If it’s man-made, don’t eat it.When I was raised in North Central Ohio, my Mother served organic food because most of it was organic. Along came the food processing industry – first packaged cereal...
EarthGrains® brand announced that its 100% whole grain, 100% natural line of wide pan breads will now include Eco-Grain™ wheat in its ingredients. Eco-Grain wheat is grown using innovative farming techniques...
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Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revoluion, has passed away at his home in Dallas, Texas, at the age of 95. Borlaug died from complications of cancer. He was one of only five people who had won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the...
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China has now officially declared an emergency in eight of their drought-hit regions, as four million people are suffering from water shortages and almost half of their winter crop is under threat. President Hu...
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Scientists in India have launched an Agricultural Wikipedia, which will act as an online database of agricultural information in the country. It goes by the name of Agropedia. It provides crop and region...
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Note add: A lot of fast food places does not have special diet accommodation for the folks that have needs such as: vegetarian, lactose intolerance, gluten intolerance and nut allergies. When I find out...
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Already food deficient country, the water crisis in Pakistan has further deepened and experts have feared that the next wheat crop might be badly affected by the irrigation water shortage. "Water shortage in Pakistan has reached an alarming 35 per cent and the crisis could...
"Atta (flour) crisis is again in the making in Pakistan as the government has reduced wheat quota of flourmills at the rate of Rs450 per 40kg from 27.5 bags to 22 bags per day, while the Special Ramadan Package will also conclude immediately after Eidul Fitr, sources here...
With the world fighting wars for oil and ideology, have we all been distracted so long that we've missed a more immediate problem?No matter what your stance is on 'greenhouse' theory, global temperatures are...
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"TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- A mother and her 6-month old girl escaped unhurt after she calmed down a knife-wielding robber with a glass of iced tea and a chat, Tokyo police said Wednesday. The 30-year-old housewife was in the hallway of her apartment building Monday when a man...
Restaurant grease, canola oil and soy are fueling a new generation of trains, with a biodiesel train operating in the UK and a new one taking test runs in Washington over the summer. The fuel is a 25-per-cent...
This is part of an ongoing series National Geographic is running on the impact rising food prices are having even on developed countries. And while rising prices are an irritation for us, they are...
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During the last few months, Pakistan - in particular its biggest and richest city, Karachi - is in the grip of rising food prices. There has been a wheat and flour crisis and commodities such as fruits and...
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They're so good for you that they almost need to be labeled a health food-and now bananas are set to become even more expensive. Among the health benefits of bananas, according to the Tao of Good Health:...
"“Ten years ago I could never have imagined I’d be doing this,” says Greg Pal, 33, a former software executive, as he squints into the late afternoon Californian sun. “I mean, this is essentially agriculture, right? But the people I talk to – especially the ones...