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Be Patient With Picky Eaters

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Families play an important role when it comes to food and eating. Families not only provide food for children, but they lay the groundwork for a child’s future eating patterns. Parents and siblings can be positive role models when they eat a variety of foods. Forcing children to eat foods or to clean their plates
Crops, News

China Favours GMOs, But None Grown Yet

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China will accelerate development of its own genetically modified (GMO) crops, seeking to secure food security and international competitiveness, an official from the country’s Ministry of Agriculture said. The official from the ministry’s biosafety administration office also denied recent media reports that China had already approved imported GMO grain seeds for widespread planting. His remarks
Livestock, News

Mongolian Herders Face Grim Work Project

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The Uni ted Nat ions Development Program (UNDP) is developing an unusual cash-for-work program in Mongolia to remove the remains of millions of livestock that are scattered around the country, reduce health risks for the population while providing income for herders whose livelihoods have disappeared due to extreme weather conditions unique to this country. A
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OECD Agree To Reinvest In Food Chain

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“Some fluctuations are normal (but) these wild swings are unacceptable.” – NIKOLAUS BERLAKOVICH Farm ministers from the world’s richest countries said Feb. 27 they would study price volatility and look at ways of boosting innovation as part of efforts to help agriculture meet food and environmental challenges. But the gathering of members of the Organization
Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Opinion, Poultry

The Wedge Effect

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If recent reports are any indication, a growing number of consumers want to feel good about the food they eat – even if it means paying more for it. For example, a recent Context Marketing survey of consumers in the San Francisco Bay area found that 70 per cent of the respondents said they would
Beef cattle, Livestock

Cattle Cycle Has Bottomed Out, Says Wright

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“Miraculously, in the last year, producers have found every record they had since March of 1999, and are age verifying cows at an alarming rate.” – RICK WRIGHT Cow-calf producers take heart, better times may be on the way. A mass sell-off of cattle around the world driven by years of low prices has finally
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A National Food Strategy Involves Farmers And Consumers

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“Remember, they’re not looking for people to tell them they don’t pay enough for food.” – DAVID HERLE Farmers need to put aside their philosophical differences and reach out to consumers to ensure the long-term health of the sector. That message, under various names, was advanced by several speakers at the annual meeting of the
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Make Mealtime Family Time For A Healthy Heart

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Heart and Stroke Foundat ion of Manitoba (HSFM) nutrition managers are encouraging Manitobans to eat together as a family as part of a heart-healthy lifestyle. Healthy eating plays a vital role in the prevention of heart disease and stroke. Studies show that children who sit down to eat dinner with their families tend to eat
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Proposed Food Additive Risky, NFU Says

The National Farmers Union is urging Health Canada not to allow Asparaginase, a genetically modified enzyme currently used as a chemotherapy drug to treat leukemia, to be approved as a food additive. The NFU sent a letter to Health Canada on Feb. 18, 2010 in response to a website-posted comment period on the proposed change.
Crops, Oilseeds

Canada, EU Flax Industries Hit Hard By Triffid Contamination

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Canada has lost its lucrative food-grade flax market in the European Union due to contamination from genetically modified (GM) CDC Triffid flax, an industry official told flax growers meeting here last week. “From the food industry side Canadian flax is now excluded (from the EU),” Rick Hallock, manager of eastern meal marketing for Richardson International

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