Increasing Homogeneity Of World Food Supplies Warns Of Serious Implications For Farming And Nutrition

New study: Worldwide spread of a standard globalized diet is putting more food on the dinner table, but at the expense of diverse local crops; global uniformity heightens the risk of food crises due to climate change


A comprehensive new study of global food supplies confirms and thoroughly...
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Fruit And Vegetable Consumption Increased By New School Meal Standards

Concern from lawmakers and the public regarding possible food waste unfounded, according to new data published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine


With nearly 32 million American students receiving government-subsidized meals every day, getting children the nutrition they need is a...
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Plants Are Able To Make Complex Decisions

Plants are also able to make complex decisions. At least this is what scientists have concluded from their investigations on Barberry (Berberis vulgaris), which is able to abort its own seeds to prevent parasite infestation. Approximately 2000 berries were collected during this study from...
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Innovative Food Safety Management System Developed By Students

Sandeep Sharma, who is currently completing a Master’s degree in Advanced Computer Science with Industry at the University of Leicester, has successfully completed a graduate internship with the European Safety Bureau (ESB), helping to develop an online food management system.
The ESB is an i...
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As One Food Allergy Resolves, Another May Develop

Some children who outgrow one type of food allergy may then develop another type of allergy, more severe and more persistent, to the same food. A new study by pediatric allergy experts suggests that health care providers and caregivers carefully monitor children with food allergies to...
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Entomologists Update Definitions To Tackle Resistance To Pesticides

Resistance to pesticides has now been recorded in nearly a thousand pest species, including more than 500 insects, 218 weeds, and 190 fungi that attack plants. The recorded cases of resistance in insects, mites and other arthropods, which include resistance to multiple pesticides per species,...
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European Flood Risk Could Double By 2050

Losses from extreme floods in Europe could more than double by 2050, because of climate change and socioeconomic development. Understanding the risk posed by large-scale floods is of growing importance and will be key for managing climate adaptation.
Current flood losses in Europe are likely...
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FSA Shuts Down Illegal Meat Plant In The Northern Ireland

Food Standards Agency (FSA) in cooperation with The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), Stormont’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has shut down a suspected illegal animal slaughter house and meat cutting plant in the Newry and Mourne area in the Northern...
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How Much Human Food Has Contributed To The Diets Of Yosemite Bears

Management strategies implemented since 1999 have successfully limited the availability of human food to black bears in Yosemite, but problems remain


Black bears in Yosemite National Park and elsewhere are notorious for seeking out human food, even breaking into cars and cabins for it. A new...
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Consumption Of Fatty Fish Can Boost Good Cholesterol Levels

Increasing the intake of fatty fish increases the number of large HDL particles, according to a recent study completed at the University of Eastern Finland. People who increased their intake of fish to a minimum of 3-4 weekly meals had more large HDL particles in their blood than people who...
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Los Ecosistemas Forestales Españoles Podrían Emitir En El Futuro Más Dióxido De Carbono Del Que Absorben

Existe un riesgo elevado de que parte de los ecosistemas forestales españoles se conviertan en emisores netos de carbono durante la segunda mitad del siglo XXI, según un informe que revisa los resultados obtenidos de aplicar el modelo de simulación forestal GOTILWA+, una herramienta capaz de si...
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Food Allergy Nearly Doubles Among Black Children

Children’s food allergies are gradually increasing, but they may be as much as doubling among black children. According to a study published today in the March issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and I...
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Global Warming Felt To Deepest Reaches Of Ocean

Study shows climate change has put a freshwater lid on the Antarctic ocean, trapping warm water in ocean depths


In the mid-1970s, the first available satellite images of Antarctica during the polar winter revealed a huge ice-free region within the ice pack of the Weddell Sea. This ice-free...
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Less Snowpack Will Harm Ecosystem

A new Boston University study shows that the consequences of milder winters – a smaller snowpack leaving the ground to freeze harder and longer – can have a negative impact on trees and water quality of nearby aquatic ecosystems far into the warmer growing season.
In a paper in the jou...
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Peat Soils As Gigantic Batteries

Researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Tubingen describe a process that suppresses the formation of methane in soils that are rich in humic substances. For this process to work, the soils need to switch between having no oxygen and having oxygen.
Wetlands, including peatlands, have...
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Researchers As Icebreakers

Conflicts concerning water, food and natural resources are due to sectorial misconception, poor governance and stakeholders with their own interest in sole focus.


Senior researcher Per Stålnacke from Bioforsk conducts research on integrated water resources management in Europe and Asia. He ...
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Food Production In The Northeastern U.S. May Need To Change If Climate Does

If significant climate change occurs in the United States it may be necessary to change where certain foods are produced in order to meet consumer demand. In a paper published online this week in the journal Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, researchers at the Friedman School of ...
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'Dinner Tonight! Program Promotes Family Nutrition, Togetherness

The percentage of the family food budget spent on away-from-home food has steadily increased since the 1970s and so has the amount of calories families consume, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service family and consumer sciences expert in Dallas.
“When dining out, there is a tendency t...
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Aoste chez Auchan Apérisec Nature Withdrawn

FRANCE – Apérisec Nature pure pork dry sausage has been withdrawn because the product contains walnuts, which is not mentioned on the label. This makes the product a possible health risk for anyone who is allergic or has an intolerance to nuts.
The withdrawn product is Aoste chez Auchan ...
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Antarctic Circumpolar Current Carries 20 Percent More Water Than Previous Estimates

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current transports water around Antarctica and into the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, transferring heat and energy around the globe. Quantifying how much water it carries is an important step in understanding climate change and validating the accuracy of...
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