Hungry individuals don't put much thought into the packaging of their food. When people grab a snack, they generally rip into ...

Photo Credit: Dave Kamm, NSRDEC Researchers at the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center are investigating nanocomposite packaging for rations (penne pasta in nanocomposite ...

"Fresh" and "delicious" are adjectives that have never been used to describe a Meal, Ready-to-Eat. Packed into a brown plastic bag, an MRE is 1,200 calories of sustenance designed to fuel soldiers as ...

This is the second story in a series about local resident and US Marine Scott Hagen, who is currently serving in the Middle East. In only three days, the Hagen family got what they had been waiting ...

U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant Michael Scotti fashioned a postcard from food packaging (a Meals Ready to Eat box) and wrote a holiday message for his parents. npm_2012.2010.1 ...