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Black Rice May Be Cheap Source of Antioxidants

Source:   healthfinder.gov scientists say they’ve also found a cheaper source of antioxidants for consumers: black rice. “Just a spoonful of black rice bran contains more health promoting anthocyanin antioxidants than are found in a spoonful of blueberries, but with less sugar and more fiber and vitamin E antioxidants,” study co-author Zhimin Xu said in a [...]
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UK: Red alert for brassica pests and disease

Source: farminguk.com Brassica growers are facing high risks of pest and disease pressure this season. The Brassica Alert disease and pest forecasting system for brassica crop growers has already hit red warning high risk for the key diseases Alternaria, Ringspot and White Blister by mid-July, along with high risk for Silver Y and thrips.
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Certain Pepperoni Products From Cowichan Valley Meat Market May Contain Dangerous Bacteria

Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency OTTAWA, July 28, 2010 – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Cowichan Valley Meat Market are warning the public not to consume the pepperoni products described below because they may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum. Toxins produced by these bacteria may cause botulism, a life-threatening illness. The following pepperoni products, [...]
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Urban farming: Detroit gets growing

Source: The Observer Now the seeds of a remarkable rebirth are being planted – literally. Across Detroit, land is being turned over to agriculture. Furrows are being tilled, soil fertilised and crops planted and harvested. Like in no other city in the world, urban farming has taken root in Detroit, not just as a [...]
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13260 cans of Chicken of the Sea Tuna recalled over Botulism concerns in 10 states

Source: Food recall On July 1, 2010 Tri-Union Seafoods announced a recall of Chicken of the Sea 12 ounce cans of solid white tuna packed in water, citing that a production error caused some issues with proper sealing. The FDA has specific guidelines on canned foods and the sealing process and the tuna recalled did not [...]
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Potato industry ‘at risk’ after latest outbreak of disease

Source: Scotsman.com Business THE Scottish seed potato industry has reacted with anger to the confirmation of another crop of potatoes being infected with the highly infectious and transmissible potato disease dickeya solani which was found in a sample of ware potatoes grown last year on West Mains of Colliston outside Arbroath. The outbreak has a number [...]
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66,000 pounds of bison meat recalled

Source: CNN.com The recalled products include: • 16-ounce packages of Great Range All Natural Ground Bison with a sell- or freeze-by date of June 21, 22, or 24. • 16-ounce packages of Nature’s Rancher Ground Buffalo with a sell- or freeze-by date of June 22. • 16-ounce packages of The Buffalo Guys All Natural Ground Buffalo 90 Percent [...]
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15 million pounds of SpaghettiOs recalled

Source: CNN.com Blogs Campbell Soup Co. is recalling nearly15 million pounds of canned "SpaghettiOs with Meatballs" because of possible under-processing, the U.S. agriculture department said. The recall includes 14.75-ounce cans with a use-by date between June 2010 and December 2011 of three varieties of the product: "SpaghettiOs with Meatballs," "SpaghettiOs A to Z with Meatballs" and [...]
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Genetically Modified Potatoes Grow in Sweden

Source: NYTimes.com Johan Bergstrom, a blond and boyish man of 31, who farms here with his father, reached into the dark, soft soil and extricated a tennis-ball-size potato, holding it gently so as not to snap off any of a half-dozen white shoots that were growing out of the potato’s eyes. He advised against tasting [...]
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YouTube – Andres Duany on Agricultural Urbanism

 
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