Food costs vary widely in Canada - Heart and Stroke Foundation

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada says that food prices - and particularly healthy foods - vary widely across the country and that puts some Canadians at a higher risk for heart disease depending on where...

Experts: Science to answer RP’s food, nutrition issues

"The growing number of the population, the rise in food prices and the increase in cost of global fuel can affect food and nutrition in Asia, Assistant Secretary Maria Bernardita Flores of the National Nutrition...

Feast Or Famine?

Jenny does most of our grocery shopping, so I must say that I am not confronted by the prices at the store all the frequently. But, with food prices on the rise and food riots breaking out, I decided to do a...

As Food Costs Skyrocket, USDA Raises Milk Prices

As food and fuel prices continue to rise faster than they have in decades, the USDA decided now was a good time to raise milk prices. In response, the International Dairy Foods Association issued the statement...

Texas Governor Makes Right Call on Ethanol

At last, a prominent politician has called for an end to — or, at a minimum, a temporary halt to — the insanity that surrounds the push for corn ethanol. That word comes, according to a news...

Wow! I Find Myself in Agreement with Environmentalists

Today marks a rare occasion when I find myself in agreement with anything touted by hard-core environmentalists like Lester Brown, Ken Cook and Jonathan Lewis.I find myself in partial agreement with the men from...

Riots, Unrest Predicted as Price of Rice Soars

Rice is produced worldwide and is the primary staple for more than half the world’s population, according to the USDA Economic Research Service’s Rice Report. So when prices for this food staple and...

I know it when I see it! Corn Ethanol is...

Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart used the phrase, “I know it when I see it,” in the opinion he wrote about a landmark 1964 case that decided whether a French film, The Lovers, was an example of...

Rising Food Prices Due to Alternative Fuels Push

Smart and energetic people sometimes make costly mistakes. Such is the case with corn farmers, politicians and the push to develop ethanol as an alternative fuel.Working together, corn farmers and politicians have conspired to promote ETHANOL as an alternative fuel, promising...

U.S. Drunk on Ethanol Hysteria

The United States is drunk off ethanol. If this were a literal truth, we'd all be having a lot more fun. But in sober reality, ethanol hysteria has finally started to affect us at home. In the U.S., ethanol is...

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