Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (80698)	8/12/2010 10:04:30 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Canadian Wheat Harvest to Drop 21%, USDA Unit Says Canada’s wheat production will drop 21 percent in the year ending July 31 because of excess rain in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta, a unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. === Record Droughts, Floods and Fires Strain Food Markets' Resilience Flooding in Pakistan and a series of deadly mudslides in central China further fueled the food price angst. Canada is expected to see its wheat crop fall by 20 percent this year due to adverse weather. And now Australia's government is warning its farmers of a pending locust plague that could devastate that major exporter's wheat production. U.N. officials are warning of the potential for a food crisis erupting in Pakistan. About 1 out of 10 Pakistanis has been hard hit by the flooding, and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that about 1.8 million acres of cropland is now underwater there. Seraph on August 12, 2010 - 8:54am theoildrum.com

To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (80698)	8/12/2010 10:16:06 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 149317

The problem here is that most of the food is processed food. Eating the food in its natural form is the best. The chicken legs in those countries are the size of frog legs. The veggies are plucked fresh from the ground and are sold within 24 hours. They seldom use chemical fertilizers. They use natural one such as compost, chicken and cattle manure etc. When ou eat such foods, you do not joint pains, feel tired even after a good night's sleep etc. I am not that thrilled to see that Obama has missed out the "food angle" during the health care debate. At the same time, like you, I am happy that Michelle is focussing on nutrition. start with children's nutrition and along with it adult nutrition will follow because "the mother will be eating the same food she would prepare for her child and her husband."