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Oslo creates world's first 'highway' to protect endangered bees
Jun 25, 2015 (AFP)
From flower emblazoned cemeteries to rooftop gardens and balconies, Norway's capital Oslo is creating a "bee highway" to protect endangered pollinators essentia...
Designer wheat fails anti-aphid field test
Jun 25, 2015 (AFP)
The scientific quest for pest-resistant crops suffered a blow Thursday when disappointed British researchers announced their designer wheat failed to repel aphi...
Decades-old frozen meat seized in China food scandal: report
Jun 24, 2015 (AFP)
Almost half a billion dollars worth of smuggled frozen meat -- some of it rotting and more than 40 years old -- has been seized in China, reports said Wednesday...
Probe after GM jellyfish-lamb sold as meat in France
Jun 23, 2015 (AFP)
French authorities are looking into how a lamb genetically modified with jellyfish protein was sold as meat to an unknown customer, a judicial source told AFP o...
Surprisingly few 'busy bees' make global crops grow
Jun 22, 2015 (SPX)
A major international study finds that surprisingly few bee species are responsible for pollinating the world's crops. The paper, published in Nature Communicat...
Trans fat ban tests food companies, bakers
Jun 19, 2015 (AFP)
The Jarosch Bakery has been supplying goodies for more than 50 years, winning special renown for its butter cream frosting and for butter cookies with an extra ...
Palm oil price change could save tigers, other species
Jun 18, 2015 (SPX)
Consumers will pay higher prices for palm oil made by companies that help to protect endangered species, finds a new study by North American and U.K. researcher...
Evolution study finds massive genome shift in one generation
Jun 18, 2015 (SPX)
A team of biologists from Rice University, the University of Notre Dame and three other schools has discovered that an agricultural pest that began plaguing U.S...
Microbe mobilizes 'iron shield' to block arsenic uptake in rice
Jun 18, 2015 (SPX)
University of Delaware researchers have discovered a soil microbe that mobilizes an "iron shield" to block the uptake of toxic arsenic in rice. Arsenic occurs n...
Canada requests sanctions against US over meat labelling spat
Jun 17, 2015 (AFP)
Canada on Wednesday submitted a request at the World Trade Organization for retaliatory trade measures against the United States for non-compliance after winnin...
EU lawmakers back animal cloning ban
Jun 17, 2015 (AFP)
EU lawmakers on Wednesday backed a ban on cloning farm animals and products derived from them, citing deep public unease at the prospect they could make it onto...
Wild bees are unpaid farmhands worth billions: study
Jun 16, 2015 (AFP)
Wild bees provide crop pollination services worth more than $3,250 (2,880 euros) per hectare per year, a study reported Tuesday. Their value to the food system ...
Asia faces huge challenges for trees, farmers and food supply
Jun 15, 2015 (SPX)
Ten Southeast Asian nations will form a single economic bloc at the end of 2015. Agroforestry, forestry and agricultural policies, implementation and law enforc...
The food-waste paradox
Jun 15, 2015 (SPX)
Food wasted means money wasted which can be an expensive problem especially in homes with financial constraints. A new study from the Cornell Food and Brand Lab...
Cutting carbon emissions could have indirect effects on hunger
Jun 15, 2015 (SPX)
As many of the world's nations prepare and implement plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, researchers say another critical factor needs to be considered. A ne...
Crop-rotation resistant rootworms have a lot going on in their guts
Jun 15, 2015 (SPX)
After decades of effort, scientists are finally figuring out how insects develop resistance to environmentally friendly farming practices - such as crop rotatio...
France bans sale of Monsanto herbicide Roundup in nurseries
Jun 14, 2015 (AFP)
French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal announced Sunday a ban on the sale of popular weedkiller Roundup from garden centres, which the UN has warned may be carc...
Researchers work to minimize drought impact on food crops
Jun 11, 2015 (SPX)
The worldwide demand for legumes, one of the world's most important agricultural food crops, is growing; at the same time, their production has been adversely a...
Study: Americans waste $161.6 billion worth of food annually
Jun 10, 2015 (UPI)
New research suggests Americans waste more food than they realize. People know about food waste, and say they care about the problem, but they underestimate the...
Expensive espresso: Thailand's elephant dung coffee
Jun 10, 2015 (AFP)
In the lush, green hills of northern Thailand, a woman painstakingly picks coffee beans out of a pile of elephant dung, an essential part of making one the worl...
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