and ConAgra. She demonstrates how the impacts ripple far and wide, from economic stagnation in rural communities at home, to famines in poor countries overseas. In the end, Hauter illustrates how solving this crisis will require...
63) Solar power
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
Discusses using the power of the sun as a source of energy.
66) Aerospace
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Aerospace jobs launch rockets, send missions to the moon and search for alien life in space - and this is just in the next few years! Besides space, our region's aerospace industry focuses on earth science activities that support climate monitoring and extreme weather forecasting, helping our planet and people.
70) The informant!
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
When the FBI needs evidence on an agri-business giant accused of price-fixing, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a secret agent.
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Pub. Date
2015.
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This book is the first authoritative guide to conceiving and launching your own home-based food start-up. Packed with profiles of successful cottage food entrepreneurs, this resource covers everything you need to get cooking for your customers, creating items that by their very nature are specialized and unique..
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Named one of "The five best books to understand AI" by The Economist
The impact AI will have is profound, but the economic framework for understanding it is surprisingly simple.
Artificial intelligence seems to do the impossible, magically bringing machines to life-driving cars, trading stocks, and teaching children. But facing the sea change that AI brings can be paralyzing. How should companies set strategies, governments design policies, and people...
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The bestselling business book from award-winning restauranteur Danny Meyer, of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake Shack Seventy-five percent of all new restaurant ventures fail, and of those that do stick around, only a few become icons. Danny Meyer started Union Square Cafe when he was 27, with a good idea and hopeful investors. He is now the co-owner of a restaurant empire. How did he do it? How did he beat the odds in one of the toughest...
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"Olmsted makes you insanely hungry and steaming mad--a must-read for anyone who cares deeply about the safety of our food and the welfare of our planet." -Steven Raichlen, author of the Barbecue! Bible series
"The world is full of delicious, lovingly crafted foods that embody the terrain, weather, and culture of their origins. Unfortunately, it's also full of brazen impostors. In this entertaining and important book, Olmsted helps us fall in love...
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Pub. Date
2015
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A "highly entertaining history [of] global hustling, cola wars and the marketing savvy that carved a niche for Coke in the American social psyche” (Publishers Weekly).
Secret Formula follows the colorful characters who turned a relic from the patent medicine era into a company worth $80 billion. Award-winning reporter Frederick Allen’s engaging account begins with Asa Candler, a nineteenth-century pharmacist...
Secret Formula follows the colorful characters who turned a relic from the patent medicine era into a company worth $80 billion. Award-winning reporter Frederick Allen’s engaging account begins with Asa Candler, a nineteenth-century pharmacist...
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Pub. Date
2014.
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This document is a guide for the investors and companies who work with the Advanced Industry Investment Tax Credit program. The Advanced Industry Investment Tax Credit program is based on House Bill 14-1012. The program runs from July 2014 through December 2017. The program is administered by the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT). Advance industries include: advanced manufacturing, aerospace, bioscience, electronic,...
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