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Impact of Climate Change on Food Production Could Cause over 500,000 Extra Deaths in 2050
2016-03-04 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Climate change could kill more than 500,000 adults in 2050 worldwide due to changes in diets and bodyweight from reduced crop productivity, according to new estimates from the Oxford Martin Future of Food Programme. The research, published today in The Lancet, is the strongest evidence yet that climate change could have damaging consequences for food production and health worldwide. The modelling study, led by Dr Marco Springmann from the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food at the University...
Food | The Cellar: Californian Classics
2016-03-04 08:37:56| Beverages - Topix.net
I recently hosted a tasting at the Providence Wine Academy . Among the wines featured were half dozen red wines from Californian, including a Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon from producers Gary Farrell and Robert Mondavi.
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Best Sanitizers, Inc. Sees Spike In Footwear Sanitizing Unit Sales As U.S. Food Processors Look To Further Reduce Cross-Contamination From Footwear In Their Facilities
2016-03-04 05:26:46| chemicalonline Home Page
You might not know it, but employee footwear can be a serious source of cross-contamination in food processing facilities. The CDC states, “Contamination can occur at any point along the chain—during production, processing, distribution or preparation.” Making it that much more important to sanitize footwear throughout the entire food production chain
Global Food Prices Steady in February
2016-03-04 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - The FAO Food Price Index was stable in February, as falling sugar and dairy prices offset a substantial jump in vegetable oil prices from the previous month.
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Fuel or food? Study sees increasing competition for land, water resources
2016-03-03 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: As strategies for energy security, investment opportunities and energy policies prompt ever-growing production and consumption of biofuels like bioethanol and biodiesel, land and water that could otherwise be used for food production increasingly are used to produce crops for fuel. About 4 percent of the world's agricultural land and 3 to 4 percent of its fresh water are now used for growing biofuels, according to a new study published March 3, 2016 in the Nature journal Scientific Reports. About...
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