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		<title>One Week and Counting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, we’re one week away from the American Food Venture Forum. Several changes have been made to the presenters’ line-up, which hasn’t been unusual the last couple of years, as companies strapped for cash decide they can’t afford the trip and others contact us and decide they can’t miss the opportunity. The number of presenters [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodventureforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13583336&amp;post=120&amp;subd=foodventureforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two New Algae Technology Companies to Present at the AFVF</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two distinctly different methods of growing algae for various uses. IO Mega of Clinton, Iowa uses waste sugars from agricultural processing facilities to produce algae high in Omega 3 fatty acids. These omega 3 fatty acids can then be added to animal feeds and human foods at a fraction of the cost of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodventureforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13583336&amp;post=116&amp;subd=foodventureforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Local Business Will Present at American Food Venture Forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Less than an hour away from this year’s American Food Venture Forum is Energique Herbal one of the 2010 presenters. Energique, located in Woodbine, Iowa has been around longer than any other presenting company at this year’s conference. It is also probably the latest stage company in terms stage of development. Read an article about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodventureforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13583336&amp;post=107&amp;subd=foodventureforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Many AFVF 2010 Presenters Win Technology Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michigan Teenagers win National Spirit of Innovation Award The Conrad Spirit of Innovation Awards “challenge High School Students to: Create an entrepreneurial enterprise for Lunar Exploration; Create an innovative product for use in personal spaceflight; or, Create a clean carbon-free way of using renewable energy to change everyday life.” The program was developed and is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodventureforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13583336&amp;post=105&amp;subd=foodventureforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Presenting Companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we are starting a series of posts that highlight some of the businesses that will present at this year’s American Food Venture Forum. Since this is the first in the series I thought it might be good to provide a short description of all of the companies, with future articles going in-depth on particular [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodventureforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13583336&amp;post=102&amp;subd=foodventureforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sponsor Focus – Friends of AFVF</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very important part of our sponsor core are contributors that may not give as much in monetary resources as some of the major sponsors, but give as much or more in other ways. Our three “Friends of AFVF” certainly fall into this category. All are very active in critical aspects of putting on a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodventureforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13583336&amp;post=95&amp;subd=foodventureforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Composition of Companies Presenting at 2010 AFVF Differs Significantly from 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of the applications to present at this year’s American Food Venture Forum have been reviewed, ranked and discussed by the panel of judges and decisions have been made. Eighteen companies have been selected from a pool of about 40 applicants and it appears that the class of 2010 may be the strongest line-up top [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodventureforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13583336&amp;post=93&amp;subd=foodventureforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sponsor Focus – Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce is one of two major sponsors for the 2010 American Food Venture Forum (AFVF), but more than this, the Chamber is the ambassador to the conference, representing the residents and businesses of Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie County. The AFVF is excited to have the conference in the Omaha/Council Bluffs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodventureforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13583336&amp;post=81&amp;subd=foodventureforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First Seven Presenting Companies Selected</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first seven companies selected to present at this year’s conference represent a wide spectrum of food and agricultural technology. They represent six different states and three distinct regions of the United States. Following is a short description of each: Epiphany Solar Water Systems, New Castle, Pennsylvania – Epiphany provides concentrated solar powered water purification [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodventureforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13583336&amp;post=74&amp;subd=foodventureforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ConAgra Executive to Speak at the 2010 American Food Venture Forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past several months the staff and volunteers of the American Food Venture Forum (AFVF) have been contacting potential sponsors, companies that may wish to present and investors from all over the United States. We have been lining up speakers, facilities and planning meals and refreshments. This week things really began to hop as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodventureforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13583336&amp;post=71&amp;subd=foodventureforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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