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Update of Food Crops News from  6 Aug to 8 Aug, 2014.


Mintpress News
'Outrage' Follows USDA's Advancement Of New Genetically Engineered Crops
The decision to advance the crops towards full deregulation flies in face of warnings by food and environmental groups, doctors, scientists, ...
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Food grown at Mukilteo Community Garden given to nonprofits
Last year's crops yielded about 1,900 pounds of food. About 600 pounds of food has been donated so far this year to organizations such as the ...
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North Country Food Bank/Farm to Food Shelf Program: Farmers help get food to families in need
"We pay the farmers and they give their extra food to food shelves." ... operations with bigger produce crops and people will be getting fed good food.".
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spyghana.com
Who Is Who: Biotech And GM Crops Debate?
That of the pro is that it will help solve the problem of global food shortages. ... For the number of farmers growing biotech crops, in 2013, a record 18 ...
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Keep those fresh crops coming by pickling
Consider any vegetable that catches your eye at a farmers market or runs rampant in your garden. Even foods that might be thrown away otherwise, ...
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State appoints team to run new agriculture units
Others are Zakayo Magara (horticultural crops), Anthony Mureithi (fibre crops), Raymond Kahindi (nuts and oil crops), Chebii Kilel (food crops) and ...
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Organic Food Contains up to 60 Percent More Antioxidants
Organic food really is better for you, revealed the largest review of ... comparing organic and conventional crops, and came to the conclusion that ...
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IPPmedia
Rukwa farmers secure maize market in DRC
“Apart from wanting to purchase food crops, they say they lack raw materials for processing in their factories…want to buy unprocessed food crops.
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Organic Vs Inorganic
Finally, the global reality that is Genetic Modification of food has hit us. ... environmental pollution are not used in cultivating organic crops as organic ...
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Farming UK
UK 'not self-sufficient' in food production, NFU warns
Britain would run out of food if it relied only on home-grown produce, the ... Other farmers are experimenting with crops that have traditionally been ...
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Angola Develops Five Million Hectares For Food Crops
Angola Develops Five Million Hectares For Food Crops. CUITO, ANGOLA, Aug 7 (BERNAMA-NNN-ANGOP) -- At least five millions hectares of land ...
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US is trying to control our food production
While virtually every statement made by G Padmanaban in India should not shut itself to GM crops (August 7) can be contradicted by incontrovertible ...
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The Problems With Arguments Against Genetically Modified Crops
Other documented benefits of biotech crops go beyond agricultural improvement to climate change mitigation and environmental sustainability.
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Food Fears: GMO Corn and Rice
ANOTHER THING SHE HAS A BETTER WAY OF RAISING THE CROPS ... TIM TEBOW LIVE UP TO THE PROMISE OF GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY.
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National Post
Russia begins implementing food embargo against US and allies
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed an order banning imports of food and agricultural crops from the U.S., the EU, Australia, Canada and Norway.
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More Crop for the Drop
But, in the long term, the greatest boon of all, for both food security and the environment, will likely be the ability of new crop varieties to tolerate ...
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Organic Food: Investing Essentials
Synthetic fertilizers and pesticides as well as sewage sludge and irradiation are not used to grow organic food crops, and seeds cannot be genetically ...
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The Guardian
Britain's food self-sufficiency is in long-term decline, warn farmers
Britain's food self-sufficiency is in long-term decline, warn farmers ... Despite that, English eating apples are one of the crops bucking the trend of ...
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Agriculture: Investing Essentials
Agriculture at its core is the cultivation of plants and animals into food and ... Once harvested, crops are sold to ranchers to feed animals or downfield ...
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Farmers, group seek to help Big Island in GMO suit
"In Hawaii, we believe that our seeds, crops and foods should remain free of contamination from genetically engineered plants," said Nancy ...
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American Spectator
"Traditional crop breeding" isn't nearly as traditional as you think
Vox
Neil deGrasse Tyson recently argued that liberals should "chill out" about genetically modified foods. Humans have been altering crops through ...
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Wildlife Refuges Phasing out GMO Crops, Pesticides
Conservation and food safety groups also petitioned for the change. ... Wildlife refuges commonly allow farmers to grow crops on their land, on the ...
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Honour Norman Borlaug on his centenary by approving GM crops
This is relevant in today's debate in India on GM crops. Many Indian activists have long opposed GM foods, claiming to be saviours of humanity ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
First GM crops enriched with nutrients ready for harvest
In a major step towards GM food, a crop of camelina (false flax) has been spliced with genes which make Omega-3 so that its seeds will produce an oil ...
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Food industry, its critics are cynical by 'nature'
The artificial heart is human-made — as are, it should be noted, most of our major food crops, if you count hybridization and selective breeding as ...
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Reaping the GM technology benefits
He was simply marrying science with the economics of food productivity for ... But on July 29 itself, the media reported that field trials of 13 GM crops ...
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Waves of Grain: Ever-growing grain movement taking root in Santa Cruz County
"I have ... wanted to highlight important food crops from other cultures around the world, so that our students learn more about important staple crops ...
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Crop Biotech Update
August 6, 2014
Biotechnology will not just address malnutrition, but it will also help increase food production and food security, says Dr. Florence Wambugu, CEO of Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International. Dr. Wambugu mentioned the statement during the stakeholder's forum and launch of ISAAA Brief 46: Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops 2013 which was held in Accra, Ghana on August 5, 2014.
The population of Africa is projected to increase significantly in the coming years, thus there is a need for a massive increase in food production, Dr. Wambugu stressed. There must be a high level of political will to successfully adopt and reap the benefits of biotechnology in the region, she added.
On the other hand, Prof. Walter Alhassan, agricultural biotechnologist and Biosafety Policy Consultant at the Forum For Agriculture Research in Africa (FARA), said that he observed that the public's fear on the technology is a result of misinformation. Thus, he encouraged publications on agri-biotech, which will help the public get the right information on biotech, and eventually help in the development of agri-biotech in the region.
Read more at http://allafrica.com/stories/201408042102.html.
In response to the request of the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) assessed the documents forwarded by France in support of its request to ban the planting of GM maize MON810 in the EU. According to EFSA, the scientific publications and the arguments forwarded by France do not provide any new information that would change the previous risk assessment conclusions and risk management recommendations released by the EFSA GMO Panel. EFSA considers that the previous GMO Panel risk assessment conclusions and risk management recommendations on MON 810 are still valid and applicable. Thus, EFSA concluded that there is no specific scientific evidence, in terms of risk to human and animal health or the environment, that would support... [READ MORE]
A new company, Persephone Bio Ltd. formed by Cathie Martin and Eugenio Butelli from the John Innes Centre is working on modified tomatoes to produce high levels of useful compounds. Named after the Greek goddess of vegetation, Persephone Bio Ltd. will use biotechnology to manufacture sought-after bioactive ingredients for the cosmetics industry.
Martin said, "Tomatoes grown for food contain small amounts of cosmetically useful products, such as flavonols and isoflavones, so we have developed varieties that contain much higher levels of these and related compounds that absorb ultra-violet light and protect plants against damage from the sun. We've also created ... [READ MORE]
In an article released in GM Crops and Food, biotech experts Naglaa Abdallah, Vivian Moses, and CS Prakash presented how biotech applications can improve plant's tolerance to abiotic stresses brought about by climate change. According to the article, developing countries, particularly those in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa may face the gravest consequences of climate change in food production. Genetic transformation and the resulting GM crops are increasingly adopted around the world, and thus the technology holds promise in addressing climate change problems in agriculture. Nanotechnology and other emerging biotechnologies can also offer solutions to devastating environmental changes that may occur.
The article titled The impact of possible climate changes on developing countries: The needs for plants tolerant to abiotic stresses is available at https://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/gmcrops/gmcr.32208.pdf.
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