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 Globe and Mail
Ripe for profit
| Prince Charles would not be amused by the concoctions brewing in the labs of the seed companies trying to feed the world. | Ten years ago, the Prince accused genetic engineers of taking us into "rea... (photo: WN)
Companies Crops Farmland Photos World |
 Common Dreams
Food for Thought
| Several weeks ago, I attended a remarkable presentation by Raj Patel author of Stuffed & Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System. Part of what was astounding was the number people who a... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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 The Times
Mars to spend £5 million to unwrap DNA of chocolate
| Coming soon to a confectioner near you: perfect chocolate. Mars, the sweets manufacturer, is to invest more than $10 million (£5 million) in an effort to decode the coc... (photo: GFDL Photo / Sannse)
Agriculture Chocolate Cocoa Diseases Photos |
 The Australian
Wall Street trims gains after Fed news
| FOR once, the US stock market was set up for a rate-hike rally. | However, US stocks pared their gains after the Federal Reserve kept markets guessing on when and if a ... (photo: AP / Stephen Chernin, file)
Business Market Photos Stock US |
 Seattle Post-Intelligence
No reason why the world should go hungry
| My own eureka moment on the rise in food prices came earlier this year when I submitted my latest Internet grocery order. The bill for "my usuals," give or take a few i... (photo: WN - Jacques Fritsch / Jacques Fritsch)
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 Globe and Mail
Nestle's mixed messages
Post the first comment Back to the blog | The bosses of Nestle, the world's biggest packaged foods company (Gerber, Perrier, Stouffer's, Nescafe, LeanCuisine, Butterfinge... (photo: WN / rina)
Biofuel Business Foods Nestle Photos World |
 Globe and Mail
AGRICULTURE Soaring food costs sow doubts over Europe's GM policy
| -- Europe is on the verge of a fresh battle over genetically modified food as soaring prices put pressure on governments to drop their resistance to "Frankenfoods" and ... (photo: Public Domain / -)
Agriculture Europe Food Photos Prices |
 The Miami Herald
Austria accepts modified corn
GENEVA -- (AP) -- Austria has lifted a ban on importing and processing genetically modified corn as part of the European Union's efforts to comply with a World Trade Orga... (photo: Public Domain file)
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 The Manila Times
Ethanol from rice straws
| THE experiment by three researchers at the Ateneo de Manila University has deepened our understanding of the sequence of biochemical reactions that lead to the producti... (photo: UN file / P Sudhakaran)
Agriculture Manila Photos Production University |
