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Cereal bar targets travellers to boost brand

By  Catherine Boal

UK snack company, Eat Natural, has launched a new addition to its range of natural cereal bars and teamed up with airline Virgin in an unusual marketing tactic designed to boost brand recognition.

Gene breakthrough could aid wheat production

By  Catherine Boal

US scientists have cloned a gene present in wheat and barley in research which opens up the potential for cultivating the crops in a wider range of climates, thereby increasing production and supply.