Stories about poverty and famine are often in the news.  Can one person make a difference? A new children's book, The Good Garden: How One Family Went from Hunger to Having Enough (Kids Can Press), gives kids a way to understand these stories and learn how they can help.  Written by author and non-profit consultant Katie Smith Milway, the book raises kids' awareness of the important global issue of food security, one of the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals to end poverty by the year 2015.

The Good Garden is the story of one poor farming family in Honduras, who, like their neighbors, cannot be sure they'll have enough to eat.  From a new teacher, young Maria learns farming methods and ways to sell crops that help give her family greater food security. As Maria's community sees the success of her "good garden," the new practices spread. The Good Garden is inspired by the work of teacher Don Elias Sanchez, who devoted his life to helping small farmers in Honduras.

Seventy-five percent of the poor in developing nations are farmers like Maria's family. Without food security, these farmers not only lack food, but money for necessities like health care. The Good Garden includes information about non-profit organizations that help poor farmers. Kids learn how to volunteer, fundraise, create gardens, and take political action. Learn more at www.thegoodgarden.org.

The Good Garden is another book in Kids Can Press' CitizenKid™ collection, which includes Katie Smith Milway's award-winning book about microloans, One Hen, as well as books about global community, biodiversity, and water conservation, such as If America Were a Village, If the World Were a Village, and One Well. Visit www.kidscanpress.com for teaching resource materials.

Katie Smith Milway has coordinated community development programs in Latin America and Africa for Food for the Hungry International and was a delegate to the 1992 Earth Summit. She is co-founder of One Hen Inc., a non-profit that uses microfinance stories, interactive games and downloadable classroom resources to teach children financial responsibility and giving back.  Katie's adult book on sustainable development, The Human Farm: A Tale of Changing Lives and Changing Lands, documents the work of Don Elias Sanchez and Milton Flores.

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This market report analyzes the trends prevailing in the digestive health ingredients market in the United States. It gives the revenue forecast, competitive structure and market share details for the major segments such as digestive prebiotics, digestive probiotics and digestive enzymes. It analyzes the product and application trend for the major product segments. It provides the company profiles of major companies participating in the United States market.

Digestive health is the fastest growing segment in the United States food ingredients market domain. With increased interest among health conscious consumers, a large number of gut-health or digestive-health products have been launched in the market. United States is coming closer to Europe in consumer preference for digestive health products.

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This study analyzes the U.S. market for the following three important digestive health ingredients.

    - Digestive Prebiotics (fructans, mannan oligosaccharides
      (MOS), gacato-oligosaccharide (GOS), and others)
    - Digestive Probiotics (cultures)
    - Digestive Enzymes (proteases, lipases carbohydrases,
      lactases, and others)

The study covers enzymes that are consumed as supplements for maintaining proper digestion in human health.

The probiotics market in the United States is at an emerging stage. With reference to the awareness level among the United States consumers against European consumers, the U.S. consumers are still in the growing stage and there exists a huge opportunity for the companies who could educate and create awareness among consumers. In the U.S. market, the consumption of probiotics through dietary supplement products is high. However in Europe, the reverse is the case where consumers are more often consume probiotics in a more diluted form through dairy and other food and beverage products.

Group Danone's world class probiotic drink brand Actimel(R), which is an extremely popular probiotic product in Europe has been successfully launched in the United States in 2005 under the brand name DanActive(R). Still Europe is the leader in terms of market value and number of new product launches in the digestive health domain. In the United States, the awareness has reached the next level and some aggressive marketing could take this market to the highest level.

The market dynamics and trends are very different among the three segments. Prebiotics and probiotics are growing at double-digit growth rate as compared to the digestive enzymes that are experiencing a relatively lower growth rate. Prebiotics is the largest revenue generating ingredient among the three major segments followed by Probiotics and Enzymes.

The most popular trend is the availability of multi-enzyme supplements for digestive problems.

Major companies analyzed in this report include BENEO-Group, SENSUS, GTC Nutrition, Cargill, Inc., Amano Enzyme Inc., National Enzyme Company, Chr Hansen A/S, Royal DSM N.V., Danisco A/S, and Institut Rosell-Lallemand.

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Today, a new report "A Strange Case: Violations of Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States by European Multinational Corporations," issued by Human Rights Watch highlighted European corporations including global food services giant Sodexo as carrying out an aggressive campaign to keep American workers from organizing and collective bargaining rights as well as violating international standards and U.S. labor law.

Specifically Sodexo was found to have threatened, interrogated, and fired workers who tried to form a union. Even though Sodexo is a self-proclaimed "progressive" company, the report asserts that Sodexo takes advantage of weaker US labor laws than exist in their home country of France.

Currently, Sodexo workers across the United States continue their efforts to form a union in order to win fair and safe working conditions, respect and dignity on the job, and a voice with their employer to create stable, good jobs with fair compensation and affordable health benefits.

Human Rights Watch, an independent organization dedicated to defending and protecting human rights, conducted employee interviews and compiled documents from legal proceedings to come up with their findings.

Recommendations from the report include, "stronger oversight by European headquarters of US managers' practices; stronger standards-setting and complaint mechanisms by international organizations…and stronger action by European governments and the European Union to require adherence to international standards by European firms."

Background:

Despite making more than a billion dollars profit in 2009, and being the 22nd largest corporation in the world, Sodexo pays its workers in the United States as little as $7.50 an hour and does not offer affordable health care options to its food service and similar employees. Two-thirds of Sodexo's non-managerial employees in the United States do not have coverage under the medical insurance plans offered by the company.

With 2.2 million members in Canada, the United States and Puerto Rico, SEIU is the fastest-growing union in the Americas. Focused on uniting workers in healthcare, public services and property services, SEIU members are winning better wages, healthcare and more secure jobs for our communities, while uniting their strength with their counterparts around the world to help ensure that workers—not just corporations and CEOs—benefit from today's global economy.

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Scanbuy, Inc. (www.scanbuy.com), the global leader in mobile barcode solutions, and Lion Nathan Wine Group (www.lionnathanusa.com), owner and importer of fine wines from around the world, announced today the launch of Cellar Key, the most integrated 2D mobile barcode marketing platform that provides users fast and easy mobile access to information on Lion Nathan's esteemed wine brands.

With the ScanLife mobile app, users can scan the Cellar Key "QR" Code featured on a bottle's neck tag, shelf display, wine menu or other location to point their mobile phone camera at it and instantly read reviews, meet the winemaker, take a video tour of the winery and explore food and wine pairings. Mobile users can also instantly share their experience on social media sites, including Facebook and Twitter.

"Mobile barcode technology is proving itself to be an extremely easy and engaging way for brands to connect with their target audience," said Mike Wehrs, CEO and president of Scanbuy.  "Furthermore, it's a technology that provides marketers a simple way to obtain valuable metrics and data that highlight consumers' interest on specific products and the improved effectiveness of campaigns that utilize mobile barcode technology."

Cellar Key will initially feature six wines including Oregon's Argyle Willamette Valley Pinot Noir and Vintage Brut; Australia's St Hallett Faith Shiraz and Poacher's Blend from the Barossa Valley; New Zealand's Wither Hills Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc and Argento Malbec from Mendoza, Argentina. Each 2D barcode is associated with a specific wine and features an embedded code, or URL, that will automatically open up to a content rich website on a mobile device when scanned.

For more information on Cellar Key or other mobile barcode campaigns, please visit www.scanbuy.com.   To get the free ScanLife application, go to www.getscanlife.com from your mobile browser.

About Scanbuy

Scanbuy is the leading global provider of mobile barcode solutions that use the camera phone as the link between the physical world and the digital world. The ScanLife solution consists of a multi-barcode reader application and interoperable Code Management Platform. The technology has been successfully deployed and supported by leading mobile providers and handset manufacturers in the United States, Mexico, Chile, Spain, Italy and Denmark. Media companies and marketers use the solution to create and manage measurable 2D barcode campaigns, extending brand engagement onto mobile devices.

Scanbuy has the largest and oldest patent portfolio of any company in the industry, with over 30 patents granted covering the entire solution. The company's investors include Motorola Ventures, Hudson Ventures, Masthead Venture Partners, and Longworth Venture Partners.

For more information on Scanbuy, please visit www.scanbuy.com or www.scanlife.com.

About Lion Nathan USA

Formed in 2008, Lion Nathan USA represents a unique collection of traditional and contemporary wine brands from some of the world's most coveted wine regions. The domestic portfolio includes the highly acclaimed Argyle Winery in Willamette Valley, Oregon and imported wines include St Hallett from the Barossa Valley in Australia, Wither Hills from Marlborough in New Zealand, Argento from Mendoza, Argentina and Inkberry from Central Ranges, Australia among others. For more information, please visit www.lionnathanusa.com .

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Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

World Flavors & Fragrances Market

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Global demand to rise 4.3% annually through 2014

Worldwide demand for flavors and fragrances -- including flavor and fragrance blends, as well as essential oils and other natural extracts, and aroma chemicals -- is projected to increase 4.3 percent per year to $23.5 billion in 2014. Overall advances will be stimulated by gains in food and beverage processing activity, which represents by far the largest market segment. Growth in personal income levels and consumer spending will also stimulate demand for flavors and fragrances used in cosmetics and toiletries, a market segment historically concentrated in North America and Western Europe, but now seeing rapid advances in developing regions. The best opportunities for flavors and fragrances will be found in the Asia/Pacific region, which will account for one-third of total value gains between 2009 and 2014.

China, India among best growth opportunities

While the US is by far the world's largest user of flavors and fragrances (accounting for one-quarter of world demand), the fastest growth will occur in developing regions. Asia, Central and South America, Eastern Europe and the Africa/ Mideast region will all outpace the global average. Industrialization trends and increases in living standards will fuel demand for flavors and fragrances in generally underdeveloped end-user manufacturing industries of these regions. Over the forecast period, the Asia/Pacific region will surpass Western Europe to become the second largest regional consumer of flavors and fragrances, behind North America. In particular, China and India will see some of the most rapid growth in both demand and output, as multinational producers continue to establish subsidiaries in these countries in order to meet local demand.

Food and beverages to remain largest market

Food and beverages, which accounted for 47 percent of aggregate demand in 2009, will remain the largest market for flavors and fragrances. This is due to the widespread application of flavor materials in processed food, snacks, soft drinks, candy and confectioneries, and other items such as meat and seafood products, sauces and condiments. The further expansion of fortified food -- as well as beverages -- will provide opportunities, since flavors are often used to cover up the off-tastes of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other added ingredients. Trends toward fast food and other convenience-oriented food options (e.g., ready-to-eat meals) will further boost demand, as these highly processed items often require stronger flavor loadings. The toiletry and cleaner segment will also remain an important market. Faster growth is expected for applications in cosmetics and toiletries, while demand in the well-established detergent and cleaner industry will be limited by market maturity, even in developing regions such as Eastern Europe. Skin care products are expected to provide some of the best opportunities, reflecting expansion of the skin care industry itself, as manufacturers continue to target growth segments with products designed for middle-aged and older adults seeking anti-aging solutions. In addition, fragrances will continue to play an important role in product differentiation in the toiletry and cleaner segment, supporting demand for fragrance blends and aroma chemicals used in related products.

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This new industry study presents historical demand data (1999, 2004 and 2009) plus forecasts for 2014 and 2019 by product (e.g., flavor blends, fragrance blends, essential oils and natural extracts, aroma chemicals), market (e.g., food and beverages, toiletries and cleaners), world region and for 18 countries. The study also considers market environment factors, evaluates company market share and profiles 37 industry competitors.