Russian Drought Spurs Worldwide Food Price Hikes

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Severe drought in Russia has sent world food prices 5 percent higher in recent months, according to a new report by the United Nations, and though they remain well below the record levels reached during the 2007-08 world food crisis, the higher prices have already fueled deadly riots in Mozambique.
Today police in the capital, [...]

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Scramble for food companies a warning of crisis to come

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MUCH has been said about how BHP Billiton’s bid for Potash Corporation and Canadian fertiliser company Agrium’s play for AWB fit in with the growing issue of food security and food shortages.
These are just new chapters in developments that resulted in China’s Bright Food Group trying to acquire Australia’s CSR [...]

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“Enviropig™” for Human Guinea Pigs – mice are nice!

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Dear Minister Aglukkaq,  [Canada]
I am writing to ask you to ensure that the genetically modified (GM) pig
called “Enviropig™” which has been produced by splicing mouse and
bacteria genes into a pig, is never approved for human consumption in
Canada. I ask you to immediately reject the request for approval of
“Enviropig™” submitted by the University of Guelph.
Please put [...]

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What else will be GM’d?

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I just read an article that the FDA is looking into approving the use of GM Salmon Debate” genetically modified salmon for human consumption. (Supposedly, it takes too long to farm salmon. The GM’d salmon would reduce the time by 50%.) This is just gross to me. The idea that scientists are [...]

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Bell County farmers struggle with rise in toxin levels

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LITTLE RIVER – Farmers in Bell County are struggling to deal with an unusually large amount of a toxin that is infecting their corn crops and cutting into their wallets.
It’s called aflatoxin, and the heat wave that hit Central Texas this month caused excessive amounts of it to pop up in [...]

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New bee discovered by York researcher triggers buzz

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Image of the new bee species, lasioglossum ephialtum, discovered in Toronto by York University researcher Jason Gibbs.
A new species of bee has been discovered and identified in downtown Toronto by a York University researcher, known to some as the “bee guru.”
Jason Gibbs, a 30-year-old biologist, has identified 19 new species of sweat [...]

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Good work pays off

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Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) said Horizon’s release of the One Plan is big news for Horizons’ growers.
Chief executive Peter Silcock said the hearing commissioners have taken the red pen to the Proposed One Plan and it is a very different document from when it started life.
HortNZ’s newsletter said the decision has been important [...]

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Stinkbugs are coming to a home near you

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Maddening, creepy, ugly.
Those are the nicer words people use to describe the growing numbers of stinkbugs that have munched their way across many fields and orchards of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Now the shield-shaped pest, known for emitting a pungent odor when disturbed, is ready to bed down for the winter – in [...]

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Riverland grape growers urged to avoid ‘trap’ of wine contracts

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Riverland wine grape growers in South Australia are being urged to reconsider signing contracts for their grapes this year.
Many growers are without contracts following a number of wine companies folding, and not renewing contracts last vintage.
But Riverland Wine Grape Growers Association chief executive Chris Byrne says growers will have more bargaining power without a [...]

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Calif. rare fruit growers meet to swap seeds, tips

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POMONA, Calif. — Members of the California Rare Fruit Growers meet each summer to share seeds, cuttings and knowledge about exotic fruit and rare varieties of more common fare, such as apples and oranges.
The organization founded in 1968 encourages gardeners and hobby farmers to plant unusual fruit, and members search the [...]

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Temecula wine growers ready to celebrate California Wine Month

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The month of September is California Wine Month, and Temecula is ready to celebrate.
Proclaimed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for the sixth consecutive year, California Wine Month celebrates the Golden State’s wineries, grape growers and regional associations.
“California has long been known for our production of superior, award-winning wines,” Schwarzenegger said in his proclamation. [...]

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EPA Gives Stakeholders Little Time for Thoughtful Responses to Atrazine Panel Questions

By Jere White, Executive Director
Kansas Corn Growers Association and Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association
Monday, August 30, 2010—Some folks will burn the midnight oil trying to write written responses to EPA’s charge questions for the agency’s September atrazine science advisory panel. The questions were released Friday and comments are due Tuesday.
We have to [...]

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Monterey Bay Dahlia Growers’ show planned for Labor Day weekend

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Dahlia growers throughout Northern California will take the cream of their crops to Soquel in a week for the annual Monterey Bay Dahlia Society show.
The admission-free event, planned for Sept. 3-4 inside the Soquel High auditorium, will showcase blooms and bouquets that won titles for 2010. The growers will be [...]

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Coventry veg growers in battle to be biggest

HARVEST time is here and gardeners across the city are proudly picking their produce. But some growers have a gargantuan goal. On the eve of the UK’s giant vegetable competition,
Environment Reporter Mary Griffin finds out how to crop a whopper.
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THIS weekend Britain’s biggest gardeners will gather for a fruit and veg extravaganza where [...]

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