Blogs about: Food Supply
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Food glorious food
In case you haven’t noticed, food is ON the agenda these days… the international agenda. You’d have to stick your head in the sand to miss out on the rising food prices and food riots around the… more »
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Grow Lights used in Hydroponics
hydroponics5 wrote 16 hours ago: Grow Lights used in Hydroponics A very important part of Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), a … more »
Nassau County, Florida Garden for July and August
swampie wrote 4 days ago: July: Vegetables: It’s too hot to be planting anything but lima beans, eggplant, okra, South … more »
Let them eat bugs!
lindym wrote 5 days ago: Eating insects does far less damage [than eating meat which uses up a lot of resources to produce]. … more »
Fannie, Freddie, bank failures, and CPI oh my
ptohos wrote 1 week ago: To help us understand the magnitude of Fannie and Freddie’s problems: Emac states that Fannie … more »
World Food Crisis and Politics
compmed wrote 1 week ago: FarmPolicy.com July 15, 2008 Keith Bradsher and Andrew Martin reported in today’s New York Times … more »
Staph a. resistant strains of MRSA in pork-new crisis?
compmed wrote 2 weeks ago: Is there antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria is in the 762 million pounds of Canadian pork that … more »
Opinion - the upper middle class doesn't see it.
postalheaven wrote 3 weeks ago: Asking customers and acquaintances if they were seeing the slowdown in the economy affecting them, I … more »
Total amount of planted acres of corn down 7% nationally due in part to Midwest flooding.
Lawyer Sanders wrote 3 weeks ago: According to a report issued by the USDA, American farmers will harvest nearly 9 percent fewer acres … more »
Another Salmonella-Tomato Post
flyingtomato wrote 4 weeks ago: I am still getting a lot of hits on my last post on this subject, but I am concerned that there is s … more »
USDA to release 2008 Acreage Report assessing impact of Midwest floods on June 30.
Lawyer Sanders wrote 1 month ago: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is assess … more »
You. Will. Not. Be. Able. To. Get. Food. - report on trends
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sakerfa wrote 1 month ago: Need this be spelled out any more plainly? It is time to consider that the stage has been set for pe … more »
Venezuela's Cooperatives Revitalize Idle Farms
VenWorld wrote 1 month ago: Now here is something that is good for the economy and the environment. Idle estates in rural Venez … more »
Despite Calamities, China's Summer Harvest Mostly Complete
swampie wrote 1 month ago: JINAN, June 15 (Xinhua) — China’s agricultural authority has expressed confidence in the … more »
Venezuela: Putting Money Where the Mouths Are
VenWorld wrote 1 month ago: Venezuela is upping investments in agriculture in response to concerns about food supplies that are … more »
Asian Scramble for Reliable Rice Supplies Continues
johnibii wrote 1 month ago: By John E. Carey Peace and Freedom . We haven’t heard much about the “Global Food Crisis … more »
Question 10: Food supply vs. petrol
Relm wrote 1 month ago: What is more important, a sustining food supply for those human beings left on earth or the price of … more »
Harvest worries mean little reason to be festive
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adamsmith1922 wrote 1 month ago: Peter Newcomb for The New York Times Randy Kron, a farmer in Griffin, Ind., on land that was a co … more »
First tomatoes, now roadside chicken
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Robert Johnson wrote 1 month ago: Tue Jun 10, 3:35 PM ET SIMSBURY, Conn. - Authorities in Connecticut are wondering who stuffed a raw … more »
Tomato fever, or, birds pee on them, too
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Robert Johnson wrote 1 month ago: Looks like some folks who didn’t make like good little raccoons and wash their produce, which … more »
