16/10/2014 On World Food Day, UN lauds role of family farmers in ending...
(Source: United Nations General Assembly) A farmer at work in a dragon fruit field, Dong Son, Viet Nam (July 2013). Photo: FAO/Hoang Dinh Nam 16 October 2014 - With over 800 million people worldwide...
View ArticleOn World Food Day, UN lauds role of family farmers in ending global hunger...
(Source: UN - United Nations) A farmer at work in a dragon fruit field, Dong Son, Viet Nam (July 2013). Photo: FAO/Hoang Dinh Nam 16 October 2014 - With over 800 million people worldwide still lacking...
View ArticlePublic Invited to Food Day Pasadena Celebration Oct. 24, 2014 (City of...
(Source: City of Pasadena, CA) Public Invited to Food Day Pasadena Celebration Oct. 24, 2014 PUBLIC INVITED TO FOOD DAY PASADENA CELEBRATION OCT. 24, 2014 PASADENA, Calif.-The public is invited to...
View ArticleNew blog to showcase the region (Shire of Manjimup)
(Source: Shire of Manjimup) Book launches the region 17 October 2014 MEDIA RELEASE - Book launches the region's produce October 2014 In another success story, fresh from the Royalties for Regions...
View ArticleComment: Children know family budgets dictate how healthy their food is (The...
(Source: The University of Sheffield) Dr Hannah Fairbrother, from the University of Sheffield's School of Nursing and Midwifery, comments on how children have an in-depth, realistic awareness of how...
View ArticleGiving help, getting help in the Midlands, Oct. 17
DONATIONS THE LITTLE GYM is holding a one warm coat drive and will be collecting clean, gently used warm coats. The Little Gym will be accepting drop offs from 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. until Oct. 25 at either...
View ArticleCommunity Information Forum: Presentations, Brisbane (G-20 - Group of Twenty...
(Source: G-20 - Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors) Community Information Forum: Presentations Brisbane City Hall 15 October 2014 Speakers: Blair Allsopp, G20 volunteer...
View ArticleYiwu, China Builds International Forest Product Fair Platform
English YIWU, China, Oct. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Seventh China Yiwu (International) Forest Product Fair will be held in Yiwu, China from November 1st to 4th, 2014. The 3,000-booth fair, themed...
View ArticleAn apple a day... (St Edmundsbury Borough Council)
(Source: St Edmundsbury Borough Council) An apple bobbing competition and children's cookery kitchen will be among the highlights on Bury St Edmunds market next Saturday (18). The market will be...
View ArticleAlmond Board adopts new rules for pesticide use
The Almond Board of California announced a new push Thursday to keep pesticides from harming the bees that pollinate the nut trees. The Modesto-based group released a detailed set of farming practices,...
View ArticleHow Whole Foods Shames Some of Us Into Eating Healthy
Have you ever walked into Whole Foods and felt overwhelmed by aisles brimming with locally sourced, organically grown, antioxidant-packed products? Or blushed when you reached the register and realized...
View ArticleThe Mother Lode Attracts Emerging Leaders in the Farm to School Movement by...
(Source: El Dorado County, CA) UCCE and FoodCorps expand their reach in the Central Sierra with locally grown service members! "Locally grown" has a new meaning for University of California Cooperative...
View ArticleBiz to Go Biz to Go: Whole Foods to roll out rankings for produce
Whole Foods plans to start rolling out a system that ranks fruits and vegetables as “good,” “better” or “best” based on the supplier’s farming practices. Most notably, the supermarket chain says its...
View ArticleFirst staging of Organic October in Ja
Alessandro Boyd, Gleaner Writer Raymond Martin, treasurer of the Jamaica Organic Agriculture Movement (JOAM), has stated that a higher level of productivity in the area of organic farming is needed in...
View ArticleAn ode to food
Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw said: “There is no love sincerer than the love of food.” And Bangalore is one city that has come to bear testimony of that statement over the years. International...
View ArticleWhole Foods rolls out new produce rankings
NEW YORK — Whole Foods has begun rolling out a system that ranks fruits and vegetables as “good,” “better” or “best” based on the supplier’s farming practices. Most notably, the supermarket chain says...
View ArticleCelebrate the "Rhythm of Hawaii" with Dole Packaged Foods' Sweet Inspirations...
Dole Packaged Foods, LLC, a subsidiary of Dole International Holdings, is a leader in sourcing, processing, distributing and marketing fruit products and healthy snacks throughout the world. Dole...
View ArticleWorld Food Day — Family Farming (WMO - World Meteorological Organization)
(Source: WMO - World Meteorological Organization) World Food Day - Family Farming The 2014 World Food Day theme - Family Farming: "Feeding the world, caring for the earth" - has been chosen to raise...
View ArticleAgriculture Secretary, Erie County Elementary Students Show that Local...
(Source: Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture) Department of Agriculture View all News and Press 10/17/2014 Agriculture Secretary, Erie County Elementary Students Show that Local Products are...
View ArticleAgriculture Secretary, Erie County Elementary Students Show that Local...
(Source: State of Pennsylvania) Department of Agriculture View all News and Press 10/17/2014 Agriculture Secretary, Erie County Elementary Students Show that Local Products are Preferred in Schools...
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