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Reader's Digest “10 Things to be Thankful For” and my response
AlterNet (blog)
... pollution and similar to peak oil, we will suffer peak food, not only by production, but transportation, and conflict over access to energy and water. ...

Agrium to Terminate Offer to Acquire CF Industries
MarketWatch - 3 hours ago Agrium Inc. (TSX:CA:AGU) (NYSE:AGU) announced today that it will no longer pursue an acquisition of CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CF) or the election of its nominees to the CF board of ... Agrium, Inc. (AGU) To Terminate $5.4 Billion Offer To Buy CF Industries (CF) - Benzinga
Agrium drops hostile takeover offer for US company CF Industries - Winnipeg Free Press
Globe and Mail - FOXBusiness

Agrium Inc. To Terminate Offer To Acquire CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
Reuters Key Development - 3 hours ago

Red Cross needs $24m for Zim food relief
Zim Online
The statement said the ZRCS and the IFRC were particularly concerned about the impact of the existing and looming food crisis on people living with or ...

China cancels a batch of US soybean orders, raising fears that it is switching to Brazilian supplies and sending Chicago prices down 3%

A rise in milk output, as spring hits the northern hemisphere, will test how robust the revival in dairy prices really is, says Rabobank

Paris wheat closes marginally above its lowest since July 2006 after Egypt orders 60,000 tonnes, offsetting a cocktail of downbeat news

UK farmers, whose subsidies have been boosted by a weak pound, are raising sowings while their Irish peers cut back, the owner of Masstock says

The pig and pork group reports its first quarter in profit since 2008 as its Achilles heel, pig production, shows a marked improvement

Restocking by wholesalers and revived farmer demand will fuel a strong market recovery, which will extend into 2011, the fertilizer group says

Their corn looks good but could yet be upset by weather and a hangover from sowing delays, the USDA says, explanding on its upgrade to the crop

The Russian meat group says its pork capacity will exceed 100,000 tonnes a year after the purchase of two sites from its controlling family

Weak technical factors, coupled with reports of Indian mills cancelling purchase orders, send the sweetener to its lowest since August

American inventories of the grain are to top 1bn bushels for the first time since 1988, as consumers' taste for bread wanes, official data show

The US fertilizer group says it will accept a $4.7bn bid from CF Industries, unless its rival suitor at least matches this offer

US officials, in a much-watched report, hike hopes for production in Argentina and South Africa. Estimates for American output are cut - a little

Red Cross Sees Food Crisis in Zimbabwe
Citrus Daily
The International Federation of Red Cross said Thursday that Zimbabwe is on the brink of a food crisis. The international aid agency blames erratic rains as ...

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Gulf of Aden Security Review - March 11, 2010
Critical Threats Project
[2] Despite a worsening food crisis in Yemen, less than 10% of the $5.7 billion pledged by GCC countries in aid to Yemen has been allocated. ...

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Globe and Mail
Zimbabwe food crisis 'looms'
Aljazeera.net
The International Red Cross has warned that Zimbabwe could be facing a very severe food crisis. The charity says that more than 2.7 million people, ...
Failed harvest deepens Zimbabwe food crisisCBC.ca
Zimbabwe hunger crisis plagues over 2 mln peoplePress TV
Two million need food aid in Zimbabwe: Red CrossAFP
The Associated Press -Mail & Guardian Online
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Black marketing creates food grain crisis
Central Chronicle
Dr Archana Shrotriya attributed poverty and population explosion as the main factors for food crisis. She said that we would have to adopt vernacular ...