Italian agriculture chief blasts food speculation

Italian Agriculture Minister Luca Zaia called Thursday for a ban on speculation in the financial markets on the price of food.

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UN urged to move on hunger

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday led calls for quick action to ensure global food security as millions suffer from hunger due to the economic crisis and climate change.

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China to ensure grain self-sufficiency

China is aiming to produce virtually all the grain it needs for at least the next decade despite a growing population and declining farmland because of urbanization, climate change and other factors.

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Asian officials worried about food security

Southeast Asian countries are concerned the global economic meltdown may hurt agricultural investment, sparking massive layoffs that could make access to food even more difficult for the poor, diplomats said Tuesday.

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More than a million children regularly go to bed hungry in the US, according to a government report that shows a startling increase in the number of families struggling to put food on the table.

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There's never a bad time to know when Congress is putting one over on the public and the win for Monsanto getting WTO corporate buddy rules to trump National Standards is a wet dream come to life. More articulate details follow.

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With all the talk about "food security," and distorted media statements like "South Korea leases half of Madagascar's land,"1 it may not be evident to a lot of people that the lead actors in today's global land grab for overseas food production are not countries or governments  …

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Agricultural growth does remain the main engine for reducing hunger poverty and ensuring food security. But it is necessary to tackle the inequalities which pervade the agricultural production system.

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In a paper published online this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, North Carolina State University agricultural and resource economist Dr. Michael Roberts and Dr.

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Views expressed and steps taken by Mr. Manmohan Singh the Prime Minister of India is really appreciable.

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In her June newsletter, State Rep. Cynthia Davis (R-MO) provided several "commentaries" to a press release from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on a summer food program.

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Pakistan is offering 1mn acres of farmland, protected by a special security force, for lease or sale to countries seeking to secure their food supplies, an official from the ministry of finance has said.

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Pastor Joe Wingo, CEO and founder, said, "Our March numbers humble us, as we see there is a great need being filled, yet we need to do more. We fear that those who are going hungry are multiplying with each day and each low turn in the national employment figures."

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Despite widespread fears here, the likelihood that most of us will experience a terrorist attack is slim indeed; on the other hand, it's a sure bet that disruptions to our far-flung supply lines for food, water, and energy will affect us all in the decades ahead.

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Food Security IS Homeland Security

In today's Crop News Weekly, David Bennett, in his article "Beekeepers 'Hanging On'", quotes Jerry Hayes, assistant chief for Plant and Apiary Inspection in Florida as saying:

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In the second-to-last paragraph, Jerry Hayes, assistant chief for Plant and Apiary Inspection in Florida references a statistic that the USDA expects somewhere in the neighborhood of 40% of US vegetables to come from China by 2012-2013. Why does the USDA think this?

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Angel Food Ministries Reaches Distribution Milestone: Record February Numbers Speak Volumes of the Economy and the Urgent Need For Grocery Relief Services

February 17, 2009 – Monroe, GA: Angel Food Ministries (www.angelfoodministries.com), an organization dedicated to providing affordable, high quality food to those in need, achieved its highest ever February distribution, which was 63 percent more than the same month last year.

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Using more natural techniques such as composting, mulching, and crop rotation could help African crops yield two to four times more than they now do, UNCTAD said, citing soil scientists.

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Federal agents on Monday raided a Georgia peanut processing plant linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak that has prompted one of the largest product recalls in U.S. history.

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As Barack Obama ponders whom to pick as agriculture secretary, he should reframe the question. What he needs is actually a bold reformer in a position renamed "secretary of food."

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Angel Food Ministries, one of the best models in this country for how a Not-for-profit organization should run, has announced that it is doubling its financial contributions back to the communities it serves. Read the news, see how it works, spread the word.

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"But while there are alternatives to oil, there are no alternatives to food." - Minimize the amount of oil used in agriculture. - Decentralize food production - Redefine "food" - "edible education" And alot more.

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Small farmers in developing countries have not benefited from higher food prices, thanks in part to flawed trade and agricultural policies that have made them vulnerable and weakened their positions in markets, said international agency Oxfam in a new report released today, World …

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The health effects of climate change on food and water safety and nutrition are the subject of a seminar, held in Rome, Italy today, that was jointly organized by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Europea …

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(seeded by Shaheen Sultan Dhanji - from Taraqee.wordpress.com)

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Agrarian reform has been attempted in Paraguay since independence, but most would agree with the statement of a recent columnist that Paraguay's fight for land has been "completely prostituted." [...] For those who are familiar with the term "banana republic," it is not at all  …

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The myth that Bush is propagating is that of growth. It is being repeatedly stated that the rise in the price of food is due to "surging demand" in emerging economies like China and India.

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Gidon Bromberg is the Israeli Director of Friends of the Earth - Middle East, a trilateral NGO working to promote peace and sustainability in the Middle East.

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A very readable behind the scenes look what's behind the rise in food prices. Article explains who's making a killing and who's getting robbed blind. From Dollars & Sense magazine.

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