Global

Post image for Russian Drought Spurs Worldwide Food Price Hikes

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, [...]

{ 0 comments }

Commercial olive growing in New Zealand is a young industry that is gaining a world-wide reputation for the quality of its distinctive olive oils. While long-recognised as a leading agricultural nation, New Zealand has only in the last two decades realised the commercial benefits of investing in its own olive industry. Plantings of the exotic [...]

{ 0 comments }