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  • I eat out of the foodbowl with my family -- you probably don't want to heard this but whatever : -- which many volunteers don't do but I think it helps with integration, and it's probably not totally hygenic since not everyone washes their hands.

    In case you're interested... Adam Horowitz 2007

  • The "Condom Bar" is run by the Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation Limited, a semi-independent state agency in Chandigarh, the federally-administered capital of the prosperous northern foodbowl states of Punjab and Haryana.

    Condom Bar in India Promotes Safe Sex | Impact Lab 2007

  • “My brother has asked,” said Helena, gazing now at her foodbowl with a subdued expression that suggested to me she was on the verge of laughing, “whether you — with your market-gardening family background and your well-known horticultural expertise — could possibly send him a description of what he is looking for?”

    Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

  • Price of bananas slipping to rockbottom $1 per kilo after big crops SHOPPERS struggling with record prices for basic fruit and vegetables are in for a reprieve courtesy of a stellar season of crops in the nation's foodbowl.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • The best estimate of potential water losses for the area covered by the foodbowl project is now 632 gigalitres, almost 270 gigalitres less than the estimates used to justify the project.

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010

  • Mr Holding conceded the approval process for the foodbowl project was rushed but said it was justified because of the unprecedented drought and record low in-flows to water storages in 2006-07.

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010

  • The Planning Institute's New South Wales division's president, Tony McNamara, says Sydney's foodbowl lies very close to urban areas and there is value in preserving it.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • Projected water savings from the Victoria's $1 billion foodbowl modernisation project are uncertain, the government's own financial watchdog says.

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010

  • New South Wales division's president, Tony McNamara, says Sydney's foodbowl lies very close to urban areas and there is value in preserving it.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • The upgrades included the foodbowl project and a north-south pipeline to transport one third of the water saved to Melbourne.

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010

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