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Severe ‘food shocks’ seen more likely due to extreme weather

By GFM Network News, Kate Kelland August 14, 2015

London | Reuters — Extreme weather such as intense storms, droughts and heatwaves will cause more frequent and severe food shortages as the global climate and food supply systems change, British and U.S. experts warned Friday. The pressure on the world’s food supplies is so great, and the increase in extreme weather events so rapid,

To help prevent obesity, the dietary committee recommends shifting the focus from total fat intake to adoption of a healthier food-based dietary pattern.

Comment, Opinion

Dietary guidelines shouldn’t place limits on total fat intake

Limits have no basis in science and contribute to bad consumer choices

By Tufts University July 15, 2015

In a Viewpoint published June 24 in the Journal of the Medical Association (JAMA), researchers from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and Boston Children’s Hospital call on the federal government to drop restrictions on total fat consumption in the forthcoming 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Co-authors Dariush Mozaffarian, MD,

A farm employee pulls out cornstalks on an 18-hectare operation owned by a retired educator near Livingstone. hotos: Shannon VanRaes

Cereals, International news

A mix of pragmatism and fear keeps GMOs out of Zambia

While the debate over GMO labelling continues in North America, Zambians take it for granted that they aren’t consuming products made with genetically modified ingredients

By Shannon VanRaes June 26, 2015

In Zambia, it’s practically everywhere. Maize is in tiny garden plots, on small farms, huge estates, in markets and on dinner plates. Since its introduction to Africa by the Portuguese in the 16th century, maize has become the main staple crop in this region. Two megalithic-size cobs even flank the entrance to the Zambia National

Crops, Opinion

Human security at risk as depletion of soil accelerates, scientists warn

Change is needed so that valuable, non-renewable fertilizers are recycled

By Berkeley Release, University Of California June 2, 2015

Steadily and alarmingly, humans have been depleting Earth’s soil resources faster than the nutrients can be replenished. If this trajectory does not change, soil erosion, combined with the effects of climate change, will present a huge risk to global food security over the next century, warns a review paper authored by some of the top

Opinion

New project aims to put soil at scientific forefront

Soil health not a new topic, but it’s been taken for granted

August 27, 2014

The U.S. National Farm Foundation and The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation have launched a new website with a strategic plan for its Soil Renaissance Project launched on World Soil Day on 2013. When the average person inventories humanity’s most precious resources, soil rarely makes the list. Yet without soil there is no agriculture, no food

Opinion

The value of trees

By Laura Rance-Unger November 20, 2013

On bitterly cold and blustery winter days on the farm, there wasn’t much by way of trees to block our view of those fiery red sunsets framed by sundogs over the drifting snow. It’s a view I am glad I experienced. But as beautiful as it was, it’s not a view I miss. We grew

Hogs, Livestock

Pork producers discuss common concerns

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 26, 2013

North American pork producers say their needs weren’t considered by companies that have decided to phase out sow gestation stalls. “Hog farmers, to survive in the fiercely competitive international pork market, must be able to recover their costs of production,”said Jean-Guy Vincent, who farms in Sainte-Séraphine, Quebec who chairs the Canadian Pork Council. “Recent announcements

Beef cattle, Crops, Dairy cattle, Forages

Brandon rally draws 40 protesters opposed to introduction of Roundup Ready alfalfa

By Daniel Winters April 18, 2013

Opponents of genetically modified crops rallied in front of the constituency office of a local MP to protest approval of glyphosate-tolerant alfalfa, which they say could be seeded on fields in Eastern Canada as early as this spring. The demonstration, which drew about 40 protesters, was organized by the local chapter of the National Farmers

Hogs, Livestock, News

Another hog stabilization program rejected

By Shannon VanRaes April 11, 2013

The provincial government has refused to back a hog stabilization program proposed by the Manitoba Pork Council to help producers through ongoing financial turbulence. “While the province continues to work with the Manitoba Pork Council on possible solutions, their recent proposal is too much of a financial risk during these uncertain economic times,” the minister

Crops, News

Mosaic to mine phosphate in Saudi Arabia

March 28, 2013

reuters / U.S. fertilizer producer Mosaic plans to invest up to $1 billion in a joint venture to produce phosphate in Saudi Arabia, giving the Minnesota-based company a road into India and other growing Asian markets. Mosaic will own one-quarter of the $7-billion project, with the remainder held by two Saudi companies. Phosphate production has

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures higher on year-end positioning

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall, shrugging off China purchases

Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity

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