| 04/12/08 | Community Gardens visits New Orleans (PortlandOnline) |  |
Published 04/12/08 01:56:39
... the amazing people involved with each garden site. I worked on three garden sites and toured two other gardens. I helped with the Sun Done urban farm in the Gentilly Neighborhood, the Common Ground Community Garden in Algiers (just across the Mississippi from the French Quarter), and the Laurentine Ernst Community Garden in the 9th Ward. Two of the gardens I worked in were under many... Source : PortlandOnline (subscribe) |
| 04/12/08 | Experimental cotton unlikely to pose feed hazard (Seattle Times) | |
Published 04/12/08 00:15:53
An unauthorized strain of genetically modified cotton was accidentally mixed in with other harvested cotton in Texas last month, but government officials said Wednesday they do not believe the incident poses safety concerns. Source : Seattle Times (subscribe) Explore : Government, Politics, Texas |
| 04/12/08 | Government investigates cattle feed mishap with genetically engineered cotton in Texas (Star Tribune) | |
Published 04/12/08 00:12:08
WASHINGTON - An unauthorized strain of genetically modified cotton was accidentally mixed in with other harvested cotton in Texas last month, but government officials said Wednesday they do not believe the incident poses safety concerns.About a quarter ton of the experimental cotton seed engineered to contain a protein that produces a pesticide was combined with about 60 tons of commercial... Source : Star Tribune (subscribe) Explore : Government, Texas, US |
| 04/12/08 | Experimental cotton unlikely to pose feed hazard (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) | |
Published 04/12/08 00:10:00
WASHINGTON -- An unauthorized strain of genetically modified cotton was accidentally mixed in with other harvested cotton in Texas last month, but government officials said Wednesday they do not believe the incident poses safety concerns. Source : Seattle Post-Intelligencer (subscribe) Explore : Government, Texas, Washington D.C. |
| 04/12/08 | U.S.$2.5 Million Gadd Project Launched (All Africa) | |
Published 04/12/08 00:00:57
... US $2.5 million program, which was officially launched by Mr. Ernest Debrah, Minister of Food and Agriculture, Ghana, would assist over 2,200 agro-dealers whose activities would then foster an increase in productivity, and incomes of over 850,000 rural smallholder farmers.The agro-dealer shops would be brought closer to the farmers - making seeds and fertilisers more available and... Source : All Africa (subscribe) Explore : Ghana |
| 03/12/08 | Sources: WTO ministers might meet on Dec. 13-14 for Doha Round breakthrough (Xinhuanet) | |
Published 03/12/08 23:50:08
GENEVA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- WTO ministers could meet here on Dec.13-14 to make another attempt for a breakthrough in the Doha Round trade liberalization talks, trade sources said on Wednesday. In a fax sent to all 153 members of the trade body, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy has indicated that the meeting could take place during those three days, but a final decision has not been made... Source : Xinhuanet (subscribe) Explore : Doha, World Trade Organization |
| 03/12/08 | Gold, other precious metals prices fall (kansascity.com) | |
Published 03/12/08 23:42:00
Gold and other precious metals prices fell Wednesday as investors again flocked to safer investments like cash and Treasurys in response to more bleak economic data. Source : kansascity.com (subscribe) Explore : HSBC |
| 03/12/08 | State seeks Rs.1,963 cr. as flood relief (Hindu) | |
Published 03/12/08 23:36:31
... was expected soon.As for the damage suffered by the farm sector, an official of the State Agriculture Department said about paddy crop on 5 lakh hectares and horticulture crops one lakh hectares were submerged. Besides, 1.75 lakh hectares under other crops were badly affected. Over 50 per cent of the submerged crops were badly damaged. A detailed assessment of submerged crops... Source : Hindu (subscribe) Explore : Tamil Nadu |
| 03/12/08 | Relief will be paid in a week, says Nehru (Hindu) | |
Published 03/12/08 23:36:27
Relief will be paid in a week, says Nehru Panel headed by Stalin has submitted its report Photo: M. Srinath RELIEF: Transport and Agriculture Minister K. N. Nehru interacting with flood-hit people at a relief centre in Thiruthuraipoondi in Tiruvarur district on Wednesday. Collector M. Chandrasekaran, second from left, is also seen. ? TIRUVARUR: Relief for paddy crops damaged in the recent... Source : Hindu (subscribe) Explore : Tamil Nadu |
| 03/12/08 | Gold, other precious metals prices fall (San Fransisco Chronicle) | |
Published 03/12/08 23:35:28
Gold and other precious metals prices fell Wednesday as investors again flocked to safer investments like cash and Treasurys in response to more bleak economic data. Oil prices fell, while agriculture futures traded mixed. "I'm afraid we've seen further... Source : San Fransisco Chronicle (subscribe) Explore : Business, HSBC |
| 03/12/08 | As economic crisis worsens, hunger stalks the land (PWW Daily Online) | |
Published 03/12/08 23:28:26
A report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reveals that hunger skyrocketed across America in 2007 after the nation plunged into its current deep recession in the first month of that year. An additional 2 million recipients have been added to Food Stamp rolls between January and August of this year, proof that the hunger crisis has deepened dramatically during the recession. Source : PWW Daily Online (subscribe) Explore : Department of Agriculture, Government |
| 03/12/08 | PepsiCo stops paddy exports (Daily News Analysis) | |
Published 03/12/08 23:18:00
PepsiCo India has stopped exporting its procured Basmati rice to other countries and has tied up with a rice company to provide its contract-farming model Source : Daily News Analysis (subscribe) Explore : Business, India, International Markets |
| 03/12/08 | State to borrow Rs.5,966 crore (Hindu) | |
Published 03/12/08 23:13:32
... receipts? in presenting the budget for the current fiscal. In addition to the steep decline in agriculture, service and other sectors due to global slowdown, the State?s economy was adversely affected by ?unproductive expenditure? like payment of mobilisation advances to contractors of irrigation projects. CPI (M) floor leader N. Narsimhaiah wanted the Government to scrap the... Source : Hindu (subscribe) Explore : Andhra Pradesh |
| 03/12/08 | This Season, Don't Have a Cow - Give One (BlogHer) | |
Published 03/12/08 22:51:31
The family received a challenge this year from my stepmother, 'Squirrelly Shirley': Spend just $10 per Christmas gift and donate the rest. "I believe our money could help others and that is the real spirit of Christmas," she wrote in her email. She had other ideas, such as sending gifts to soldiers abroad, but her simple plea was this: "Let?s get creative with... Source : BlogHer (subscribe) |
| 03/12/08 | 10 Energy Myths Exposed: Solar, Wind, Nuclear and More (Treehugger) | |
Published 03/12/08 22:41:28
... of environmentalism also come under the spotlight. Goodall questions, for example, whether organic agriculture can really help feed the world ? arguing that yields are only just over half what can be produced through other methods, and with meat consumption, biofuels demand and populations rising, organics will need to step up to the plate if it is to be part of the solution. Of... Source : Treehugger (subscribe) Explore : Energy, Environment, Solar Energy, Tree Hugger, Wind Energy |
| 03/12/08 | Russia to buy out mortgages from banks (Russia News Net) | |
Published 03/12/08 20:49:07
MOSCOW -- Russia's government pledged a mortgage buyout Wednesday and announced more aid for major airlines and other companies beyond an existing $200 billion financial rescue package, Russian news ... Source : Russia News Net (subscribe) Explore : Government, Mortgages, Moscow, Russia |
| 03/12/08 | U.N. Urges Radiation To Spur Plant Growth (Science - The Post Chronicle) | |
Published 03/12/08 20:39:54
The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency is urging increased use of radiation to produce high-yielding plants to help people avoid hunger.IAEA officials said the nearly century-old technique called mutation induction is safe and cost effective and the plants it can help create are adaptable to droughts, floods and other harsh weather conditions, and can be bred to be resistant... Source : Science - The Post Chronicle (subscribe) Explore : United Nations |
| 03/12/08 | Metro Cash opens outlet in Kolkata (Hindu) | |
Published 03/12/08 20:33:59
KOLKATA: Metro Cash & Carry, the Indian arm of German wholesaler Metro AG, on Wednesday opened its first outlet here, nearly two months after the company was granted licence to sell farm commodities and other food items in West ... Source : Hindu (subscribe) Explore : Business, Kolkata |
| 03/12/08 | Frattini voices G8 hopes (Ansa) | |
Published 03/12/08 19:36:00
... this last issue would be created, basing its structure on that of the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation.For the first time ever, the G8's agriculture ministers will meet to discuss global agricultural resources, he said.Frattini said he planned to meet with foreign ministers from other European Union countries as well as of the remaining G8 countries early... Source : Ansa (subscribe) Explore : Italy |
| 03/12/08 | Minnesota takes a closer look at lead in donated venison (StarTribune.com) | |
Published 03/12/08 19:17:41
Random X-ray tests have detected lead ammunition fragments in venison samples collected from Minnesota meat processors and intended for donation to area food shelves through a state program, officials said today. In response to this finding, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture said it will expand X-ray testing to all venison donated to food shelves under the Minnesota Hunter Harvested... Source : StarTribune.com (subscribe) Explore : Cities and Towns, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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