Posts Tagged ‘ food crisis ’

The company also said today that it would create a new position – chief food safety officer – among other measures it’s taking to restore consumer confidence in its brands. Maple Leaf Foods Announces that they didn’t have an official in charge of caring for food safety until now.  –September 17, 2008. Food safety concerns are...
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Cambodians are beatnig rising food prices the old fashioned way, choosing alternative food sources. As inflation pushes the price of beef beyond the reach of the poor, increased demand for rat meat has pushed up rodent prices. A kilogram of rat meat now costs 5,000 riel (69p) compared with 1,200 riel last year. Spicy field...
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I’m writing this stuff and starting to feel a bit like John Pinnette “who stole the food!?” Corn rose as much as 3.5 percent, and soybeans, wheat and rice gained. The Midwest floods probably will cause “hundreds of millions of dollars” of damage, according to the National Weather Service. U.S. corn stockpiles may fall 53...
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According to the May 1, 2008 CCC inventory report there are only 24.1 million bushels of wheat in inventory, so after this sale there will be only 2.7 million bushels of wheat left the entire CCC inventory,” warned Matlack. “Our concern is not that we are using the remainder of our strategic grain reserves for humanitarian relief. AAM fully...
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The Real News: Making a killing from the food crisis Devlin Kuyek: “Right now Cargill is making approximately $471 000 an hour in profits” I’m not sure, but given what we’ve been seeing over the past few weeks, I’m not convinced that I won’t be stocking up on some dry goods like rice. I have...
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