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“Doomsday Seed Vault” in the Arctic - - Center for Research on Globalization

Organic news feed - May 1, 2013 - 10:00am

“Doomsday Seed Vault” in the Arctic -
Center for Research on Globalization
CGIAR and 'The Project' As I detailled in the book, Seeds of Destruction1, in 1960 the Rockefeller Foundation, John D. Rockefeller III's Agriculture Development Council and the Ford Foundation joined forces to create the International Rice Research ...

Is Your Baby Part Of A Risky Science Experiment? National Coalition Calls On ... - SYS-CON Media (press release)

Organic news feed - May 1, 2013 - 9:05am

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Is Your Baby Part Of A Risky Science Experiment? National Coalition Calls On ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Similac, Enfamil, and Gerber Good Start – who combined account for more than 90% of all infant formula sales in the U.S. – are exposing American and Canadian babies to potentially grave health risks by ...
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B.C.-based private equity firm looks to invest in Alberta - Calgary Herald - Calgary Herald

Organic news feed - May 1, 2013 - 6:28am

Calgary Herald

B.C.-based private equity firm looks to invest in Alberta - Calgary Herald
Calgary Herald
Gustavson said the strength of the U.S. and Canadian economies and their success depends, in great part, on building companies that create thousands of new jobs and wealth for their stakeholders. “We're beginning to identify a number of smaller ...

The Latest Agriculture Research Aggregated in Real-Time - Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release)

Organic news feed - May 1, 2013 - 2:32am

The Latest Agriculture Research Aggregated in Real-Time
Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release)
Another recently published article estimates net application of ammoniacal and organic N from manure, and the potential for mitigating losses of ammonia in Canada. From excretion to landspreading, the largest change in N concentration occurs because of ...

Letters: Hawaii issue sets memories afloat - Los Angeles Times

Organic news feed - April 30, 2013 - 5:31pm

Letters: Hawaii issue sets memories afloat
Los Angeles Times
Other places travel and trade there, such as China, Canada, Europe and South America. We were often mistaken for Canadians. The U.S. ... Besides its fascinating history, Cuba has no drug trafficking or drug cartels, no drug addicts, no mob syndicates ...

A Closer Look At Kraft's Refrigerated Meals Business - Trefis

Organic news feed - April 30, 2013 - 3:54pm

A Closer Look At Kraft's Refrigerated Meals Business
Trefis
According to the data collected by the Economic Research Service department of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the growth in total expenditure on food away from home has slowed down significantly in the last four years to a CAGR of 2.8% from ...

Transcript: General Mills CEO Kendall Powell at Brainstorm Green - Fortune

Organic news feed - April 30, 2013 - 1:55pm

Transcript: General Mills CEO Kendall Powell at Brainstorm Green
Fortune
As you point out, 99 percent of the greenhouse gas and three-quarters of the water, I mean, there's a big load that is upstream in the agricultural part of our supply chain. So Walmart has a sustainability .... But there are so many organizations that ...

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“We're always performing gender, but we don't think about it all the time” - WUFT

Organic news feed - April 30, 2013 - 1:46pm

WUFT

“We're always performing gender, but we don't think about it all the time”
WUFT
A lifelong Gainesville resident, she moved to Canada this week. Nic Bravo darted from the kitchen, to a table, to the bar, back to another .... And after working as a farmer for a few years (she earned a horticulture degree in organic and sustainable ...

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFM), The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (HAIN): Eating ... - Insider Monkey (blog)

Organic news feed - April 30, 2013 - 12:06pm

Insider Monkey (blog)

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFM), The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (HAIN): Eating ...
Insider Monkey (blog)
Canada's organic market expanded to $3.7 billion in 2012. In addition, sales of non alcoholic beverages reached $3 billion. The agricultural food sector is set to explode. The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAIN) is a New York-based company worth ...

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Guardian Weekly Letters, 3 May 2013 - The Guardian

Organic news feed - April 30, 2013 - 7:40am

Guardian Weekly Letters, 3 May 2013
The Guardian
In fact, it was also legal in at least two Canadian provinces: Ontario and British Columbia, which both legalised same-sex marriage in 2003. .... Could it be pointed out to Peter Lancashire that organic agriculture does not include the practice of ...

Farm meets lab - Albuquerque Journal (subscription)

Organic news feed - April 29, 2013 - 2:39pm

Farm meets lab
Albuquerque Journal (subscription)
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 93 percent of the acreage planted nationwide with soybeans is genetically modified, as well as 93 percent of cotton, 86 percent of corn/maize, 95 percent of sugar beets and 90 percent of canola. The ...

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Thetford Farmer Hopes Growing Hemp Will Soon Be Legal - Vermont Public Radio

Organic news feed - April 29, 2013 - 6:24am

Thetford Farmer Hopes Growing Hemp Will Soon Be Legal
Vermont Public Radio
It sits on 40 organic acres along the river in East Thetford. The choice of ... But chances are hemp growers would at least have to register with the state Department of Agriculture. Allen says ... And he notes, Canada is already tapping those markets ...

Photo courtesy of the Okanagan Food & Wine Writers' Workshop - Castanet.net

Organic news feed - April 29, 2013 - 6:12am

Castanet.net

Photo courtesy of the Okanagan Food & Wine Writers' Workshop
Castanet.net
Cockrall-King has had her articles published in numerous publications across Canada ranging from West World Magazine to enRoute magazine and has written a book on urban agriculture called Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food ... Our ...

Education, hemp and compost - Brattleboro Reformer

Organic news feed - April 29, 2013 - 12:42am

Education, hemp and compost
Brattleboro Reformer
Hemp is being grown in Canada, China, and many other countries and has countless uses including high-strength fiber, textiles, clothing, biofuel, paper products, protein-rich food containing essential fatty acids and amino acids, biodegradable plastics ...

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Education, hemp and compost - Brattleboro Reformer

Organic news feed - April 28, 2013 - 8:28pm

Education, hemp and compost
Brattleboro Reformer
Hemp is being grown in Canada, China, and many other countries and has countless uses including high-strength fiber, textiles, clothing, biofuel, paper products, protein-rich food containing essential fatty acids and amino acids, biodegradable plastics ...

Gardening doesn't have to be difficult - Farm and Dairy

Organic news feed - April 26, 2013 - 11:02pm

Gardening doesn't have to be difficult
Farm and Dairy
While you can plant anything you want, the USDA as well as Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada have determined specific plant hardiness zones that indicate which plants are most likely to thrive in given locations. Maps of these zones can be found at www ...

The economic stakes: Key economic sectors and what they bring to BC - Vancouver Sun

Organic news feed - April 26, 2013 - 2:26pm

Vancouver Sun

The economic stakes: Key economic sectors and what they bring to BC
Vancouver Sun
Trade/exports: Value of B.C. agriculture and food exports to all countries in 2012: $1.8 billion (2011, $1.6 billion). Total for Canada: $42.3 billion in 2012. Sub-sector exports in 2012: Fruit and nuts $301 million, vegetables $214 million, other $1.3 ...

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Finding the right diet for a world craving answers - Globe and Mail

Organic news feed - April 26, 2013 - 2:04pm

Globe and Mail

Finding the right diet for a world craving answers
Globe and Mail
Through 2020 and 2030, we've got to kick our industrial agriculture habit, and ensure a biodiverse seed stock. Parts 1 and 2 rehearse a reasonably ... She's aware that “conventional” agriculture tends to out-yield organic; she's heard about studies ...

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The economic stakes: Key economic sectors and what they bring to BC - Vancouver Sun

Organic news feed - April 26, 2013 - 1:40pm

Vancouver Sun

The economic stakes: Key economic sectors and what they bring to BC
Vancouver Sun
Trade/exports: Value of B.C. agriculture and food exports to all countries in 2012: $1.8 billion (2011, $1.6 billion). Total for Canada: $42.3 billion in 2012. Sub-sector exports in 2012: Fruit and nuts $301 million, vegetables $214 million, other $1.3 ...

The Modern American Farmer - Slate Magazine

Organic news feed - April 26, 2013 - 6:19am

Slate Magazine

The Modern American Farmer
Slate Magazine
When students introduced themselves, they cited countries of origin such as Haiti, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Ecuador, India, Turkey, China, Hong Kong, and Canada, prompting one woman—a spoken word performer from Staten Island—to exclaim, “We have the ...

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