by Dnurkle | | Food Supply
In the UK, irradiated foods are already ‘available’ to the consumer. There is a difference, though, they are LABELED. They are labeled in the stores AND on the menus. Now either the FDA thinks that Americans are stupid, or apathetic about their own health...
by Dnurkle | | food crisis
The article below strikes a note because our daughter volunteers for a food bank/ministry. She sees people who live in our very own county in the USA who are virtually starving and relying upon the food bank for aid. Read what was on the NBC4 Website as News...
by Dnurkle | | whole Wheat
Talk about ‘the last straw’…what is it going to take for Americans to wake up and see we actually ARE in a food crisis? While we as an ‘affluent’ nation do have some worldwide responsibilities to help the hungry, would someone tell me...
by Dnurkle | | Food Supply
In an article found in the Wall Street Journal yesterday (7-8-08) the two below paragraphs literally jumped out at me: The new famine is not about a crisis in global supply. Markets are full of food that developing-nation consumers cannot afford to buy. Prices for...
by Dnurkle | | Food Supply
Have you seen the prices of tomatoes in the store lately? Wow! Now that is AFTER they have been back on the market following a mass recall. There is something wrong when produce, fresh, simple, whole produce gets recalled. It’s not like it’s a...
by Dnurkle | | whole Wheat
In multiple articles across the news there is clear concern for the low wheat inventory. The thing is, although wheat inventory is low for America, that’s not the only problem. There is nothing BUT wheat in reserve inventory. You heard right. No cheese, no...
by Dnurkle | | whole Wheat
In a recent news article on ‘Bloomberg.com: Worldwide’ there is this breakdown of two categories of grain price increase: Milling wheat for November delivery on the Euronext.liffe exchange in Paris climbed 7.50 euros, or 4 percent, to 197.50 euros ($312) a...