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Fat chance for action on World Food Day

‘Hunger down 50 per cent this year’, ‘Malnutrition eradicated in Africa’. Alas, dream headlines not gracing any newspapers this World Food Day. But if we hope to read them one day, governments, industry – and yes, individuals – need to stop thinking of...

US wheat industry underlines pro-GM wheat stance

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

Prominent North American wheat industry organizations met in Kansas City this week to discuss production challenges, including plans to commercialize genetically modified (GM) wheat.

ConAgra promises to cut down on salt

By Guy Montague-Jones

ConAgra Foods has set an across the board salt reduction target of 20 percent by 2015 in response to growing consumer and public policy pressure.