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4.5.2012Arsenic in Our Chicken? -- The New York Times NewsFeed[Article Summarized by Meridian Institute] In this op-ed in The New York Times, columnist Nicholas D. Kristof details the results of two...
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4.5.2012U.S. Exports Obesity Epidemic to Mexico, Says New Study -- Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy NewsFeed"Trade liberalization policies that loosened rules to the benefit of agribusiness and food companies may be partly responsible for epidemic...
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4.5.2012Market Structure and Competition in the US Food Industries -- American Enterprise Institute NewsFeed[Article Summarized by Meridian Institute] In a new paper, “Market Structure and Competition in the US Food Industries: Implications for...
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4.5.2012Algae Is Not Endive: The Future of Biofuels in the United States -- The Globalist NewsFeed[Article Summarized by Meridian Institute] Using algae as a fuel source could be one way of getting closer to President Barack Obama’s goal...
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4.5.2012Official: US Needs More Young Farmers, Ranchers -- ABC News NewsFeed"U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan sees an epidemic of sorts sweeping across America's farmland. It has little to do...
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4.5.2012UPDATE 2-World Food Prices Rise Further, Raising Fears of Unrest -- Reuters NewsFeed"Global food prices rose in March for a third straight month with more hikes to come, the UN's food agency said on Thursday, adding to...
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4.4.2012Save Our Crops Coalition Formed -- Brownfield NewsFeed"A diverse group of farm interests, from farmers, to vegetable processors, concerned about crop damage due to drift exposure from the...
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4.4.2012Fertilizer Use Responsible for Increase in Nitrous Oxide in Atmosphere -- University of California Berkeley NewsFeed"University of California, Berkeley, chemists have found a smoking gun proving that increased fertilizer use over the past 50 years is...
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4.4.2012AGRICULTURE: Tech Firm Hopes Crops that Reduce the Need for Nitrogen Fertilizers Can Earn Carbon Credits -- ClimateWire NewsFeed[Article Summarized by Meridian Institute] A California-based company, Arcadia Biosciences, which specializes in developing agricultural...
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4.4.2012The Emergence of Retail Agriculture -- The American Farm Bureau Federation NewsFeed[Article Summarized by Meridian Institute] Gary Matteson, the vice president of Young, Beginning, Small Farmer Programs and Outreach at the...