America's soybean growers are launching a new searchable database
that will provide a way to evaluate nutrition research and programs
using soy for those living with HIV/AIDS.
US almond co-operative Blue Diamond Growers is to issue cheques
totalling $40 million to its nearly four thousand member growers on
January 4, 2002, the group announced this week.
Spice acreage in Saskatchewan continues to increase, as research
scientists at the Crop Development Centre (CDC), at the University
of Saskatchewan continue to help growers improve their crops.
The head of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday asked the
Bush administration how it will prevent price-fixing in the dairy
industry, now that a law allowing New England states to set minimum
milk prices has expired.
Parents are concerned about misleading health claims made for foods
targeted at children, according to research commissioned by the UK
Food Standards Agency.
The British palate has matured in the past decade from tea and
tomato ketchup to more exotic flavours - and the proof is
splattered across the nation's shirts, skirts and trousers, a study
showed on Thursday.
Food manufacturers are being warned that they need to spend money
on tracing where ingredients come from before the commercial
release of genetically modified foods is allowed.
