News tagged with food bank
Farmers team up with food banks to feed the hungry
A new collaboration among farmers and New York state's food banks hopes to increase the amount of food donated directly from those who produce our food to those who need it most.
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Identifying poverty levels requires accurate measurements
When food prices spiked in 2008, the number of households that moved into poverty was overestimated by about 60 percent, according to a recent University of Illinois study. In middle-income countries such as Mexico that have ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 15, 2012 |
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Asian 'megapest' is chomping up US orchards
A stink bug from Asia is chomping up US vegetable fields, orchards and vineyards, causing experts to scramble through an arsenal of weapons to try and halt this stealthy, smelly predator.
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Trade safeguards would hurt, not help, developing countries
Allowing developing countries to increase import tariffs based on price and supply triggers under proposed World Trade Organization rules would actually harm those countries, according to a Purdue University economic analysis.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry
(AP) -- Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 27, 2009 |
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Self-sacrifice among strangers has more to do with nurture than nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Socially learned behavior and belief are much better candidates than genetics to explain the self-sacrificing behavior we see among strangers in societies, from soldiers to blood donors to ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2009 |
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