Monday, June 2, 2014

Food Crops News 222


Food Crops News, Hoàng Kim, Tin Nông nghiệp Việt Nam
Chào ngày mớiCây Lương thựcHọc mỗi ngày,  Dạy và học 
Update of Food Crops News from 31 May to 2 June, 2014.


Genetically modified crops could help improve the lives of millions
Farmers have a year to remove the genetically modified crops from their fields. Several states also have or are considering a requirement that food ...
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EarthTalk: Organic farming gets bad rap in opinion piece
... “may also deposit pathogenic bacteria on or in food crops, which has led to more frequent occurrences of food poisoning in the U.S. and elsewhere.”.
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Weather uncertainty poses poverty threat
Each season she has had to plant crops, the rains have not lasted. At the time of harvest, the food Kyomugisha gets can barely feed her three children.
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Don't scare us to death over lunch
And since genetic modification can make crops more abundant and easier to grow, it makes food cheaper. That's especially good for the poor. Another ...
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Policy Watch: With El Nino looming large, taming food inflation a challenge for government
Reduced production of summer crops, such as rice, sugarcane and oilseeds, could worsen food inflation. In 2009, patchy rains led to drought-like ...
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The organic food movement has become fundamentally anti-science and, in many ways, anti ...
There are plenty of them too, from the multinational Luddite organisation Greenpeace to the Safe Food Foundation (one of many fronts for the Greens), ...
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SFGate
Nebraska looking at ways to grow urban agriculture
A regular crowd gathers every Saturday to tend their crops. ... "food deserts" in Omaha, Lincoln and other areas that lack easy access to quality food.
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Feeding The Future: Part One – Problems With Our Current Food Production System
As things currently stand we produce enough food worldwide to meet the ... This is a fungal disease which typically reduces crop yields by around a ...
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GM crops – no gain for small farmers
GM food crops such as maize, rice and vegetables are now poised to enter the South Asian market on a large scale, either through the efforts of ...
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EDITORIAL: Bumper maize crop good for consumers
Favourable weather and big crops here and in some other large ... result is that this year's crop may do more for consumers, through lower food prices, ...
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Critics appeal to USDA year after GMO wheat found in Oregon: food safety roundup
"USDA has continuously failed to protect the food supply from GE crop contamination," said Andrew Kimbrell, executive director for Center for Food ...
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LETTER: Use of weed-killer, GMO crops is a recipe for disaster
Ever wonder why cancer and respiratory cases are near epidemic? We eat these chemically raised crops. They are in our food chain, that's a fact.
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Previous El Niño brought food shortage
There was shortage of food so we and other farmers cut the stem of the 'lutya' (a root crop similar to taro). It was itchy so we just washed them well and ...
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Bignell cranks up GM debate
"The march is also a rally against the legal use of crop-protection products to deliver clean, fresh food," Mr Arney said. "So it is not clear as to whether ...
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Mother Nature Network
7 insights for a healthier planet through food
A group of neighbors in Seattle gather to harvest crops at an urban farm. ... Thirty to 40 percent of the food grown each year goes to waste, with an ...
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John Vikupitz: Drought brings many challenges
His 7,000-acre operation produces crops, including pistachios, ... than other household bills, providing the lifeblood for food production, human health, ...
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