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People who follow a gluten-free diet have to avoid wheat, rye and barley completely. Some foods that contain these ingredients are obvious (like cookies and cakes made with wheat flour), but many packaged foods that you might assume to be gluten-free contain additives that are derived from wheat, rye or barley — so you have to be really careful of what you use in recipes.
North Dakota barley production jumped in 2008, thanks in large part to weather during the growing season in the east that one farmer described as "perfect."
The prospect of Anheuser-Busch being taken over by a brewing company with roots in Belgium and Brazil has made some Northern Plains barley growers uneasy.
A South Dakota businessman wants to see if barley tea, a popular potable in Japan for centuries, could catch on with Americans.
Ancient Waves of (Wild) Grain; First farmers stored grain before they cultivated itYet before the agricultural revolution could really take off, people had to find a way to store their produce in between harvests.
600ft jellyfish crop circle found in Oxfordshire fieldA 600ft jellyfish pattern has appeared in a barley field in Kingstone Coombes, Oxfordshire, in what is one of the most intriguing crop circles ever seen in Britain.
Biochar as a soil admendment positively interacts with nitorgen fertiliser to improve barley yeilds in the UKWith a title like that who needs a summary.
It's Safe to Colonize The Moon Now, Japan Has Demonstrated That It's Possible To Make Beer In SpaceThe extra-terrestrial beverage was the result of a five-month mission during which barley was grown for the first time in a Russian laboratory on board the International Space Station (ISS).
My Journey. My journey took seven years. As with many difficult journeys, rocky roads and misery were encountered at every turn. At times despair set in and abandoning the trek altogether often seemed the best decision.
Firms Seek Patents on 'Climate Ready' Altered CropsA handful of the world's largest agricultural biotechnology companies (Monsanto, BAYER, BASF, Syngenta ect.) are seeking hundreds of patents..
Looming Worldwide Beer Shortage Another Effect of Global WarmingA perfect storm is brewing, coming together with the potential to create a shortage in the world's beer supply.
How to Drink Beer and Save the WorldBeer, like so many other products, is largely in the hands of giant corporations. Therefore, drinking beer can often enrich the same systems of power we as activists are fighting against.
Hops shortage may mean higher beer prices worldwideConnoisseurs could be in for a surprise this year and they may not be alone.
For drinkers of craft beer, prices may soon be hoppingHops and malt, a form of barley essential to fermentation, are both in short supply nationwide. The shortage is caused by poor crops, high demand, the weak dollar and the increasing popularity of ethanol, which has prompted farmers to plant corn rather than hops or barley.
Beer and tequila drinkers may pay the price for ethanol's popularity - The Cleveland Plain Dealer Early Edition - Read tomorrow's stories todayThe price of drinking could climb as farmers who grow blue agave, the cactuslike plant used for tequila in Mexico, and barley for beer in Germany, switch to corn and other biofuel crops to meet growing demand for ethanol.
Barley prices set to skyrocketAgriculture is still the only way to feed the world. The advent of new technologies such as genetic engineering of plant for better production and disease/pesticide resistance is already well spread in all developed and developing countries.
Beer Prices Rising; Ethanol Fuel Production is One FactorSupposedly since the rise in ethanol a lot of barley brewers are switching to corn instead of the normal staple. The article also states beer has "always been the blue-collar mans drink" which is complete rubbish. Tell that to the monks who started brewing it in the 1100's range.
Mugicha (barley tea) is the flavor of summerWhen we were growing up, my mother frowned upon most sugary drinks for us kids. So things like sodas were generally not stocked in the house - an ice-filled cup of Coke was a great treat whenever we went out to eat. Things like Calpis, or when we lived in the U.S.
Germany's cheap beer under threat from biofuelsGermans will have to dig deeper to indulge in their beloved beer in the next few months as barley is increasingly displaced in the country's fields by heavily subsidized crops used for biofuels.
Drought Impacts - But What About the Beer?GLOBAL beverages producer Foster's Group Ltd today said that it did not expect the drought in Australia to affect its ability to deliver double digit earnings per share growth.
Scientists look for secrets of foamy beerThe mass production of beer demands quality control. This is important for major producers and brewpubs alike when they try to secure the repeated custom of beer drinkers who expect uniformity in product across time.
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