Monday, August 27, 2012

Food Crops News 91

FOOD CROPS Food Crops News 91 (Bản tin Cây Lương thực Quốc tế) 
Cassava variety KM419 in Vietnam. http://cayluongthuc.blogspot.com 
Proposition 37 has too much bite
Monterey County Herald
It is also common in such crops as canola, cotton, sugar beets and zucchini
as well as in ingredients used in processed food. The LAO says a minimum of
40 percent of the food sold in California grocery stores has some
genetically modified ingredients.
<http://www.montereyherald.com/opinion/ci_21349617/proposition-37-has-too-much-bite>
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GM crops sneak into 43 varieties of food
The Australian
Food Standards Australia New Zealand has approved 43 varieties of
genetically modified canola, corn, potato, rice, soybean and sugarbeet for
human consumption. But food items do not have to be labelled as GM if the
ingredients are highly processed into ...
<http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/gm-crops-sneak-into-43-varieties-of-food-we-eat/story-e6frg8y6-1226453659443>
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US drought renews food speculation concerns
Financial Times
Dried up crops in Arkansas, US. Drought monitors suggest it is the worst on
record since the 1930s. Underpinned by the worst drought in the US midwest
for decades, Chicago corn, wheat and soyabean futures prices have soared
since June. For investors ...
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What The Threat Of A Global Food Crisis Means For World Markets
Business Insider
The global food crisis of 2007-2008 is threatening to repeat in the coming
months, as the worst drought in 50 years devastates the US corn crop, with
51% of the crop rated "Poor/very poor" by the US Department of Agriculture.
This crop is said to be on ...
<http://www.businessinsider.com/what-the-threat-of-a-global-food-crisis-means-for-world-markets-2012-8>
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Ag giants spend big to defeat GMO labeling
Lincoln Journal Star
The food initiative, known as Proposition 37, is one of 11 statewide
measures to go before California voters in November. It would require most
processed foods to bear a label by 2014 letting shoppers know if the items
contain ingredients derived from ...
<http://journalstar.com/business/agriculture/ag-giants-spend-big-to-defeat-gmo-labeling/article_28407a9f-2536-5a44-b327-2885243738ff.html>
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Food costs to soar as US drought bites
The Independent
In the US, the worst drought in 50 years has destroyed almost one-sixth of
the nation's corn crop. The price of corn has shot up 27.7 per cent since
June, with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) suggesting that extreme
weather conditions are the ...
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Food bank to deliver locally grown crops to senior citizens
Denver Post
The Food Bank of the Rockies will hand out 1000 boxes filled with locally
grown fruits and vegetables to area seniors today, officials say. The
contributions are paid for through a grant from the Rocky Mountain Farmers
Union and the Colorado Department ...
<http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_21343924/food-bank-deliver-locally-grown-crops-senior-citizens>
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Famine hits 142 families in Ukerewe
The Citizen Daily
Mwanza. A total of142 families in Ukerewe District face an acute shortage
of food because of drought and a mosaic virus locally called 'batobato'.
Large areas of cassava, the main food crop raised by residents of the
district, have been destroyed ...
<http://thecitizen.co.tz/sunday-citizen/-/25007-famine-hits-142-families-in-ukerewe>
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Editorial: Food or fuel? Withering corn crops will force some costly choices ...
Detroit Free Press
Reflecting on corn, as it shrivels during the Midwestern drought, is an
exercise full of conflicts. Because for the most part, corn's uses play
into Americans' worst foibles. Skyrocketing costs for meat? Honestly, most
everyone eats too much already ...
<http://www.freep.com/article/20120818/OPINION01/308180010/Editorial-Food-or-fuel-Withering-corn-crops-will-force-some-costly-choices-some-of-them-maybe-even-healthy?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cp>
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A perennial source of food
Winnipeg Free Press
Jackson, who was named one of the 100 most influential Americans by
Time-Life magazine, is far from alone in his quest for a more sustainable
food supply based on perennial plants. There are now pockets of research
taking place all over the world, ...
<http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/a-perennial-source-of-food-166628836.html>
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new crops and food - Minecraft Forum
This belongs in suggestions. Well, actually it doesn't even belong there
since you are not actually suggesting anything, you are just saying what
would be nice.
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Food Crops News 90

FOOD CROPS Food Crops News 90 (Bản tin Cây Lương thực Quốc tế) 
TIN KHOA HỌC http://tinkhoahoc.blogspot.com. Photo Hoang Long
 
Crop conditions shouldn't affect food prices in a big way
KPCnews.com
One of the questions that many people, especially non-farmers, have been
asking me is how the drought is going to affect food prices. That is
certainly a legitimate question. The drought means a lower quantity in
crops and low supply means higher prices.
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Impact of US drought on crops may be peaking, Vilsack says
Washington Post
Tyson Foods Inc., the largest U.S. meat processor, said Aug. 6 profit will
be lower after the company was forced to pay more for grain to feed
animals. Much of the damage has already been done to the corn crop, which
passed through the critical ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/impact-of-us-drought-on-crops-may-be-peaking-vilsack-says/2012/08/17/a23c52f8-e823-11e1-9739-eef99c5fb285_story.html>
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How will the world react if India says no to GE food?
Greenpeace International (blog)
Genetically engineered (GE) food is a hot button topic in India. What
happens here often sends ripples throughout the GE debate worldwide, but
what happened last week is surely a major milestone. The Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Agriculture, ...
<http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/if-india-says-no-to-GE-food-crops/blog/41785/>
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Nervous global food market eyes US corn crop
Western Farm Press
With the 2008 food-price riots in developing nations still fresh in mind,
non-governmental agency analysts are wary of where this year's diminishing
U.S. corn yields might lead. With much of U.S. farm country under a
punishing drought -- along with ...
<http://westernfarmpress.com/management/nervous-global-food-market-eyes-us-corn-crop>
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Anti-nutritional factors in food and plant crops
fnbnews.com
Anti-nutritional factors (ANF) are compounds which reduce the nutrient
utilisation or food intake of plants or plant products when used as human
foods (Soetan and Oyewole, 2009). The presence of endogenous
anti-nutritional factors within plant ...
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Ken Guise wins annual apple award
The Packer
based Knouse Foods Cooperative Inc., Aug. 16 at the Vienna, Va.-based U.S.
Apple Association's annual Apple Crop Outlook & Marketing Conference. In
presenting the award to Guise, a 34-year Knouse veteran, Shannon Shuman,
The Packer's publisher, ...
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2012 Heat Wave still Ravaging USA! Food Crops Devastated ...
This year we are witnessing the worst drought in over 50 years, due not
only to weather control and the heat wave, but primarily caused by the
theft of our c...
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Caribbean Food Crops Society Videos: Latest Videos on Caribbean ...
Watch Caribbean Food Crops Society Latest Videos, Video Clips on Times of
India.Caribbean Food Crops Society profile on Times of India.
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Food Crops News 89

FOOD CROPS Food Crops News 89 (Bản tin Cây Lương thực Quốc tế)
HỌC MỖI NGÀY http://hocmoingay.blogspot.com Lớp học trên đồng.
 
Crop Damage Sparks Fuel Versus Food Debate
National Geographic
Dry conditions that continue to grip Midwestern states, damaging crops and
threatening to push up food prices, stirred new debate this week after the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released crop yield projections
capturing the severity of the ...
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Insight: Big Food girds for California GMO fight
Reuters
Unbeknownst to many Americans, some of the most popular U.S. GMO crops --
corn, soybeans and canola -- have been staple ingredients for years in
virtually every type of packaged food, from soup and tofu to breakfast
cereals and chips. Supporters of the ...
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Crops wither away as food prices soar
Deutsche Welle
Banks generally do not get much in the way of praise from development aid
workers and environmentalists, but Germany's Commerzbank has seen itself
showered in positive acclaim for its decision to stop food-related
speculation. "Other banks should ...
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Morning MarketBeat: Could Food Inflation Sink QE3?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
If crop prices aren't heading for a major fall soon, that underscores the
risk of higher food inflation. Costlier corn and soybeans increase the
pressure on livestock producers who feed those crops to their animals, and
can influence the price of meat ...
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Precursor to food crisis?: Power cuts bode bad news for crops, farmers
The Express Tribune
“Nearly all tube wells are out-of-order and our tomato and wheat crops
are being destroyed. This can lead to a food crisis,” warned Altaf
Hussain, a farmer from Taza Gram locality of Lower Dir. Hussain said that a
majority of the 45 tube wells ...
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Why GE Labeling Is Monsanto's Worst Nightmare
Huffington Post
Recent media coverage of Prop 37, the California Right to Know Genetically
Engineered Food Act, which would permit companies to label foods made with
genetically engineered (GE) crops, highlights the gulf between citizens
demanding the right to know ...
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Negative Report on GM Crops Shakes Government's Food Agenda
Science Now
Sounding what some regard as the death knell for the development of
genetically modified food crops in India, a high-profile parliamentary
panel last week recommended that GM crop "field trials under any garb
should be discontinued forthwith," and that ...
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Canada ready to unveil plan to ease trade of genetically modified foods
Canada.com
The biotechnology industry says these common traits of GM crops mean they
generally have higher yields. Opponents, wary of even trace amounts in
foods, raise health and environmental concerns they feel warrant mandatory
food-labelling rules to let ...
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FOOD: How bad is the crisis?
IRINnews.org
He pointed out that “yellow maize - the sort grown in the US, and for
which prices have recently jumped - is less prominent as a food crop than
as livestock feed or as a source of ethanol for liquid fuel supplies. So
yellow maize price increases have ...
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| GM food crops | The Echo of India
Editorial n Reflex Action | GM food crops | | The report of the
Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture which has just been tabled in the
Lok Sabha has asked the ...
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