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World Food Prices on the Rise — Expect That to Stay the Same
Planet Save - Mar 24 '11 Worldwide, high crude oil prices, increasing extreme weather events, population growth and economic development of poorer countries, crop-based biofuels, political conflict and unrest in the Middle East, and slowing crop yield growth are all factors contributing to rising food prices. Details here.
Late Start Seen for Seeding on Prairies
Mar 22'11 By: Dwayne Klassen - Commodity News Service Canada Producers in Western Canada who hope to get an early start to seeding will be disappointed, given that the weather is not expected to be very co-operative over the next couple of months . Details here. A soggy, unharvested canola field in western Manitoba. Fall 2010. l.p. photo
Saskatchewan Launches Spring Flooding Website
Mar 21'11 - By: Staff - MB Co-Operator The Saskatchewan government has launched a website tying together flood and weather forecasts, runoff data and other information to get the public prepared for this spring. Details here. The bridge over Lake of the Prairies, on the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border. l.p. photo
Greenpeace Shuts Down Darlington Nuclear Hearing
Feature story - March 21, 2011 Courtice, Ontario — Greenpeace activists today shut down environmental assessment hearings on a proposal to build new reactors at Darlington in response to the Joint Review Panel’s refusal to suspend the hearings until lessons are learned from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. (NOTE; Photos at very bottom are best.)
New Lawsuit Filed Against the USDA for GM Alfalfa Deregulation
March 18th, 2011 - By Heather Whitehead - CivilEats Image Credit: Creative Commons photo by Sam Beebe The Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, arguing that the agency’s recent unrestricted approval of genetically engineered, “Roundup Ready” Alfalfa was unlawful. Full story here.