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Berkeley briefs: Montreal inspired by Berkeley soda tax; New Year's...

2014-12-25 04:38:53| Beverages - Topix.net

When Berkeley became the first city in the nation in November to impose a soda tax, boosters predicted it would spawn copycat tax drives throughout the U.S. But detractors, led by the American Beverage Association, said quirky Berkeley is too far outside the mainstream to set a national trend. Who's right? A partial answer appeared to be bubbling up, not from a U.S. city, but north of the border, where a Montreal City councilman announced he would introduce a proposal Dec. 15 to tax boissons gazeuses sucrees to combat diabetes and obesity.

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Did Berkeley Just Start An Anti-Sugar Revolution?

2014-11-21 08:00:13| Sugar Industry News

Seventy-five percent of Berkeley, California voters November 4 said Yes to a one-cent-per-ounce tax on sugary beverages.

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Berkeley: Farm Burger is newest player in a gentrifying Gilman District

2014-11-19 02:40:56| Grocery - Topix.net

A week after organic produce powerhouse Whole Foods Market opened on Gilman Street, a Georgia purveyor of gourmet burgers added to the cosmopolitan melange of this rapidly gentrifying West Berkeley commercial strip. Farm Burgers opened right across Gilman on Ninth Street last week in a converted light industrial building that it shares with two other recent arrivals: Philz Coffee , in July, and Doughnut Dolly, in August.

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Future Tech: Berkeley Biolabs CEO on Biotech Investments Not to Miss

2014-11-15 16:22:45| Biotech - Topix.net

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