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Opinion: Volatility in grain prices caused by drought, flood plus population growth and emerging grain diseases - if this is pattern, or glimpse of future, it's worrying
The editors
The New York Times 2010-08-27
Large food distributor adds "local" icon to online ordering system in response to growing popularity of local, regional food sourcing
Trading Markets 2010-08-11
Creators of online game Farmville link its vast pool of players to General Mills' organic subsidiary, Cascadian Farms, and 7-Eleven stores
By Elizabeth Olson
The New York Times 2010-07-14
Agriculture
Certification, soil-building pushes costs of organic produce past those of industrially grown foods, but toxic chemicals aren't used, so they don't pollute air, water, soil
By Marshall Brain
The Seattle Times 2010-09-01
In "Empires of Food," authors trace old civilizations that failed because they didn't account for soil erosion, overpopulation, weather changes, relying on technology, trade instead
By Riddhi Shah
Salon 2010-08-26
Ohio ag chief says farm animal care accord brokered by state's agricultural interests, Humane Society through governor is "non-binding"
Feedstuffs 2010-08-26
Big Players
Adding fuel to meat safety debate, public health officials link ground beef to illnesses from a rare strain of E. coli; likely source was Cargill, which recalled 8,500 pounds of hamburger
By William Neuman
The New York Times 2010-09-02
Shoppers Food Warehouse execs, Maryland senator indicted in bribery scheme; in separate case, grocery agrees to pay $2.5 million penalty
Federal Bureau of Investigation 2010-09-01
Analysis: Evolution of potash, phosphate, nitrogen to hunted, strategic commodities illustrates growing links between globalization, demographics, agriculture, food security
By Javier Blas and Leslie Hook
Financial Times (London) (may require registration) 2010-08-27
Distribution & Transport
11 people, 6 corporations indicted in conspiracy to smuggle $40 million of Chinese honey into US; officials say documents were altered and labels changed
By Jeff Coen
Chicago Tribune 2010-09-01
Senate's refusal to pass food-safety bill has hampered recall of 600 million eggs linked to salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 2,000, experts and lawmakers say
By Meredith Shiner
Politico 2010-08-24
Entrepreneur sees need to link farmers and their products to the chefs, grocers who want them, with tasty results served amongst the rows and on clothed tables
By Tammy La Gorce
The New York Times 2010-08-01
Economy
Number of Americans receiving food stamps rose to record 41.3 million in June as jobless rate hovered near 27-year high
By Alan Bjerga
Bloomberg.com 2010-09-02
Spike in food prices triggers deadly riots in Mozambique, threatens Egypt's ruling regime's ability to provide masses with cheap bread; spurs demonstration threat in Serbia
The Associated Press; Fox News 2010-09-02
Opinion: Brazil's agriculture system, underpinned by research, capital-intensive large farms, openness to trade, new techniques is worthy of study in face of slow-motion food crisis
The Economist 2010-08-26
Environment & Pollution
Opinion: With US slaughterhouses poised to kill more than 10 billion animals in 2011, concern grows over health, environmental woes of handling the inedible 60 percent of each cow
By James E. McWilliams
The Atlantic 2010-08-11
New EPA strategy for Clean Water Act focuses on agriculture, stormwater runoff, habitat, hydrology and landscape modifications, municipal wastewater
By Ben Geman
The Hill 2010-08-20
Oil has become toxic to marine organisms at base of food chain - bacteria, phytoplankton - in section of Gulf that supports spawning grounds of commercially important fish
By Sara Kennedy
McClatchy Newspapers; Los Angeles Times 2010-08-18
"Potash, for all intents and purposes, is food."
Farm/Food Bill
Class issues permeate food system, underlining need for coherent policy, argues columnist for Grist
By Brent Cunningham
Columbia Journalism Review 2010-05-04
Florida subdivision residents lose homes to sinkholes after farmers drain aquifers in bid to save strawberry crops from cold snap
By Barry Newman
The Wall Street Journal. (may require subscription) 2010-04-19
Opinion: To reduce childhood obesity, fix Farm Bill, which determines what children eat at school meals and subsidizes main ingredients of junk food - corn, wheat, soy
By Karen Nelson
Tucson Citizen 2010-02-08
Institutional
Citing health, environment, Chicago alderman proposes citywide ban on foam food containers in restaurants, school cafeterias
By Monica Eng
Chicago Tribune 2010-02-17
Opinion: Congress should expand and improve quality of school meals program
The editors
San Jose Mercury News 2010-01-25
U.S. military food contracts in Middle East worth billions, but private security is sticking point
By Walter Pincus
The Washington Post 2010-01-11
Labor
Without labor of illegal immigrants, food in US would cost "three, four, or five times more," which is why we need comprehensive immigration reform, says USDA head
By Roger Simon
Politico 2010-08-25
Citing seasonal nature of work and perishable crops, California governor sides with farmers and vetoes farmworkers overtime bill
By Marisa Lagos
San Francisco Chronicle 2010-07-29
Opinion: Union's sly want-ad for dirty, hard work at low pay focuses on immigration reform and effort to legalize undocumented farm laborers, meatpackers, poultry pluckers
The editors
The New York Times 2010-07-16
Lawsuits
Judge throws out $2.3 million award to six Nicaraguan men in suit against Dole; banana workers' case had become political movement in poverty-stricken country
By Victoria Kim
Los Angeles Times 2010-07-16
As law students, through schools' legal clinics, take on powerful interests - for example Perdue in Maryland - they face attacks in courts, legislatures
By Ian Urbina
The New York Times 2010-04-03
Fearing cross pollination, organic farmers file suit to halt planting, sugar production of genetically modified sugar beets
By Jeff Barnard
The Associated Press; The Washington Post 2010-03-01
Lobbying
Sugar, salt, livestock lobbies complain about new dietary guidelines, saying ideology, not science, is behind urgings to eat "only moderate" servings
By Philip Brasher
The Des Moines Register 2010-07-09
Though lawmakers claim independent judgment, campaign donors expect return on investments, and experience makes outcome a good bet
By R. Jeffrey Smith
The Washington Post 2010-03-07
Soda lobby, joined by paper industry, some truckers, kills plan to tax sugared beverages
By Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger
Los Angeles Times 2010-02-06
Manufacturers
With half of US sugar derived from genetically modified sugar beets, judge's ruling against GM crops creates uncertainty for sugar-dependent food companies
By Scott Kilman
The Wall Street Journal. (may require subscription) 2010-08-16
Flavor of comforting, nostalgic fruits from European gardens - rhubarb, cherry, red currant, plum, quince - lead juice concept developments in UK
Food Navigator/Decision News Media 2010-06-30
Mainstream sentiment in U.S. against high-fructose corn syrup pushes manufacturers into reformulating common products; sales of sweetener jump in Mexico
By Melanie Warner
The New York Times 2010-04-30
Processors
Fashion for screw-cap wines undermines renewable cork forest management strategy, could lead to extinction of rarest wildcats and loss of 100,000 jobs, experts say
By Louise Gray
Telegraph (UK) 2010-07-16
FDA inspections of food plants, enforcement down; agency blames inadequate staffing, resources
By Lyndsey Layton
The Washington Post 2010-04-07
Nanotech's promise - and addition to food products - comes with little federal regulation, no labeling despite growing number of studies expressing safety concerns
By Andrew Schneider
AOL News 2010-03-24
Restaurants
Opinion: Zagat's ratings for fast food, chain eateries created by those who reported making about 11 visits a month; Wendy's, Panera, In-N-Out, Starbucks take top marks
By Greg Pollowitz
National Review Online 2010-08-17
As former customers pack PB&J, number of restaurants operating nationwide dropped this year for first time in more than a decade; almost all that closed were independently owned
By Sharon Bernstein
Los Angeles Times 2010-08-21
Recession-weary fast-food outlets see beef prices rise earlier than anticipated; cheese, wheat stay low
By Paul Ziobro
The Wall Street Journal. (may require subscription) 2010-04-14
Retail
A look inside Trader Joe's, a hot retailer whose presence in town brings with it good jobs and affirmation that you and neighbors are worldly, smart
By Beth Kowitt
Fortune; CNN 2010-08-23
Researchers see 102 percent increase in produce purchases after dividing shopping cart space in half, with one side for fruits/vegetables, other for everything else
By Justin Bannister
New Mexico State University 2010-07-19
UK department store, noting childhood obesity, launches line of school uniforms that includes clothes for preschoolers with waistlines usually the size of 8-year-olds
BBC 2010-07-25
Trade
Russia's ban of chicken imports over chlorine wash used by US processors creates surplus of dark meat leg quarters; USDA buys some for school meals, food banks
By Roberta Rampton
Reuters 2010-06-15
Review extended on inspection rules for imported catfish as concern grows over trade war with Vietnam
By Kimberly Kindy
The Washington Post 2010-02-17
Russia's ban on chlorine-treated poultry risks U.S. export market worth $800 million in 2008
By Dasha Korsunskaya
Reuters 2010-01-14
Wholesale
Price bite:
As China creates and begins to enforce stricter standards for food safety to restore confidence in the Made-in-China label, exports to U.S. fall, domestic growers cheer and American consumers see prices head upward.
By Don Lee
Los Angeles Times 2007-09-24
Organics shortage:
Despite higher profits and rising demand for organic corn and soybeans, few farmers switching over, forcing food companies to import organic soybeans from China and pay nearly double what they paid for organic corn last fall.
By Paula Lavigne
Des Moines Register 2007-08-12
Reviews:
"The Zen of Fish," and "The Sushi Economy," offer lessons in how global economy works, dangers of over-fishing and how it thrives on demand, and why trout might not be the best choice for eating raw (think tapeworms).
By Stuart Biggs
bloomberg.com 2007-08-08