Latest World food price crisis Stories
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Plantagon International AB - the Swedish vertical agriculture innovation company headed by Hans Hassle speaks at the technical forum jointly organized by The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) on "Innovations for Agriculture and Food Security" that will be held on 20 May 2013 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. This event presents a great opportunity for the Arab...
The Frederick, MD based company is taking part in the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative's Hult Prize competition, an online event that will award $1 million in startup funding to one social venture that addresses global food security. Earth Starter is the maker of the Nourishmat, a one of a kind, all-in-one roll out garden that empowers people to grow their own food and flowers. Frederick, MD (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 Earth Starter, the Frederick, MD based startup company that is taking the...
CHICAGO, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Feeding America, the nation's largest hunger relief organization commends the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) for their new report examining the adequacy of the SNAP (formerly Food Stamps) benefit. Meager SNAP benefit levels are insufficient to allow families to access an adequate, nutritious diet, and the report draws needed attention to the need to protect and strengthen SNAP benefits. The report released today, "Supplemental Nutrition...
While long-term care and other healthcare facilities are no longer worrying about milk prices doubling due to the 'Dairy Cliff', drought and other factors are predicted to cause food prices to rise significantly in 2013. Monsey, NY (PRWEB) January 07, 2013 Long-term care facility owners, administrators and purchasing directors planning their dietary budgets for the coming months have been keeping a close watch on the news this week amid fears that milk prices could double due to...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online According to a new report, consumers eat a gallon of diesel fuel, 63 pounds of soil, and over two tons of water, in the form of food each day. A book entitled “The Coming Famine: the global food crisis and how we can avoid it” suggests that these numbers are what it takes to feed the typical human being. Science writer Julian Cribb, author of the new book, told the Australian Academy of Science in Canberra that when you...
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DuPont announced today an enhancement to the Global Food Security Index that captures the impact of changes in global food prices at the national level where price fluctuations are felt most directly. To view the multimedia content associated with this release please click: http://www.multivu.com/players/English/56895-eiu-global-food-security-index-dupont/ Commissioned by DuPont and developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU),...
NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rabobank has published a new report looking at the impact of the drought on the food and agriculture industry, and its ultimate implications for rising food prices. In the report, Rabobank's Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory group says that skyrocketing agricultural commodity prices are causing the world to re-enter a period of "agflation" with food prices forecast to reach record highs in 2013, and continuing to rise well...
Contribution will help alleviate potential impact of 2012 drought on food prices CHICAGO, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Feeding America, the nation's leading anti-hunger organization made up of over 200 food banks nationwide, is pleased to announce a $1,000,000 donation from CoBank, one of the nation's largest agribusiness lenders. The money will go to help food banks deal with the pending high food prices as a result of this summer's drought and help bring food to those...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online You may love your bacon, but one day you might have to learn to love tofu bacon according to recent scientific estimates. Some of the world's leading water scientists say global food supply shortages will make the world's population have to switch over to a vegetarian diet over the next 40 years. Currently, the protein from the average human diet derives from about 20 percent of meat, but the scientists estimate that number may...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Farmers and ranchers are feeling the heat as a result of this summer's dry and hot weather, considered the worst American drought in nearly 50 years as detailed in an article in the August issue of Food Nutrition & Science. Corn has been hit particularly hard, as the drought hit the region when corn was passing through its critical pollination state. Farmers are hopeful about soybeans, which mature later in the season. As a...
