Food Crops News 130 update new global food crops from 22 to 27 October 2012
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27 October 2012
Science group opposes labeling of genetically modified foods
Los Angeles Times
"Consuming foods containing ingredients from GM crops is no riskier than
consuming the same foods containing ingredients from crop plants modified
by conventional plant improvement techniques," wrote the group's executive
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As California Vote Looms, Scientists Say No To Labeling Genetically Modified ...
NPR (blog)
Scientists insert or manipulate a few specific genes in these foods, for
example adding natural pesticides or making crops resistant to herbicides,
which farmers can then spray more easily instead of mechanically tilling
the soil. This no-till method ...
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US food movement seeks election-year vault to political force
Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. food movement, which groups a kaleidoscope
of causes from inner-city gardens to hunger prevention and no-biotech
crops, plans to link the farmers market to the ballot box as it challenges
large-scale agriculture this year.
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Field Notes: Making the most of cover crops
KBIA
For this edition of Field Notes, Harvest Public Media's Amy Mayer spoke
with Tom Kaspar, a plant physiologist at the National Lab for Agriculture
and the Environment, about the importance of cover crops in how our food is
grown. Enlarge image. Credit ...
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How Midwest drought damaged US economic growth as well as farmland crops
Washington PostA: Yes, because GDP figures don't capture, for example, higher food prices
that can follow a drought. And farmers hit by a drought typically cut back
on purchases of farm equipment, vehicles and other goods. That can hurt
merchants in farm country and ...
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Rising Ocean Temperatures Threaten Ocean Food Chain
Huffington Post
... bees to get out and about to collect, leaving them to starve or become
malnourished and more prone to other diseases. This doesn't just mean a
decline in honey. We rely on bees to pollinate crops. When bees disappear,
many food crops could also die ...
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Volunteers growing crops in disused land to help feed poor
This is Staffordshire
Urban gardening project, Status Grow, uses 'borrowed land' to grow crops to
support residents classed as being in 'food poverty' in North
Staffordshire. . GROW YOUR OWN: Jayne Fair and her son Daniel,
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Future of genetically modified crops
mydigitalfc.com
... parliament drawn from both the houses (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) and
from all political parties has submitted a very detailed report on
“Cultivation of genetically modified food crops: Prospects and Effects”
(Lok Sabha Secretariat, August 2012 ...
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Ontario soybean/corn crops yielding better than expected
Grainews
“We had quite a dry summer in Ontario so there were considerable concerns
that the yields were not going to be there,” Horst Bohner, soybean
specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
said. “But on the whole the yields ...
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Mixed Rulings on Crops With Genetic Changes
Courthouse News Service
Fish and Wildlife signed agreements allowing farmers to plant and harvest
genetically modified crops on designated areas in refuges, under conditions
established by refuge managers. Under the agreements, the use of modified
corn and soybeans on refuge ...
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Scientists see double standard in critique of altered foods
Los Angeles Times
In the debate over genetically modified foods, scientists often point to
what they see as a double standard. Why such fear and loathing about a
technology that's essentially a more precise way of doing what plant
breeders have been doing for thousands ...
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Scientists: GMO labels would 'mislead and falsely alarm'
Record-Searchlight (blog)
There are several current efforts to require labeling of foods containing
products derived from genetically modified crop plants, commonly known as
GM crops or GMOs. These efforts are not driven by evidence that GM foods
are actually dangerous. Indeed ...
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Proposition 37 demands a YES vote (5)
Record-Searchlight (blog)
And now according to Food Safety Review, a publication of the Center for
Food Safety, "Monsanto and Dow have recently developed new genetically
engineered crops that are designed to survive dousing with toxic
herbicides, including 2,4-D, a major ...
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Bunge 3rd-quarter net income climbs; says crop supplies need to approach ...
The Republic
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Agribusiness and food company Bunge Ltd.'s
third-quarter net income more than doubled as revenue rose on strength in
its agribusiness division. The company's performance missed Wall Street's
expectations as it continues to deal ...
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EU changes to Biofuel law will hurt UK bioethanol plants
Farmers Guardian
NFU combinable crops board chairman Andrew Watts said 'this isn't about
food and fuel, this is about both', and he questioned a policy which would
see the UK increase its reliance on more expensive imported protein for
animal feed. Currently, EU member ...
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Zamfara Lost Crops Worth N1 Billion to Floods - Official
AllAfrica.com
Floods destroyed food and cash crops estimated at more than N1billion in
seven local government areas of Zamfara State, Alhaji Bello Na-Allah,
Director of Information of Zamfara Emergency Management Agency (ZEMA),
said. Na-Allah told newsmen in ...
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Food Insecurity and the Future of the Sahel
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
Moreover, greater-than-expected rainfall has mitigated the drought and
prevented the worst predictions about crop failure from coming true. Crop
yields in some areas should be strong in coming months. On balance, the
immediate food crisis in the Sahel ...
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A dozen Michigan organizations receive specialty crop grants
Great Lakes Echo
Managing bees and saving cucumbers from disease are just two of the topics
being studied in recent specialty crop grants. This October in Michigan the
federal government awarded grants to a dozen food and agriculture
organizations for projects that ...
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Cutting biofuels from food crops used will increase food security, right?
The European Commission's proposal to limit the amount of biofuels that can
be sourced from food crops (mainly rapeseed, sugar beet and wheat in the
case of ...
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25 October 2012
Scientists defend safety of genetically modified foods
Los Angeles Times
These modifications allow farmers to grow crops with easier weed control
and fewer pest-killing chemicals. To an increasingly vocal group of
consumers, this genetic tinkering is a major source of anxiety. They worry
that eating engineered foods could ...
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COLUMN-European biofuel push hard to reverse: Wynn
Reuters
Probably the best course is to halt growth in the conventional biofuel
industry, which produces fuel from food crops, pending better understanding
of their full environmental and food price impacts. That is broadly what
the European Commission proposed ...
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Judge Halts GE Crops on Southeastern Wildlife Refuges
eNews Park Forest
... the public interest groups Public Employees for Environmental
Responsibility (PEER), Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Beyond Pesticides
yesterday, halting cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) crops in all
national wildlife refuges in the ...
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Students volunteer to pick crops, help families in need
RU Daily Targum
Rutgers Against Hunger, Farmers Against Hunger and the Office of Community
Engagement join efforts to help the hungry this holiday season at Giamarese
Farms in East Brunswick, N.J., where students helped pick excess crops to
be donated to local food ...
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Delegates, Scientists to Brainstorm Improvements in Food Security in West Africa
Voice of America
Zougmore said the Sahel region of Africa is a good example of where better
management of crops is needed. The area often endures severe droughts which
cause crop failure, and in turn increase food insecurity for a large part
of the population. To ...
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New Institute for International Crop Improvement launched
agprofessional.com
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center's Institute for International Crop
Improvement(IICI), has been established to expand research efforts, trait
improvements, product development and biosafety to include a greater range
of food security crops.
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Scroggin, Breidenthal address genetically modified crops issue
Mail Tribune
Genetically modified crops were the hot topic at a Jackson County
commissioner candidate forum hosted Tuesday by a group dedicated to local
food and economic issues. Project Rogue Valley committee member Jeff Golden
moderated the forum, which was ...
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What Are GMO? What Is A GMO? What Foods Are Genetically Modified ...
OpEdNews
Many companies financing No on Prop 37 are pesticide companies and
Genetically Modified crop seed companies. MONSANTO COMPANY $7,100,500.00.
Monsanto was and still is a pesticide company, which also sells BT crop
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Drought-proof food bowls proposed as integral to Melbourne future planning
The Age
Werribee South produces up to 70 per cent of south-eastern Australia's leaf
and kale crops but local grower Bob, who did not want to use his last name,
said the issue was a divisive one for farmers. Many farmer's assets were
tied up in their properties ...
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Fall Desert Crops Workshop Nov. 27 in El Centro, Calif.
Western Farm Press
2012 Fall Desert Crops Workshop will be held Nov. 27, 2012 in El Centro,
Calif. at the House of Steaks restaurant. Topics at the no-cost workshop
will include insect management in winter vegetables, food safety, herbicide
updates, neonicotinoid use in ...
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News article about: Sri Lankan President advises against using food crops
for fuel at World Energy Forum.
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24 October 2012
GMO Crop Planting In National Wildlife Refuges Rejected By US Judge
Huffington Post
In their lawsuit last year, the Center for Food Safety and two other groups
argued that the Fish and Wildlife Service violated environmental laws in
allowing genetically modified crops in the agency's Southeast Region, which
encompasses 10 states.
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Food Or Fuel Crops? Defining Surplus Land Will Help
Science 2.0
Which is the better use for a plot of land: growing crops to feed nations
or growing crops to power them with biofuel? The answer to this question
is, perhaps not surprisingly, complex and turns on the definition of
“surplus” land, or idle, marginal ...
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Ban on GM crops' field trials not the solution, adequate regulation needed
Economic Times
These are: one, a blanket ban of 10 years on field trials of transgenic
food crops; two, a blanket ban on field trials of transgenics in those
crops for which India is a centre of origin or diversity; and three, its
presumption of a conflict of ...
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Buying the Vote on GMO's
New York Times (blog)
And the trend is toward more caution, not less: just last week a
court-appointed panel in India recommended a 10-year moratorium on field
trials of genetically modified food crops to allow time for strengthening
regulation and research. We should have ...
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COLUMN-EU biofuel shift could apply to tar sands: Wynn
Reuters
What the proposals do is lay out a fuller picture of carbon emissions from
producing biofuels from food crops by taking into account indirect
emissions from displacing food production which then moves on to idle land
elsewhere. Their major concession ...
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Biotechnology key to addressing farm sector challenges: experts
Business Recorder (blog)
According to them, Genetically-Modified (GM) food technology should be
utilised for strengthening crop improvement system, besides ensuring food
security. Biotech crops not only had higher productivity, but was also a
land saving technology, viable for ...
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PHL eyes working with US, ASEAN on genetically modified crops
GMA News
The Philippines is considered a leader in biotechnology in Southeast Asia,
being the first country in the region to have a regulatory system for
biotech products in place and the first to grow a major biotech crop for
food, feed and processing – Bt ...
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Food for Thought: Getting the freshest seasonal produce
Taunton Daily Gazette
If that's not enough to get your juices flowing, consider this: "Purchasing
crops from various community farmers boosts local economies and enhances
sustainability practices by keeping food import/export needs down," says
chef Linda Trakselis, culinary ...
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Crop traders forced to move into new fields
Financial Times
The worst drought in decades has decimated US corn and soyabean crops,
forced ranchers to sell cattle and driven up food prices. It has also
quickened efforts to build a global footprint among the world's largest
agricultural trading houses. The US is ...
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World scientists discuss how to boost food security
Global Times
World scientists are meeting in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Tuesday to
discuss Africa's food security challenges and how best to manage the
continent's soils for increased food and crop productivity. Participants at
a five-day Integrated Soil ...
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European Commission reveal plans to limit use of food crops in ...
The European Commission have announced major changes to the Renewable
Energy Directive and Fuel Quality Directive, with the aim of limiting the
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23 October 2012
French Food Regulator Calls for Long-Term Study of Biotech Crops
Bloomberg
France's food-security authority Anses called for long-term research on the
effect of genetically-modified crops, citing a limited number of studies on
the subject. The agency said a French toxicity study of Monsanto Co.
(MON)'s NK 603 corn, a variety ...
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Irrigation Pioneer Wins World Food Prize
Voice of America
A researcher who helped make crops grow in dry land areas received the
World Food Prize last week. Daniel Hillel was recognized for his work in
developing what is called “micro-irrigation” or “drip irrigation.”
It has made farming possible in places ...
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President advises against using food crops for fuel generati...
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday advised the world leaders
to avoid using food crops for fuel production to prevent the threat to food
security and not use agricultural land in search for alternative energy
sources, government media ...
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GM crops to boost Malaysia's food security
The Sun Daily
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22, 2012): Rapid population growth, climate change,
escalating food prices, diminishing agricultural land and water resources
pose a serious setback in increasing food output to feed the world's
growing population. Hence, scientists ...
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A questionable GM test ban
Livemint
Last week a Supreme Court-mandated panel of experts that was to recommend,
or ban, field trials of genetically modified (GM) food crops, effectively
put paid to the future of transgenic crops in the country. The panel
presented an interim report to the ...
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ODA grant aids C.O. crop producers, processors
KTVZ
Central Oregon specialty crop producers and food processors will benefit
from a recent grant provided by Oregon Department of Agriculture to Wy'East
Resource Conservation & Development and their partners Central Oregon
Intergovernmental Council, ...
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European Union Contemplates Changes in Biofuel Policy
Food World News
The European Commission believes that switching to alternate sources for
the production of bio-fuels will reduce competition between the food
industry and the bio-fuel industry. Currently, corn, soy and sugar cane are
the major food crops used in the ...
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2,4-D-resistant field corn, soybeans pass safety tests in Canada
Ottawa Citizen
Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) have completed
three out four mandatory safety assessments on Dow AgroSciences'
2,4-D-tolerant field corn and soybeans and approved the crops for human and
animal consumption and ...
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Court Rules GMOs OK On Wildlife Refuges
eNews Park Forest
The suit filed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER),
the Center for Food Safety (CFS), and Beyond Pesticides, charged that FWS
unlawfully entered into cooperative farming agreements and approved
planting of GE crops in 54 ...
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Bt food crops - The Economic Times
Bt food crops Latest Breaking News, Pictures, Videos, and Special Reports
from The ... Bt food crops Blogs, Comments and Archive News on
Economictimes.com.
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Sri Lanka : Sri Lankan President advises against using food crops ...
Sri Lankan President advises against using food crops for fuel at World
Energy Forum Mon, Oct 22, 2012, 07:30 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk,
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22 October 2012
A 10-year cap on genetically modified foods recommended by Supreme Court ...
Examiner.com
The recommendation was a giant blow to the future of GM food crops in the
country and was the first time a panel such as this has specified the
period of moratorium as 10 years. The safety dossiers of all GM crops
approved for trials and those in the ...
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Major crop production to dip by 2.3% in FY'13: report
NDTV
Output of major crops, both food and non-food, is expected to decline by
about 2.3 per cent in 2012-13 as sowing has remained sluggish, economic
think tank CMIE has said. "Production of major crops is projected to
decline in 2012-13. A fall in output ...
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Should genetically altered food be labeled?
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Six chemical companies own most of the patents for genetically engineered
foods -- Monsanto, Dow, BASF, Bayer, Syngenta and DuPont, in order to make
crops "Roundup Ready." That popular herbicide killed everything green --
including crops -- until GMOs ...
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Increasing risks to food security
DAWN.com
For less fortunate crops, despite being equally important for food
security, the situation has been disastrous. Pulses, being the poor man's
diet, are one example. With total requirement of one million tons, Pakistan
has produced less than 400,000 tons ...
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Hooks and Antlers: Plenty of food sources can attract deer
WatertownDailyTimes.com
A mature whitetail deer eats 10 pounds of food daily at this time of the
year. As a result, early season success demands that the hunter, too, focus
on food. Among the prime food sources in the North Country are food plots,
farm crops, fruits, mast ...
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Crops Affected by Toxic Leak to Be Destroyed
The Chosun Ilbo
... Democratic United Party and the National Assembly's Welfare Committee
on Sunday, some 472.1 ppm of hydrofluoric acid was discovered in 202 out of
205 crop samples the Korea Food and Drug Administration collected from a
312 ha area in the region.
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ADM Targets GrainCorp to Tap Asia's Food Demand, Topeka Says
Businessweek
'Well-Managed'. “GrainCorp is a well-managed company, and together with
ADM would be better positioned to connect Australia's farmers with growing
global demand for crops and food, particularly in Asia and the Middle
East,” ADM said in the statement.
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Food Crisis - No Grains in Over N140 Billion Silos
AllAfrica.com
Farmers in Tofani and Kofa villages of Kusada Local Government Area of
Katsina State may not be able to harvest one-third of some of their yearly
crops this year - no thanks to the disaster that dovetailed the ice rain
and windstorm, which destroyed ...
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California to vote on GM food labeling
Bangkok Post
The association added that it "recognizes the many potential benefits of
bioengineered crops and foods, does not support a moratorium on planting
(GM) crops, and encourages ongoing research developments in food
biotechnology." But it also urged the US ...
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Growing food on a mountain
Mail Tribune
The evidence is everywhere: a geodesic greenhouse, fresh wood chips
covering a series of footpaths; a terraced slope with artfully arranged
rocks and medicinal plants; criss-crossing stacks of oak logs inoculated
with mushroom spores. And around it ...
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