World food prices jumped 10 percent in July
• ReutersDrought pushes up prices for corn, wheat, soybeans
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Agriculture
Golden Rice
• arcleinA study involving 68 Chinese children demolishes the criticism. Guangwen Tang of Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, and colleagues have demonstrated that just 100 to 150 grams of the rice - about half the children's daily intake - provided...
The Lotus
• arcleinI’d just flown halfway around the world to see for myself if what I’d been reading about could possibly be true: Could they eat as much rich food as they want throughout Bali and still stay naturally thin? I may have found the answer hiding in Lel
Agri Cubes by Daiwa House
• arcleinInitially, Agri-Cubes will be marketed to the food service industry. Daiwa intends to extend that focused niche market to include apartment houses and other housing complexes, neighborhood co-ops of perhaps ten households, small-scale stores, and
Agri-Cube grows mass quantities of vegetables in a one-car parking spot
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Brian DodsonDaiwa House, Japan's largest homebuilder, has introduced a line of prefabricated hydroponic vegetable factories, aimed at housing complexes, hotels, and top-end restaurants.
Dry Land Farming Ideas
• arcleinTo find mentors, Little made the rounds at local bars, asking older farmers about their experiences. “They were very humble,” he says. “They told stories about how things were done, and I would pick up tidbits.” After years of trial and error, he n
Fungus and Microbiomes Soil Conditioning Resets Environment Response
• arcleinThe results were immediate: within 24 hours of being sprayed, the seeds began sprouting a greater number of longer roots than untreated seeds, and the team found that they expressed genes involved in stress-resistance and drought-tolerance. That su
Superinsects Are Thriving in This Summer's Drought
• http://www.motherjones.com,This summer, a severe drought and genetically modified crops are delivering a one-two punch to US crops.
MSU to lead new global food security effort
• http://www.bio-medicine.org,Michigan State University will use a $7.3 million federal grant to cultivate the next generation of agricultural scientists in Africa and Asia, in hopes of improving food security and nutrition there.
Helping Pigs to Digest Phosphorus
• arcleinStein's team tested the digestibility of phosphorus in conventional corn grain, corn germ, distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), and high-protein distillers dried grains (DDG). They tested each ingredient with no phytate and with 500 units,
Regulation Through Wholesale
• arcleinAs their name implies, gestation crates are essentially steel cages that keep pregnant sows confined in a space roughly the size of their bodies. They’re commonly seen — along with battery cages for egg-laying hens — as among the least humane livesto
San Francisco Legislation to Jump Start Urban Farming
• arcleinCity supervisors approved legislation Tuesday that will help grassroots farming groups replace barren concrete and forests of weeds on vacant land and rooftops with veggie gardens, chicken coops, and honeybee hives. And the move cements San Francisco
Roundup Resistance May Select Supercrops
• arcleinw that microbes can play an important role in the activity of glyphosate, presumably by invading the glyphosate-weakened plants. The results also suggest that glyphosate-resistant weeds may be more resistant to disease pressure as well.
New method for associating genetic variation with crop traits
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Andrew ChappleA new technique will allow plant breeders to introduce valuable crop traits even without access to the full genome sequence of that crop.
Strategies for a Changing Planet: Farming
• http://www.popsci.com, By Maggie Koerth-BakerWheat, rice and corn provide 60 percent of the world's calories -- here's how to prepare them for the future
The Largest Natural Disaster In U.S. History
• http://endoftheamericandream.comWhy is the heartland of the United States experiencing such a horrific drought right now?
Glyphosate-resistant 'superweeds' may be less susceptible to diseases
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Brian WallheimerScientists searching for clues to understand how superweeds obtain resistance to the popular herbicide glyphosate may have been missing a critical piece of information, a Purdue University study shows.
World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2012
• arcleinStimulated by higher demand for fish, world fisheries and aquaculture production is projected to reach about 172 million tonnes in 2021, a growth of 15 percent above the average level for 2009–11. The increase should be mainly driven by aquaculture,
The Cowboys are Brazilian
• # The SoapboxPicture a sizzling steak ,or hamburgers, on a grill during an all American summer. Perhaps while enjoying left over fireworks from fourth of July. Let's overlook the fact that most of the fourth of July decorations and fireworks were actually made i
How to Start Your Own Garden Almost Free
• http://wakeup-world.com, By Alina NiemiYes, the economy is in bad shape, I know. But don’t use that as an excuse for not gardening.
The Corn Is Dying All Over America
• http://theeconomiccollapseblog.comAll over America the corn is dying. If drought conditions persist in the middle part of the country, wheat and soybeans will be next.
Monsanto Launches Massive Campaign Against GMO Labeling
• http://www.prisonplanet.comWe’ve gone on at great lengths discussing the dangers of genetic modification. Monsanto’s GMO corn has been linked to weight gain and organ function disruption, while GMO crops and pesticides destroy our farmland and environment.
New Dust Bowl?
• http://www.commondreams.org, staffExtreme heat, drought leave parched fields, desperate farmers in Midwest
Pesticide Ban Succeeds in Bee Colony Restoration
• arcleinThe human species could face staggering new challenges merely to survive. The immediate threat comes from the widespread proliferation of commercial insecticides containing the highly-toxic chemical with the improbable name, neonicotinoids. Neonicoti
The Curious Case of the Poisoned Cows
• arcleinAbel’s 80 acre ranch sits just a little east of Austin and the story was strange enough that on Sunday a local CBS affiliate picked it up. “There was nothing you could do,” Abel told KEYE about his desperate efforts to save the animals. “Obviously, t
Sustainable Meat With Joel Salutin
• arcleinhat grass-grazing cows emit more methane than grain-fed ones. This is factually false. Actually, the amount of methane emitted by fermentation is the same whether it occurs in the cow or outside. Whether the feed is eaten by an herbivore or left to r
Bumblebee Collapse
• arcleinAmid the plague of colony collapse disorder (CCD), some farmers are looking back to native pollinators like the rusty-patched bumblebee — as well as hummingbirds and butterflies — to help ensure that the nation can continue growing food. And in the
Nature Revolting Against Monsanto
• arcleinIn a research paper published in the July/August/September 2012 issue of the journal GM Crops & Food, scientists reported that samples taken in 2010 indicated that rootworm populations had an eleven-fold survival rate on Cry3Bb1 maize than did contro
Congress sides with Monsanto over GMO battle
• RTOur lobbied lawmakers once again have sided with Biotech monolith Monsanto despite pleas by farmers and consumer advocates that further testing is required to determine the health effects of Monsanto's GMOs.
Iroka Tree Produces Soil Calcium Carbonate
• arcleinthe Iroko tree is grown in dry, acidic soil and treated with a combination of natural fungus and bacteria, not only does the tree flourish, it also produces the mineral limestone in the soil around its roots.
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