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What do ice cream, frozen waffles, cocoa, coffee, vodka, cookies for humans, cookies for dogs, protein bars, granola bars, chewing gum, candy sprinkles, Pop Tarts and the Dairy Queen Blizzard have in common?

It had to happen: With more Americans trying to get control of what goes into their bodies by reducing their consumption of processed foods, trying to eat more local foods, making their own baby food — even doing the same for their pets — it seems only natural that soft drinks would be next. And home carbonation has taken off during the past few years.

DINING OUT

Here’s something you don’t see in Southern Nevada every day: Three young adults, 19 to 20 years old, working in the blistering June sun, up to their ankles in dirt, clearing weeds from a plot of eggplant. They weren’t being paid, and no, it wasn’t part of a sentence, criminal or otherwise. These labors were bearing fruit strictly by the choice of the laborers.