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January 31, 2010 - February 6, 2010 Archives

Second-biggest eating day of the year? Super Sunday

Gatorade scientist Melissa Tippet helps New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning into a BodPod for a body composition analysis at the Gatorade Performance Lab set up on the Super Bowl site in Miami. If you're a football fan, you...

February 5, 2010 12:02 pm
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Learn about chocolate history in R.I. tonight! For free.

Just a decade before Rhode Island became a state and Samuel Slater began textile manufacturing, the Blackstone River Valley was thriving as a manufacturer of chocolate. Find out about the legacy of chocolate making with a free event tonight,...

February 4, 2010 11:29 am
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Food stamp sales way up at R.I. farmers' markets

Farm Fresh RI has posted the latest numbers for sales using food stamps at their many farmers' markets, and the numbers are dramatic in their increase. Back in 2007, when food stamps were first accepted at the markets, only...

February 2, 2010 6:12 pm
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