Tag: prices
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#Audio: Episode017 – Fluoride, Hugs and Drugs
On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week’s menu features Fluoride, Hugs and Drugs and more… Episode017: MP3/Feed Previous Audio: Episode016 – EnviroPigs and Rooftop Farms
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#Video: Episode017 – Fluoride, Hugs and Drugs
On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week’s menu features Fluoride, Hugs and Drugs and more… Feed/Archive Previous Audio: Episode016 – EnviroPigs and Rooftop Farms
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Better supplies to drive world food prices lower in 2012?
from reuters: Improved grain supplies will help lower food prices this year after sharp rises in 2011 and take the wind out of price volatility, easing inflation concerns, a senior official at the United Nations’ food agency told Reuters on Monday. Over the next decade, however, prices are set to rise for major food and…
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Global Food Prices Up In Jan, Snap 6-Month Downtrend
Global food prices rose in January for the first time in six months and may show another rise for February, as concern about bad weather in main growing regions boosted grain and vegetable oil values, the United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday.
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Cuba Reports Big Increase In Food Prices
Cubans paid almost 20 percent more for food in 2011 as economic reforms, reduced imports and stagnating farm production touched off price inflation at the country’s many produce markets.
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FAO says world food prices will probably decline this year
World food prices will probably fall this year, said Jose Graziano da Silva, the new director general of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization. “We’re expecting that prices will not be growing… There will be some reductions. Volatility will remain.”
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ex-health inspectors nabbed on bribery charges in san francisco
two accused of bribery for selling food safety exams* from fork in the road: Two former San Francisco health inspectors have been accused of swapping cash in exchange for okaying hundreds of restaurants’ food safety qualifications, the Associated Press reports. The ex-inspectors are said to have sold up to 350 health certificates since 2007, charging…
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corn effect: food prices likely to stay high
meanwhile, record output seen for grains* from ap: The U.S. government barely changed its estimate for next year’s corn surplus, which is expected to stay small and keep high food prices high. The Department of Agriculture estimated Friday that farmers will have 848 million bushels of corn on hand at the end of next summer.…
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12/8 binge & purge: rhetoric, recalls & recipes
newt says obama the ‘finest food stamp’ president* is obama the ‘food stamp president’?* supervalu joins farmers behind US food stamps at $71.8b* world food prices fall for a fifth straight month, united nations says may be ‘bottoming out’* 46 million on food stamps, up two-thirds* woman denied food stamps kills self, shoots children* iowa…
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food banks face peanut butter shortage for the holidays
as peanut prices soar, supply goes down from time: Peanut butter may be too expensive for impoverished families this Christmas. Happy holidays, America! The miracle staple that saves the starving and goes ever so well with jelly is in short supply. A spell of hot weather in Texas and Georgia this year, combined with a…
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11/24 binge & purge: the high cost of high prices
video: study says thanksgiving to cost more* oregon food bank raises more than $500,000 at gala* video: obamas pay visit to food bank* food banks low for thanksgiving crunch* video: food bank asking for final donations*
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food prices continue to climb to record highs during holiday season
from kfgo: The cost of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in the U.S. is up 13 percent this year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. The price increases are the largest gains in two decades, as prices have risen in everything from turkey to potatoes to cranberries.
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food costs soar as thanksgiving looms, diners eat cost of inflation
from boston herald: Shoppers are feeling the pinch of higher food prices at the supermarket, and most consumers are convinced they will be shelling out even more cash for groceries next year. “Prices keep going up,” said Vladimir Nefyodov, a home health aide who shops for his elderly clients at Shaw’s in the Fenway. “My…
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survey says: food price rise to hit US holiday spending
from reuters: More than a third of U.S. consumers expect rising food prices to cause them to cut back on holiday spending, a new survey showed on Tuesday. A total of 28.4 percent of the 1,000 people surveyed by Americas Research Group said that rising food costs would cause them to cut back on their…
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Why Is George Soros Selling Gold & Buying Farmland?
Food prices are skyrocketing all across the globe, and there’s no end in sight. The United Nations says food inflation is currently at 30% a year, and the fast-eroding value of the dollar is causing food prices to appear even higher (in contrast to a weakening currency).