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Happy New Year

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If January feels like a dark, boring month, my guess is you don’t go to Malanka. If you do, you’re ready to party. Tonight (January 13) is New Year’s Eve according to the Julian calendar with Malanka being the feast and dance to celebrate that also caps off Christmas celebrations. Thousands of Manitobans of Ukrainian
Country Crossroads, Poultry

How Should You Feed A Cold?

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Can you see the love floating out of the bowl?” my husband asked our 12-year-old daughter as he brought her a steaming bowl of chicken soup. “I’m kind of hungry. This is the best chicken soup ever,” she said as she propped herself up on our couch and took a sip of soup. She looked
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China Proposes GMO Legislation

China’s National People’s Congress, or parliament, is proposing legislation on the management of genetically modified (GMO) food, the official Xinhua news agency said in a report seen Dec. 27. The legislation will cover the import and export of GMO food and production, development and research of GMO grains. China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection is preparing
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One Million Petition EU To Halt GM Crop Approvals

Campaigners presented a petition of more than a million signatures to the EU executive on Dec. 9, demanding a halt to approvals of new genetically modified (GM) crops. The petition is seen as a test case for the “European citizen’s initiative,” introduced under the EU’s new constitutional treaty, which enables a million or more people
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Rising Food Prices Bring Political Risks

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Record food prices will hit the world’s poorest hardest, raising the risk of riots, export bans, foreign-owned farmland expropriation and further price spikes fuelled by short-term investors. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization said on Jan. 6 food prices hit a record high in December and could rise further on erratic global weather patterns. For
Cereals, Crops, News

Kenyans Turn To Potatoes And Fish

Kenyans have changed their eating habits and consume more food other than the usual maize staple, driving up food security in the country, a senior Ministry of Agriculture official said. Key staple foods such as maize and wheat have previously been hit hard by high prices following shortages after bad weather conditions or diseases. “We
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Jan. 13, 2011

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Dangerous beetle found in L.A.:U.S. customs officials last week said they had found a beetle considered one of the world’s most dangerous agricultural pests in a shipment of rice arriving at Los Angeles International Airport. Officials found an adult khapra beetle, eight larvae and a shed skin in a shipment of Indian rice from Saudi
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Monsanto Sees Gains In Corn, Soy, Wheat Projects

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Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, said on Jan. 6 that a lineup of new biotech seed products has the company well positioned for future growth. St. Louis-based Monsanto said it has 19 projects advancing through its research and development pipeline, including nine added in the last two years. Notable advancements are being made in
Opinion

Government Can’t Do Much More Against Scary Stories

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Every time we get a recall of imported food we have another round of huffing and puffing that we’re not doing enough to protect Canadians; the media spend a day or two pushing scary stories about the awful dangers of imported food. The most recent alarm originated from the release of an internal Canadian Food

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