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FOOD FACTORIES

			Explore the tiny food factories in leaves

Green plants are “autotrophic” (self-nourishing). With energy from the sun, water and nutrients from the soil, carbon dioxide from the air, and the help of “chlorophyll” (the green coloring matter in leaves and other parts of plants) a leaf produces “food” consisting of sugars and starches. The food then circulates throughout the plant in the sap. Some of the food is used by the plant right away for energy. Some is sent off to the roots for storage. And some is used to create more of the plant itself (i.e. roots, leaves, stems, fruit). The food manufacturing process is called photosynthesis (“photo” means light and “synthesis” means putting together).

If you tear a leaf into two parts and look closely along the tear, you should be able to see a thin, film-like layer on the underside of the leaf. If you look at a piece of this layer under a microscope, you’ll see tiny openings called “stomata”. Plants breathe through the stomata. During photosynthesis, plants take in carbon dioxide and give off a waste product, oxygen. Much of the oxygen animals and humans require is made by green plants. At night, when there is no light and photosynthesis cannot take place, plants give off small amounts of carbon dioxide. Humans, of course, continually breathe in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide.

Part of the problem contributing to global warming is that there is too much carbon dioxide from cars, planes, and factories going into our air. The carbon dioxide cannot be recycled quickly enough by natural cycles, so it builds up in the earth’s atmosphere. More green plants will use up more carbon dioxide. So, planting trees and other plants helps our planet.

To start your explorations, collect some green leaves. Arrange them according to their shade of green (light to dark). Why are different leaves different shades? Is there a relationship between where leaves are found (e.g. top branches of a tree, on a shrub in the shade) and their shade of green?

Next, extract some chlorophyll. Place a fresh leaf in a container with a small amount of rubbing alcohol (note: dipping the leaf in boiling water first speeds the extraction). Examine the leaf after a few hours. The leaf’s green coloring (chlorophyll) is in the alcohol. Try a variety of leaves.

Now, cut pieces of cardboard, each just large enough to make a “patch” on a leaf of a shrub or a tree. Use paper clips to attach patches to several leaves. After four days to a week, remove the patches and examine the lighter-colored spots on the leaves. The patches prevent light from reaching the spots and photosynthesis cannot take place.

A plant gets much of its carbon dioxide through the stomata. Another important part of a leaf’s surface is the cuticle, a waxy coating. The cuticle is waterproof, keeps moisture inside the leaf, and is transparent so that the sun can shine through. Cover a leaf with petroleum jelly. The jelly blocks the stomata but, like the cuticle, allows sunlight through. What happens after a few days? Does this happen to leaves at other times of the year?

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Fact Check-Food processing plant fires in 2022 are not part of a conspiracy to trigger U.S. food shortages

By Reuters Fact Check

5 Min Read

Social media users are sharing the claim that there is a planned increase in fires at food processing plants to purposefully create food shortages. However, there is no evidence to support this claim.

Examples can be seen (here) and (here).

The text in one post reads: “Food processing plants don’t just “accidentally” burn down at this rate and they certainly don’t “coincidentally” become landing pads for plane crashes at the rate they are. Our food supply is under attack in America. The question is—by who?”

One image (here) lists 12 fire incidents in food processing plants around the country.

There is no evidence to suggest that any of these fires were premeditated in an effort to create a food shortage.

Fact checkers Snopes (here) and Logically (here) have debunked the claim.

U.S. News & World Report (here) and WCNC (here) have also debunked the claim.

WCNC linked to further reports on several of the 2022 incidents, noting most were accidental or did not have any indication of foul play (here).

Likewise, Reuters did not find any evidence that the 2022 incidents were intentional or planned for the sake of creating food shortages, and fires at food processing plants are not uncommon. Past examples can be seen (here) (here) (here) (here) (here).

The USDA told Reuters via email that the claims saying these fires were caused by arsons are false.

Senior Vice President of Communications at the National Chicken Council Tom Super told Reuters via email that the claims seemed to be “fake news.”

“I can only speak for chicken, but like any manufacturing plant/industry, there are generally a few fires that occur each year across the country. The majority of them are accidental and are contained rather quickly. And certainly not enough to affect the chicken supply,” Super said.

A representative for General Mills, one of the companies named in the posts being shared, told Reuters via email that the company has not “experienced any arson at our manufacturing facilities.”

“On April 21, a small plane crashed near the General Mills Covington, GA cereal and snack manufacturing facility,” General Mills said. “No employees were harmed, the plant did not experience any disruptions and it remains fully operational. ”

U.S. food prices rose 8.8% in March 2022 from a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (here). This was due to a variety of factors including supply chain, worker shortages and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (here), (here).

According to a 2019 report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (here), there are over 36,000 food processing plants in the United States.

False. Accidents and fires at food processing plants in 2022 were not planned to intentionally create food shortages.

This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. Read more about our fact-checking work  here  .         

Manufacture of food products, including drinks, and tobacco

No.	Company name	Address	Company contacts	Manufactured products
1.	JSC “Invest Alliance”	249026, Kaluga region, Borovsky district, Ermolino settlement, st. Zarechnaya, 5	(48438) 6-49-82, 6-29-41	meat preparations
2.	LLC “Krivskoe”	249007, Kaluga region, Borovksky district, village. Krivskoe, st. Agricultural, d. 1	(48438) 6-95-33 http://xn--80aejfglc2aeqn.xn--p1ai/	milk and dairy products
3.	JSC “Itera”	249000, Kaluga region, Borovsky district, Balabanovo, st. Voroshilova, 1	+7 920-873-55-07	sausages, canned meat
4.	FL CJSC “BULGARCONSERVE”	248921, Kaluga, Shopino, st. Central	(4842) 509-956 http://bulgarconserv.com/factories	Canned vegetables and meats
5.	CJSC OMK Varviks	249032, Kaluga region, Obninsk, Kiev highway, 57	(48439) 9-12-79	meat products
6.	nine0006 LLC “Right-K”	249910, Kaluga region, Yukhnov, st. F. Engels, 62	(48436) 2-10-33, 2-33-30	meat products
7.	JSC “Duminichi Meat Processing Plant”	249301, Kaluga region, Duminichi village, railway station nine0010	(48447) 91-930, 91-658 https://mcomb7.wixsite.com/mcomb	sausages and meat products
8.	LLC “Vorotynskie dumplings”	249200, Kaluga region, Babyninsky district, Vorotynsk settlement, st. 50 years of Victory	(4842) 58-34-16	meat products
9.	ZUEGG RUSSIA LLC	249054, Kaluga region, Maloyaroslavets district, village Afanasovo	(48431) 5-22-00, 5-22-01 Homepage	fruit fillers for yoghurt
10.	POLAR SEAFOOD RUSSIA LLC	249185, Kaluga region, Kremenki, st. Old Kremenki, 90	(495) 640-15-25 https://www.polarseafood. ru/	seafood
11. nine0010	LLC “GLAVRYBA – REGION”	249010, Kaluga region, Borovsk, st. Nekrasova, 1	(48439) 6-62-09	fish products
13.	JSC Ermolino Moloko	249039, Kaluga region, Obninsk, st. Kurchatova, d. 53	8 920 887 5866	dairy products
13.	Agrofirma Optina LLC	249722, Kaluga region, Kozelsk, st. Chkalova, 106	(48442) 2-24-27, 2-17-03 https://af-optina.com/	dairy products
14	JSC Tarusa Dairy Plant	249100, Kaluga region, Tarusa, st. Lenina, 90	(48435) 2-11-28, 2-25-50 http://t-m-z.ru/	dairy products
nine0006 15	LLC PK Obninsk Dairy Products	249030, Kaluga Region, Obninsk, Lenina, 127, office 502	(48439) 4-15-42, 69-635 http://obmoloko. ru/	dairy products
16.	CJSC “Vorotynsky KHP”	249201, Kaluga region, Babyninsky district, pos. Vorotynsk, st. Molodyozhnaya, 1	(4842) 581-143	flour
17	LLC “Elitmuka””	249708, Kaluga region, Kozelsky district, s. Lower Pryski, st. Turbinnaya, 33 nine0010	(48442) 21-991 Главная	flour, grain products
18.	JSC “BIOTECH ROSVA”	248009, Kaluga, st. Zavodskaya, d 57	(4842) 210 050 http://biorosva.ru/ru/	Wheat products
19.	Joint-Stock Company “Partner-M”	249091, Kaluga region, Maloyaroslavets, per. Kalinina, 11	(48431) 3 06 09 Главная страница	food ingredients
20.	CJSC “Sukhinichsky feed mill”	249275, Kaluga region, Sukhinichi, Elevatorny passage, 3	(48451) 5 42 26 http://www. korma.pro/	animal feed
21.	JSC “Detchinsky KKZ”	249080, Kaluga region, Maloyaroslavetsky district, with. Detchino, st. Zheleznodorozhnaya, 17	(48431) 34-442, 34-338, 34-409 http://kkzdetchino.ru/	animal feed
22	JSC “Vitasol”	249013, Kaluga region, Borovsk, pos. VNIIFBiP agricultural animals, 16	(48438) 4-29-76.4-29-46 https://www.vitasol.ru/	animal premixes
23.	Fl LLC “Nestlé Russia”	249020, Kaluga region, Borovsky district, with. Vorsino, st. Lyskina, possession 1	(495) 642-72-90,642-72-91 https://www.nestle.ru/	pet food
24.	ZAO Khlebokombinat	248021, Kaluga, st. Karl Liebknecht, 25	(4842) 722-227, 722-212 nine0006 https://kaluga-hleb.ru/	bread and bakery products
25.	OAO Khlebokombinat	249039, Kaluga region, Obninsk, st. Kurchatova, d.51	(48439) 6-49-94, 6-77-55 https://obninsk-xleb.ru/	nine0006 bread and bakery products
26	Maloyaroslavetsky KHP LLC	249096, Kaluga region, Maloyaroslavets, st. Moscow, 32	(48431) 2-32-02, 2-32-77	bread and bakery products
27	Municipal unitary enterprise “Duminichi bakery”	249300, Kaluga region, Duminichi settlement, st. Bolshaya Proletarskaya, 78	(48447) 9-12-79, 9-21-68 http://dumhleb. kaluga.ru/	bread and bakery products
28.	JSC “Lyudinovsky bakery”	249400, Kaluga region, Lyudinovo, st. Lenina, 14	(48444) 6-59-30, 6-39-88	bread and bakery products
29	LLC “Kirovskiy Khlebokombinat”	249444, Kaluga region, Kirov, st. Zhmakina, 1 nine0010	(48456) 5-60-51, 5-69-18	bread and bakery products
30.	LLC “PF “Kondrovskiy bakery”	249834, Kaluga region, Kondrovo, st. Communes, 14	(48434) 3-28-48 главная	bread and bakery products
31.	JSC “KOLOS”	249010, Kaluga region, Borovsk, st. Stepan Razin, 8	(48438) 4-41-31, 4-42-35, 4-36-14 http://kolos-borovsk.ru/	gingerbread, cookies, flour confectionery
32	JSC “Russian Product”	249080, Kaluga region, Maloyaroslavetsky district, with. Detchino, st. Moskovskaya, 77	(48431) 29-031, 29-180 https://www. rusprod.ru/	pasta, coffee drinks, freeze-dried soups, kissels nine0010
33.	LLC “DIAL-K”	248610, Kaluga region, Spas-Demensk, st. Sovetskaya, 3	(48455) 2-25-98.2-12-96 https://hlebspas.ru/	confectionery
34	nine0006 LLC “Lotte KF Rus”	249030, Kaluga region, Obninsk, Kiev highway, 106	(48458) 30090 https://lotteconf.ru/	confectionery
35	LLC “Natural Product”	249160, Kaluga region, Zhukovsky district, Dobroe village, 140	(48439) 9-34-21, 63-633 https://fruzhe. ru/	confectionery
36	Branch of LLC “Green Lines” in the Kaluga region	249435, Kaluga region, Kirovsky district, village Malye Savki	(499) 346-06-01	confectionery, ingredients for the food industry
37	JSC “Rodnik”	249650, Kaluga region, Baryatinsky district, with Baryatino, st. Sovetskaya, d 27 A	(48454) 2-35-36 Главная	nine0006 alcoholic beverages
38	OOO “KLVZ Crystal”	249032, Kaluga region, Obninsk, Kommunalny proezd, 23, building 1a	(48439) 7-60-52 https://klvzk. ru/	alcoholic beverages
nine0006 39	Branch of JSC “AB Inbev Efes” in Kaluga	248009, Kaluga, Grabtsevskoe shosse, 71	(4842) 53-82-21, 53-82-09 https://abinbevefes.ru/	beer and beer drinks
40	LLC “Kozelsky Mineral Water Plant”	249723, Kaluga region, Kozelsk, st. Zheleznodorozhnaya, 11	(48442) 3-14-79, 2-07-54	mineral water
41	LLC “Pirsen”	249400, Kaluga region, Lyudinovo, st. Plekhanova, 1	nine0006 (48444) 2-54-11, 63-306 https://pirsen.all.biz/	soft drinks
42.	OOO “SMP “Mark – IV”	249020, Kaluga region, Obninsk, st. Krasnykh Zor, 37	(48439) 4-01-21 http://rus.maspex.com/kontakt.html	children’s juices, soft drinks, chocolate paste, hot chocolate
43	OOO KTNG Rus	249020, Kaluga region, Borovsky district, d Dobrino, passage 2nd Vostochny, possession 3	(48458) 3-09-45, 92-428 http://www. ktng.ru/	tobacco products
44	LLC “KALUGA TOBACCO FACTORY”	248009, Kaluga, st. Pronchishcheva, 34, office 208	88006009899 https://ktftobacco.ru/ru	tobacco products

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Zhana Rosa

ZhANA ROSA LLP is one of the oldest breweries in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The company is known not only in the brewing industry, but also in the production of mineral water, water and non-alcoholic products.

Abai Daulet

Abay Daulet Limited Liability Partnership is a diversified agricultural company founded in 2016 in the Kyzylorda region. The company is engaged in sheep breeding, rice growing and horticulture. nine0009

Alginsky Meat Processing Plant

Meat Processing Complex LLP “Aktobe Meat Cluster” (hereinafter AMK) Alga, Aktobe Region is an enterprise for the production of environmentally friendly meat products with modern technologies.

Derbes

The company “Derbes” specializes in the production of beer.

Eurasian Foods Corporation

Eurasian Foods Corporation Holding is one of the leading and significant food industry enterprises in Kazakhstan and Central Asian countries, the recognized leader of the republic among producers of oil and fat products that meets the highest international standards, with a production volume of more than 150,000 tons per year. nine0009

ElektroLiftMontazh

ElektroLiftMontazh provides the residents of Almaty with the following services: installation of power lines; installation, dismantling and maintenance of elevator equipment, ; electric installation work; cable laying; installation of cable routes and much more.

Agrofirma Dievskaya

The company “Agrofirma Dievskaya” specializes in the production of cereals, flour, cereals.

Mushroom Valley

Mushroom Valley LLP has been operating in the Kazakhstan market since 2002. The main activity of the company is the production of mycelium and the launch of production for the cultivation of oyster mushrooms. nine0009

Kainat-Un

The company “Kainat-Un” specializes in the production of cereals and flour.

Ust-Kamenogorsk flour-grinding plant

Ust-Kamenogorsk flour-grinding plant LLP is one of the enterprises of the flour-grinding industry of the East Kazakhstan region, a manufacturer of high-quality flour-grinding products and animal feed.