Originally published by the Guardian – Droughts, floods, sea-level rises and fiercer storms likely to undermine progress in developing world and hit food supply.
How do you feed nine billion people?
– An international team of scientists has developed crop models to better forecast food production to feed a growing population — projected to reach 9 billion by mid-century — in the face of climate change.
China Could Actually Improve US Pork. Here's How.
– If the Chinese purchase of American pork giant Smithfield goes through, producers will have to ramp down use of at least one dodgy feed additive.
Monsanto modified wheat mystery deepens in Oregon
– Company ended its wheat programme and destroyed all genetically modified material by 2005, so origin of Oregon wheat remains unknown.
U.S. Senate Bars GMO Labels as March Against Monsanto Revs Up
Originally Published by ENS – Two days before thousands of people across the United States plan to march against Monsanto’s genetically engineered crops, the U.S. Senate Thursday turned down a measure that would have allowed states to require labels on food or beverages made with genetically modified ingredients.
Food Companies Seeking Ingredients That Aren’t Gene-Altered
Originally Published by The NY Times – Consumers are driving a movement toward labeling food products made from genetically modified organisms, and food producers are responding.
Zeal to ensure clean leafy greens takes bite out of riverside habitat in California
– As consumers, we like to hear that produce growers and distributors go above and beyond food safety mandates to ensure that healthy fresh fruits and vegetables do not carry bacteria or viruses that can make us sick.
Study links insecticide use to invertebrate die-offs
Originally Published by The Guardian – Dutch research reveals correlation between water polluted with imidacloprid and low numbers of aquatic insects.
March of the Beekeepers protest held over pesticides
Originally Published by The Guardian – The Guardian reports from the March of the Beekeepers, a protest in Parliament Square against the UK’s opposition to an EU plan to ban insecticides linked to serious harm in bees
Improving Crop Yield Forecasting in Uruguay using Landsat Imagery
By detecting various crops at early stages in the planting season and understanding how pixels evolve over the planting season, crop yield forecasts can be improved and provided earlier. This study uses the Satellite Automatic Image Mapper to classify Landsat imagery of crop fields for the 2011 and 2012 planting seasons.