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Tea buffs gather in Japan for global festival
May 14, 2013 (AFP)
In the shadow of a giant Chinese character for "tea" written in live cypress trees, enthusiasts gather once every three years in Japan to talk about one of the ...
No-win situation for agricultural expansion in the Amazon
May 14, 2013 (SPX)
The large-scale expansion of agriculture in the Amazon through deforestation will be a no-win scenario, according to a new study. Published May 10, in IOP Publi...
Banks accused of funding Asian land grabbing
May 14, 2013 (UPI)
A report by U.K. development watchdog Global Witness accuses Deutsche Bank and International Finance Corp., a member of the World Bank Group, of funding land gr...
KFC China sales crash 36% in April on bird flu fears
May 13, 2013 (AFP)
Sales of fast food giant KFC in China slumped an estimated 36 percent last month, according to parent Yum! Brands, as consumers shunned chicken due to the H7N9 ...
US Supreme Court finds for Monsanto in seed patent battle
May 13, 2013 (AFP)
The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Monsanto Monday over an Indiana farmer accused of having pirated the genetically-modified crops developed by the agribusi...
Plants 'talk' to plants to help them grow
May 13, 2013 (SPX)
Having a neighborly chat improves seed germination, finds research in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Ecology. Even when other known means of communica...
Slippery eel slides towards disaster
May 11, 2013 (AFP)
Cupping a tiny, translucent eel in the palm of his hand, New York environmental researcher Chris Bowser shook his head in amazement. "This is worth about one do...
An electronic nose can tell pears and apples apart
May 10, 2013 (SPX)
Swedish and Spanish engineers have created a system of sensors that detects fruit odours more effectively than the human sense of smell. For now, the device can...
Agriculture and Livestock Remain Major Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
May 10, 2013 (SPX)
Global greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector totaled 4.69 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent in 2010 (the most recent year for whic...
Study says pesticides to blame for honeybee colony collapse
May 09, 2013 (UPI)
Though parasitic mites continue to infect and kill honeybees, a new study suggests they are not to blame for colony collapse disorder (CCD), the phenomenon blam...
Zeal to ensure clean leafy greens takes bite out of riverside habitat in California
May 08, 2013 (SPX)
Meticulous attention to food safety is a good thing. As consumers, we like to hear that produce growers and distributers go above and beyond food safety mandate...
Scientists alarmed by rapid spread of Brown Streak Disease in cassava
May 08, 2013 (SPX)
Cassava experts are reporting new outbreaks and the increased spread of Cassava Brown Streak Disease or CBSD, warning that the rapidly proliferating plant virus...
Dutch order probe into baby milk sales to China
May 08, 2013 (AFP)
The Dutch government on Wednesday ordered an investigation into persistent shortages of certain brands of baby formula, blamed on networks of traffickers who sh...
Third of US bee colonies died last winter: report
May 07, 2013 (AFP)
Nearly a third of the honey bee colonies in the United States died this past winter, sharply higher proportion than a year ago, according to an official report ...
Heat wave sears Canada's tulip festival
May 07, 2013 (AFP)
A heat wave is threatening to take the bloom off one of the world's largest garden festivals, as more than one million colorful tulips in Canada's capital began...
China farmers held for selling meat from sick pigs
May 06, 2013 (AFP)
Three Chinese farmers were held for operating an illegal pork business selling meat from pigs that died of disease, state media said Monday, the latest in a ser...
U.S. not siding with Europe in blaming pesticides for honeybee losses
May 03, 2013 (UPI)
A U.S. government study stops short of agreeing with Europe that pesticides are a prime suspect in the worldwide disappearance of honeybees, officials said. The...
New plant protein discoveries could ease global food and fuel demands
May 03, 2013 (SPX)
New discoveries of the way plants transport important substances across their biological membranes to resist toxic metals and pests, increase salt and drought t...
China detains 900 over toxic meat scandal: official
May 03, 2013 (AFP)
China has detained 900 people for crimes including selling rat and fox meat as beef and mutton, the public security ministry said, in another blow to the nation...
Traditional ranching practices enhance African savanna
May 03, 2013 (SPX)
That human land use destroys natural ecosystems is an oft-cited assumption in conservation, but ecologists have discovered that instead, traditional ranching te...
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