Federal stimulus money to help cash-strapped state governments funnel money to schools has dried up.

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In fact, in the fall of 2009, the FDA approved the use of baobab in foods and drinks, and the dried fruit powder (which is actually the natural state of the fruit pulp) was assigned GRAS status.

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It was useful to have state-controlled lenders when credit from abroad dried up at the end of 2008.

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