Downtown St. Louis adds farmer market, more music - The Downtown Community Improvement District announced several expanded St. Louis entertainment offerings Thursday, including a new weekly farmers market at the Old Post Office Plaza in St. Louis.
Maryland BPW approves $119M in stimulus funds for water projects - The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved $119.2 million in federal stimulus funds for water infrastructure projects across the state, with a healthy chunk of the grants and low-interest loans coming to the Baltimore area.
Roman Meal hires IMC Licensing - Bread and cereal maker Roman Meal has hired IMC Licensing to develop of portfolio of licensed food products.
Canadian firm to buy Dakota Growers Pasta - Dakota Growers Pasta Co. Inc., a Carrington, N.D.-based pasta manufacturer with a plant in New Hope, Minn., has agreed to be acquired by a Canadian firm for about $240 million.
Beckstoffer Vineyards gives 92 acres to Napa County Land Trust - Andy Beckstoffer, a Napa Valley green pioneer who was recently elected to the Culinary Institute of America?s Vintners Hall of Fame, has given two conservation easements totaling 92 acres to the Napa County Land Trust.
Monsanto?s Roundup gets new Chinese competitor - Beijing-based agricultural biotech firm Origin Agritech Ltd. said Monday that it has developed a pesticide business unit for premium branded chemical products, including a glyphosate weed killer. Monsanto initially patented and sold glyphosate under the name Roundup, for which its U.S. patent expired in 2000. (MON)
