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Breaking News Sun, 27 Dec 2009
Man - Foods - Meats - Drinks
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 Inquirer 
Live, don't diet
Sat 26 Dec 2009
'TIS the season for processed hams, stuffing, cakes and sweets. The most wonderful time of the year can also be the most unhealthy—for you and for the environment. In a country where a feast usually... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Original flavor Popchips
Chemical   Food   Future   Obesity   Photos
 National Post 
Food & its future
Sat 26 Dec 2009
By Gina Mallet, National PostDecember 26, 2009 12:00 AM I'm watching Food, Inc., the agitprop flick brought to us by the same muckrakers who made An Inconvenient Truth ... Gross obesity, blood-soaked... (photo: Creative Commons / BrokenSphere)
corn seeds - maize - food grain  redOrbit  Tue 22 Dec 2009
Syngenta Receives Approval for New Corn Technologies in Argentina
Posted on: Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 00:00 CST BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Syngenta announced today that it has received cultivation approval for its genetically modified... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Argentina   Brazil   Photos   Switzerland   Technology
empty land - india  The Hindu  Tue 22 Dec 2009
Uniform rates demanded for land acquired
Special Correspondent Different compensation fixed in each of the three phases... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Activists   Family   Karnataka   Photos   Protest
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food grain - two farmers in front of grain sacks - India The Hindu Tue 22 Dec 2009
'Crisis in agriculture sector will lead to food grain shortage'
Staff Reporter Ramachandran Pillai blames it on UPA's policies... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Agriculture   Food   India   Photos   Science
Grain - Soybean - Soya. (ps1) The New York Times Sat 19 Dec 2009
As Patent Ends, a Seed's Use Will Survive

Facing antitrust scrutiny over its practices in the biotechnology seed business, Monsanto has said it will not stand in the way of farmers eventually using lower cost... (photo: Public Domain / -)
Agriculture   Business   Crop   Photos   Technology
Gary Busse of Busse Farms shows some of the cotton that has not been damaged by mildew, boll rot or hardlock in one of their fields located in Lyford, Texas, Friday, July 27, 2007. Heavy rains recently in Cameron, Willacy and Hidalgo counties in Texas have ruined much of the cotton crop. Busse estimates that he has lost 60 percent of his cotton crop and if the rain continues, he will lose even more. (AP Photo/Joe Hermosa) The News International Sat 19 Dec 2009
Bt cotton varieties await approval

Punjab Seed Council to take decision in Feb along with deciding on endorsing Chinese and Monsanto Bt cotton Saturday, December 19, 2009 By Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: The... (photo: AP / Joe Hermosa)
Agriculture   Islamabad   Photos   Production   Crop
Vegetable Crop - Farming - Planting - Agriculture DNA India Thu 17 Dec 2009
Organic farming is the way forward, says Vandana Shiva
Mumbai: In a direct attack on multinationals, noted environmentalist Dr Vandana Shiva blamed these companies for spreading myths about genetically modified (GM) food and... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Agriculture   Environmentalist   Farming   Organic   Photos
Darwin Inquirer Thu 17 Dec 2009
Darwin, Tiger, Manny
THE idea for today's column came during a jampacked and thought-provoking symposium we had at the University of the Philippines on Monday to mark the 150th anniversary of... (photo: Public Domain)
Anthropology   Darwin   Photos   Symposium   University
Sun rays behind the trees Mumbai Mirror Mon 14 Dec 2009
Scientists train bacteria to produce fuel from the sun

Global climate change has prompted efforts to drastically reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels.... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Alternative Energy   Bacteria   Photos   Scientists   Solar


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