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September 05, 2008 |
Africa Becoming a Biofuel Battleground
Speigel Online
Western companies are pushing to acquire vast stretches of African land to meet the world's biofuel needs. Local farmers and governments are being showered with promises. But is this just another form of economic colonialism? |
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September 02, 2008 |
Clones' offspring may be in food supply says FDA
Reuters
Food and milk from the offspring of cloned animals may have entered the U.S. food supply, the U.S. government said on Tuesday, but it would be impossible to know because there is no difference between cloned and conventional products. |
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August 12, 2008 |
Prince Charles warns GM crops risk causing the biggest-ever environmental disaster
Telegraph (UK)
The mass development of genetically modified crops risks causing the world's worst environmental disaster, The Prince of Wales has warned. |
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July 28, 2008 |
Biofuels major driver of food price rise: World Bank
Reuters
Large increases in biofuels production in the United States and Europe are the main reason behind the steep rise in global food prices, a top World Bank economist said in research published on Monday. |
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July 18, 2008 |
Corn loses 11% in week, erasing June gains
MarketWatch
Corn futures for December delivery fell 21 cents, or 3.2%, to end at $6.29 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade, the lowest since May 30, when heavy rains started inundating cornfields in the Midwest. Futures have dropped 11.4% this week. |
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July 04, 2008 |
Secret report: biofuel caused food crisis
Guardian
Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian. |
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May 30, 2008 |
U.S. faces criticism over biofuel policy
Int'l Herald Tribune
The United States is preparing to walk into a buzz saw of criticism over its biofuels policy during a meeting of world leaders to discuss the global food crisis in the coming week. |
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May 26, 2008 |
Why Bush vetoed Farm bill: WTO doesn't like it
Reuters
Several countries at the World Trade Organization (WTO) criticized the new U.S. farm bill on Monday for raising farm support when the WTO is trying to reach a deal to cut agricultural subsidies. |
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May 15, 2008 |
Experts divided on how to retool how the world gets food
Miscellaneous
Sitting in a Mexico City office, dressed in a pressed white shirt, Gerardo Sanchez seems a world away from his herds of goats and fields of beans. |
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May 14, 2008 |
How World Bank/IMF destroyed agriculture in Honduras
Bloomberg
Fidencio Alvarez abandoned his bean and corn farm in southern Honduras because of the rising cost of seeds, fuel and food. After months of one meal a day, he hiked with his wife and six children to find work in the city. |
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