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  • May 2008

    • US Predicts Bumper Crops Will Ease Food Crisis

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 10, 08 9:11 AM CDT

      US Predicts Bumper Crops Will Ease Food Crisis

      Farmers worldwide will reap record-breaking harvests of wheat and rice this year, the US projects, and the news is expected to ease some of the worldwide concern about food prices. The USDA says good weather will bring bumper crops that will replenish depleted stocks, Reuters reports. Analysts warned, however, that prices will remain high for some time and that the world's poor will still need food aid. More »

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      agriculture  • farming  • crops  • USDA  • wheat  • food supply  • rice prices  • wheat prices  • food security  • global food market

    • Bush: $770M Needed For Food Aid

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 1, 08 3:40 PM CDT

      Bush: $770M Needed For Food Aid

      Amid rising food prices and overtaxed international reserves, President Bush proposed a new $770 million aid package today, Reuters reports. The money is part of a supplemental $70 billion measure that also includes Iraq war funding and would require a vote in Congress. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Congress  • food prices  • food shortage  • food aid  • food supply  • press conference

  • April 2008

    • Another Key Shortage: Fertilizer

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 30, 08 10:02 AM CDT

      Another Key Shortage: Fertilizer

      One of the less touted factors behind the global food crisis is a shortage in chemical fertilizer, which has helped boost crop yields dramatically and particularly benefited the developing world. But while growing demand is unlikely to be met for many years, the environmental impact of producing and using chemical fertilizers is significant and negative, the New York Times reports. More »

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      food prices  • farming  • corn  • crops  • developing countries  • rice  • food supply  • fertilizer

    • Costco Sees High Demand for Basics Rice, Flour

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 22, 08 9:56 PM CDT

      Costco Sees High Demand for Basics Rice, Flour

      Costco is seeing unusually high demand for basics such as rice and flour, Reuters reports, a development the warehouse giant attributes to customer uncertainty over global food shortages. The company, which sells to individual shoppers as well as restaurants, has put limits in place for those items at some stores. Customers are apparently stocking up amid heavy media coverage of a global food crunch. More »

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      food prices  • Costco  • rice prices  • food supply  • flour

    • Humble Spud Could Solve Food Crisis

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 15, 08 2:39 AM CDT

      Humble Spud Could Solve Food Crisis

      Sharp hikes in the prices of staples like wheat and rice are sending shockwaves around the world and convincing governments to rediscover the virtues of the potato, Reuters reports. Spuds are nutritious, will grow just about anywhere, and they yield up to four times more food per acre than other staples. Peruvians, faced with soaring wheat prices, have been switching to potato bread. More »

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      food  • food prices  • farming  • Peru  • crops  • food shortage  • food supply  • potato

  • February 2008

    • FDA Plans to Open Outpost in China

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Feb 6, 08 6:00 AM CST

      FDA Plans to Open Outpost in China

      America's food imports from China are rising and the Food and Drug Administration is planning to start exporting American inspectors to protect the US food supply, Reuters reports. FDA officials hope to open a China office to help them raise food safety standards and to make it easier to act quickly when problems arise. Such an operation would allow a "boots on the ground" response, explained the agency's commissioner. More »

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      China  • FDA  • food safety  • imports  • China food exports  • food supply

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