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Inghams warned over GM free chicken claims
Wellington :: New Zealand | 12 days ago
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In the advertising, Inghams stated that its chicken products contained “No … GM ingredients” and “have no added hormones, GM ingredients or artificial colours” when the chickens had been fed soya feed which comprised 13 per cent genetically modified soy.
Tags: Inghams GM, GM Feed, fair trading, trading act, Commerce Commission, gm ingredients, genetically modified, New Zealand, Wellington, Environment, Soybean, Food, Business Finance
Leaders pledge to end "silent hunger crisis"
Zurich :: Switzerland | 12 days ago
Credibility The meeting, held in Rome by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has been addressing the growing global hunger crisis...The FAO says the number of people going hungry has breached the one billion mark this year for the first time.
Tags: food and agriculture organization, Switzerland, Zurich, Hunger, 35th G8 summit, United Nations, Food, Jacques Diouf, Environment, Food politics, Food security, Malnutrition, Poverty, world food price crisis, Humanitarian aid
The many roads to food security
Ouagadougou :: Burkina Faso | 13 days ago
Credibility The world is in what is essentially a pause in a continuing food crisis. Most of the elements that produced the food price spikes in 2007 and 2008 are still there: a trade system marred by protectionism; production incentives distorted by subsidies; artificial...
Tags: food security, Burkina Faso, food aid, Ouagadougou, Food, Famine, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Disaster Accident, Food politics, world food price crisis
Are Poles moving to the UK again? Tesco's Polish food sales rise
London :: United Kingdom | 13 days ago
Credibility Tesco says it has seen a 15% increase in sales of Polish delicacies such as pickled vegetables and carrot juice. The supermarket says demand for Polish food began to wane in the beginning of 2009 as the recession kicked in. But Polish press reports suggest...
Tags: Tesco, tesco says, United Kingdom, London, Food, Hospitality Recreation, Polish cuisine, N
Blog: Green my guy
Lawrence :: KS :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility Foods such as $2.50 frozen pizzas seem like a deal, but in fact hide a very real and very expensive cost: detrimental effects on the environment and our health. These external costs may not appear on your grocery bill or drive-thru receipt, but still...
Tags: commodity crops, Lawrence, Soybean, Food, Wheat, Peak oil, Issues in American Commodity Farming, Energy crops, Crops, Agriculture, Environment
Satisfaction index a sign of optimism for holidays
Ann Arbor :: MI :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility Stressed-out consumers want comfort food and comfortable clothes at the right price, and the fact that they're relatively satisfied overall with what they're getting may boost holiday shopping. In the third quarter, the American Customer Satisfaction...
Tags: Dr. Fornell, American Customer Satisfaction Index, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, H.J. Heinz Co., Ann Arbor, Sara Lee Corporation, ConAgra Foods, Consumer confidence, Food, Claes Fornell, H. J. Heinz Company, Business Finance
Organic is not necessarily green
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 13 days ago
Credibility I am talking here about the wide spectrum now available from beautiful, humble, red tomatoes to exorbitantly expensive organic hemp denim jeans pinned to their shapely bottoms by a bespoke tailor on her last plastic surgery safari to Johannesburg. There...
Tags: locally produced, necessarily green, South Africa, Johannesburg, Food, Plastic, Sustainability, Organic product, Motivations for organic agriculture, Organic food, Organic movement, Organic farming
Parents cut back on GP visits and medication due to costs
Dublin :: Ireland | 13 days ago
Credibility THE recession has forced many people to cut back on visits to the doctor, with one in 10 admitting they are more reluctant to bring their children to the GP, a new study reveals. Those who have recently become unemployed are four times more likely to...
Tags: Ireland, Dublin, Major depressive disorder, Business Finance, Recessions, Unemployment, Food, Social Issues, Health Medical Pharma
Demand rising at Whitehorse food bank
Toronto :: Canada | 13 days ago
Credibility Whitehorse's first full-time food bank is helping more than 1,000 people each month, meaning as many as one in 20 Whitehorse residents are in need of regular food aid. Officials with the food bank, which officially opened on April 30, say they are stunned...
Tags: food bank, Dave Stockdale, Canada, Toronto, Disaster Accident, Food, Food banks
Do kids contribute to climate change?
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 13 days ago
Credibility Do children contribute to climate change? A new report by the United Nations Population Fund suggests that having fewer children could help combat climate change. The UN says if women are empowered to take control of their reproductive health they may...
Tags: united nations, food security, environment, kill, climate change, Denmark, Copenhagen, Humanitarian aid, Josette Sheeran, Fight Hunger, Feed The Hungry, Food politics, Malnutrition, World Food Programme, Facebook, Text messaging, UNICEF, Natural environment, Africa, Food, Agriculture, Poverty, Hunger, world food price crisis
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