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By Patricia Grogg

Sugarcane's New Promises

Cuban scientists are saying that sugarcane is a raw material with as much potential as petroleum. And they are developing medications, preservatives, resins and plastics from this sweet crop.

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Young people dig in the trash for food in New York City.
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By Haider Rizvi

Food Waste and Hunger Exist Side by Side

Around 100 billion pounds of food are wasted annually in the United States. It would take just one out of every 25 pounds wasted to feed the 30 million people who go hunger in this affluent nation, according to the group Food Not Bombs.

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