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Post Tagged with: "Agriculture"
Commentary: Biotech as bellwether
Publication — Port Network Author — By Dan Murphy Date — May 4, 2012 Website — www.porknetwork.com An interesting take on the evolution of attitudes toward biotechnology recently appeared on the website of Ag-West Bio, a non-profit, agricultural advocacy organization funded by Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada and Saskatchewan’s provincial Ministry of Agriculture. Written by Peter [...]
Whole Food Blues: Why Organic Agriculture May Not Be So Sustainable
Publication — Time.com / Ecocentric Blog Author — By Bryan Walsh Date — April 26, 2012 Website — http://ecocentricblogs.time.com When it comes to energy, everyone loves efficiency. Cutting energy waste is one of those goals that both sides of the political divide can agree on, even if they sometimes diverge on how best to get there. [...]
Biotechnology enters mainstream agri-production in Asia
Publication — The News (Pakistan) Author — By Munawar Hasan Date — April 15, 2012 Website — www.thenews.com.pk SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES: Asian countries are increasingly adopting biotechnology for enhancing agriculture production. This emerged at a session organised by CropLife Asia and Biotech Coalition of the Philippines as part of Sixth Pan-Asia Farmers Exchange Programme at [...]
No sugarcoating this giveaway
Publication — The Chicago Tribune Date — April 14, 2012 Website — www.chicagotribune.com When lawmakers with a stake in Big Sugar talk about the federal program that props up their pet industry, they invariably sugarcoat the bitter facts. Consider this wad of marshmallow from U.S. Sen.Kent Conrad, the North Dakota Democrat whose state is a [...]
Study Shows ‘Lean Finely Textured Beef’ Improves Burger Quality
Publication — University of Arkansas Newswire Date — March 21, 2012 Website — http://newswire.uark.edu FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Consumers worried about the quality of ground beef based on recent media reports about “lean finely textured beef” used to increase the protein content of some ground beef products may be reassured by the results of a study [...]
EPA Is Criminalizing Agriculture, Lawyer Charges
Publication — Beef Magazine Author — By Burt Rutherford Date — April 5, 2012 Website — http://beefmagazine.com Last week, EPA issued a rule that signals the beginning of the end of the coal industry in the U.S. Without congressional authority and without congressional input, EPA’s rule forbids any future construction of coal-fired power plants in [...]
Dude, It’s Sustainable Real Beef
“Dude, it’s beef.” That’s what cool heads are saying in response to a bogus controversy over lean finely textured beef, a food that irresponsible critics have labeled “pink slime.” Say what you will about sticks and stones. Name-calling can hurt too, as the smear campaign against this safe, nutritious food proves. Hundreds of Americans have [...]
Sugar Users Want U.S. to Ease Import Curbs
Publication — The Wall Street Journal Author — By Alexandra Wexler Date — April 1, 2012 Website — http://online.wsj.com NEW YORK—U.S. sugar users are pressing for more low-tariff imports of the sweetener as an annual window opens for the federal government to relax trade restrictions. The U.S. imports about a quarter of the 11 million [...]
A Clarion Call on the Food Supply
Publication — Green Blog / NY Times Author — By Justin Gillis Date — March 28, 2012 Website — http://green.blogs.nytimes.com For anyone who thought the run-up in food prices in recent years was a fluke or a short-term blip, it might be time to reconsider. We have certainly seen intermittent price dips in between the spikes of [...]
California Farmers Feel Pain
Publication — The Wall Street Journal Author — By Jim Carlton Date — March 25, 2012 Website — http://online.wsj.com FIVE POINTS, Calif.—Sharp cutbacks in water for farmers threaten to trigger renewed layoffs in a large swath of California, eating into the state’s $40 billion-a-year agriculture industry and damping its nascent economic recovery. Amid an unusually [...]
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