News tagged with food policy
Biofuels 'done right' can curb greenhouse gas emissions: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Biofuels derived from renewable sources can be produced in large quantities and address many problems related to fossil fuels, including greenhouse gas emissions, but only if they are made ...
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Cost of eating going up because of supply, demand
Food prices are high worldwide and many factors are causing the increase, according to a Kansas State University agricultural economist.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 28, 2011 |
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EU court backs angry honeymaker in GM pollen row
The presence of pollen from GM maize in honey, even in minuscule quantities, renders farm produce commercially void in the European Union, the bloc's top court said Tuesday.
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Food price spikes, volatility not the same issue
(PhysOrg.com) -- When global food prices rose sharply starting in late 2010 and hit an all-time high in February, many leaders, including the presidents of the World Bank and of France, spoke about the increases and conflated ...
Jul 15, 2011 |
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Under the weather: Early-life rainfall has lasting effect on Indonesian women
(PhysOrg.com) -- Indonesian women born into rural communities in rainy years grow taller, stay in school longer and live in households with greater wealth than women born in years with lower rainfall, a new University of ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Study shows parents back junk-food ban in schools
(PhysOrg.com) -- The issues surrounding children being overweight or obese plague society. In fact, the prevalence of these rates has tripled in the past three decades. But the University of Alberta's Paul ...
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Report: ethical, scientific issues related to 'post-market' clinical trials
Amid growing concerns about clinical trials for drugs that have been approved by the F.D.A. but are later linked to serious health risks, an independent committee at the Institute of Medicine led by two professors from Johns ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Cutting 'food miles' doesn't necessarily pay
As food suppliers attempt to meet the growing demand for local products, a new study finds it's not always economically or environmentally viable for multi-product industries to focus heavily on local sales.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 29, 2011 |
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REDD+ strategies lack plan for agriculture
The majority of countries participating in a major global effort to reduce greenhouse emissions caused by forest destruction cite agriculture as the main cause of deforestation, but very few provide details on how they would ...
Jun 08, 2011 |
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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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News coverage of trans fat prompts shoppers to avoid certain products
News coverage about the harmful effects of trans fat, combined with labeling information, may influence consumers' short-term purchases of foods high in trans fat, but is not enough to prompt shoppers to avoid these potentially ...
Apr 20, 2009 |
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999: The human face of economic crisis
As the economy continues to unravel, a series of papers published today assess the effects of the crisis on children's health, education, and rights in East Asia and the Pacific. Crisis for Children, a special issue of the ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Dieting for dollars? More US employees trying it
(AP) -- How much money would it take to get you to lose some serious weight? $100? $500?
Jun 01, 2010 |
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