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For Wal-Mart, New Orleans is hardly the big easy US (April 29, 2003) - When a local developer announced triumphantly that a new Wal-Mart would rise here on a sandy patch of earth along the Mississippi, it was presented as a good thing, a bit of progress that would bring in much-needed tax dollars and www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17820
created on 2003-04-29
US vows to allay EU trade fears after Iraq Belgium (April 29, 2003) - The US yesterday signalled its determination to shore up trade relations with the European Union, in a move designed to allay fears that recent frictions over US foreign policy could deal a blow to transatlantic business ties. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17821
created on 2003-04-29
US consumers willing to pay more for non-GM foods - study India (April 29, 2003) - In what is seen as a vindication of the right of consumers to make an informed choice, a study that has far reaching implications for the as yet evolving market for biotech foods has found that ``consumers' willingness to pay for www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17822
created on 2003-04-29
Shoppers back plastic bag tax UK (April 29, 2003) - Researchers have found the majority of British shoppers are in favour of paying for plastic bags.
The idea is that less bags would be sold leading to fewer polluting the environment.
Almost 63% support the idea of paying 10p for www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17823
created on 2003-04-29
GM laws head to Parliament New Zealand (April 29, 2003) - The Government is being told it is ignoring the best advice by pushing ahead with GM legislation.
New laws allowing the release of genetically modified organisms are being introduced to Parliament on Tuesday. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17824
created on 2003-04-29
Nestle whips up 21% ice-cream growth Bangkok (April 30, 2003) - Nestle whips up 21% ice-cream growth Nestle Ice Cream yester-day announced year-on-year sales growth of 21 per cent up to the end of the first quarter, 6 per cent over its sales target.
"The outstanding growth www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17825
created on 2003-04-30
CP Group in B15bn investment in China Bangkok (April 30, 2003) - The Charoen Pokphand Group aims to inject 15 billion baht to build 30 new Lotus branches, four to open this year, in northern China, according to Narong Chearavanont, president of Shanghai Lotus Supermarket Chain Store Co, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17826
created on 2003-04-30
Big C opens on Rajdamri Bangkok (April 30, 2003) - Competition among retailers along Rajdamri Road intensified significantly yesterday with the opening of Big C Supercentre Plc's new branch on the street.
Praphan Eamrungroj, Big C's senior vice president of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17827
created on 2003-04-30
Twin study reveals food additives effect UK (April 30, 2003) - An experiment involving identical twin brothers has provided dramatic evidence of the impact that food addictives can have on a child's behaviour.
Christopher and Michael Parker, aged five, were put on separate diets for a www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17828
created on 2003-04-30
NZ cows being taught to 'read' signs on way to robot milkers New Zealand (April 30, 2003) - New Zealand dairy farming could be heading for a hands-off approach if psychologists succeed in teaching cows Bertha and Twitch how to "read" signs.
Every morning the two cows follow a rigorous exercise regime, pacing 50 www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17829
created on 2003-04-30
The impossibility of the GM debate UK (April 30, 2003) - Co-existence of GM and non-GM foods will mean it will be "difficult and in some places impossible to guarantee" that any UK food is GM-free, according to a new report obtained by Friends of the Earth. The information was part of a www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17830
created on 2003-04-30
EU vets to debate vaccination in bird flu fight Netherlands (April 30, 2003) - Dutch veterinarians will consult fellow European Union experts next week about using vaccination as a way to stop the spread of the highly contagious bird flu virus, EU officials said on Tuesday.
At a meeting slated www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17831
created on 2003-04-30
Russia hopes to settle dispute over US poultry Russia (April 30, 2003) - Russian farm minister Alexei Gordeyev said on Tuesday he hoped a long-running dispute with the United States over poultry trade would be finally settled by American producers adopting Russian safety demands.
"Our www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17832
created on 2003-04-30
Cold, wet weather no good for grapes US (April 30, 2003) - While the idea of spring rain normally brings visions of flowers, and great summer crop to come, the weather in Mendocino County couldn't be worse for our biggest local crop - grapes.
As local Farm Advisor Glenn McGourty put it, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17833
created on 2003-04-30
Capital misses out on new A2 milk New Zealand (April 30, 2003) - Wellingtonians will miss out on new A2 milk in their supermarkets, for now at least.
The milk, which is claimed to have no links to heart disease in adults and diabetes in children because it contains only A2 beta casein, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17834
created on 2003-04-30
Chile retailer may block sale of Ahold units Chile (April 30, 2003) - Chilean retailer D&S said on Tuesday it may try to block the sale of Chilean assets by Dutch group Ahold through legal action aimed at forcing Ahold to fully repay an outstanding debt.
D&S wants Ahold to pay back a $90 www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17835
created on 2003-04-30
Nestle closes ageing El Salvador coffee plant El Salvador (April 30, 2003) - Nestle S.A, the world's largest food group, said on Tuesday it would end its instant coffee production in El Salvador because of high running costs and outdated machinery, shedding 97 jobs.
Swiss-based Nestle said it www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17836
created on 2003-04-30
German beer consumption slides by 9% in Q1 Germany (April 30, 2003) - Germans' beer consumption dropped sharply in the first three months of this year, a slide that coincided with the introduction of a complex new deposit system for drink cans and bottles, government figures released Tuesday www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17837
created on 2003-04-30
Ahold to sell Indonesian operations Indonesia (April 30, 2003) - Dutch retailer Ahold, in the midst of an accounting scandal, on Tuesday withdrew from Indonesia -- another small step in its retreat to its key European and U.S. markets.
The world's number three retailer with brands www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17838
created on 2003-04-30
Mozambican sugar industry gains ground with drop in contraband Mozambique (April 30, 2003) - The Mozambican sugar industry is gaining ground on the domestic market thanks to a decline in the smuggling of sugar from neighboring countries, local daily Noticias reported Tuesday.
Figures from the Mozambican www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17839
created on 2003-04-30
FAO/WHO report confirms that fruits and vegetables minimize disease Italy (April 30, 2003) - The United Nation’s Food & Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization launched an independent expert report on diet, which serves as the basis for developing a global strategy to combat the growing burden of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17840
created on 2003-04-30
Syngenta sees robust 2003 profits after Q1 sales rise Switzerland (April 30, 2003) - Syngenta AG, the world's biggest agrochemicals firm, forecast on Tuesday robust earnings growth this year after first-quarter sales rose eight percent amid tentative signs of a recovery in its farm markets.
Sales beat www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17841
created on 2003-04-30
Spanish spending more, eating better Spain (April 30, 2003) - Spanish food consumption increased by 1.9 per cent last year compared to 2001, according to the latest data from the country’s Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA) announced this week by Agriculture minister, Miguel Arias Cañete. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17842
created on 2003-04-30
DuPont Q1 earnings higher on strong sales growth, weak dollar US (April 30, 2003) - El DuPont de Nemours & Co posted higher first quarter
earnings mainly on a strong performance in its pharmaceuticals and
agriculture businesses as well as a weak dollar, which offset higher energy
and raw material costs.
www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17843
created on 2003-04-30
EU to create senior group to iron out farm reform Belgium (April 30, 2003) - Europe's farm chief Franz Fischler on Tuesday welcomed plans for a special top-level body to thrash out sticking points in his radical proposals for EU farm reform, saying it would pave the way for a deal in June.
The www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17844
created on 2003-04-30
Thailand, China to sign FTA by middle of this year Bangkok (April 30, 2003) - Bilateral talk between the Thai and Chinese leaders took place prior to the ASEAN-China Summit on SARS, with the free trade agreement high on their agenda.
Among major outcomes, both parties agreed to sign its free www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17845
created on 2003-04-30
5 ways to boost your brainpower South Africa (April 30, 2003) - Here's some food for thought: What you eat directly affects how you think and feel. The idea may seem strange, yet UK nutrition guru and author Patrick Holford says that eating the right food is scientifically proven to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17846
created on 2003-04-30
Organic farming comes of age US (April 30, 2003) - When Ron Desens wanted to learn more about organic agriculture, he talked to other farmers.
There wasn't one place to go for information on organic agriculture or any great resources.
That's changed in the 20 years since he www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17847
created on 2003-04-30
Monsanto could face disaster, claims report UK (April 30, 2003) - A report on the prospects for the genetic engineering giant Monsanto, which has 91% of the world's market in GM seeds, says the company "could be another financial disaster waiting to happen".
Innovest, which specialises in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17848
created on 2003-04-30
Fishing industry ready for a fight US (April 30, 2003) - Nearly a month after the state announced a plan to dump 500-million gallons of wastewater into the Gulf of Mexico, some in the fishing industry say they're ready for a fight.
About 25 people from Tampa Bay's sponge, shrimp and www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17849
created on 2003-04-30
Louisiana considers opening shrimp season May 16 US (April 30, 2003) - Louisiana biologists are finding lots of small shrimp in their annual sprig survey that is used to determine when to open the brown shrimp season.
According to an AP report, cold fronts in March and April kept the baby shrimp www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17850
created on 2003-04-30
Shrimpers say illegal antibiotics still present in imports US (April 30, 2003) - A few shrimp boats are once again venturing into the Gulf of Mexico, but area boat owners and crewmen are looking for help from above.
'This is how many of us find ourselves today,' Harris Lasseigne, a shrimper at the Brownsville www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17851
created on 2003-04-30
SARS threatens fresh produce export products from Mindanao Philippines (April 30, 2003) - The business sector here has raised the alarm over the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic saying it might trigger an export embargo for the country's local products, particularly tuna.
Manuel Yaphockun, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17852
created on 2003-04-30
Texas shrimpers to receive federal disaster relief US (April 30, 2003) - For the first time ever, Texas Gulf Coast shrimpers will receive disaster relief to make up for financial losses in the shrimping industry that are blamed on rising gas prices, slumps in market value and newly imposed regulations on www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17853
created on 2003-04-30
Louisiana officials to dole out shrimp funds US (April 30, 2003) - An official with the governor’s office said Monday that a solution to splitting up about $7 million in disaster relief for Louisiana shrimpers could be announced as early as this week.
Jim Marchand, Gov. Mike Foster’s special www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17854
created on 2003-04-30
DTI names top 10 companies in General Santos Philippines (April 30, 2003) - Ten top performing companies in General Santos City were recently cited by the provincial office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
The citation was based on a survey conducted recently by DTI.
Topping www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17855
created on 2003-04-30
Chefs push links to 'sustainable' ag US (April 30, 2003) - Eric Stenberg's T-shirt bore the image of a cow, a pig and a chicken.
Beneath those images were these words: "Animals taste good."
And they taste even better, and are worth more money, if they were raised nearby, killed humanely www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17856
created on 2003-04-30
Chicken genome due at year's end Sweden (April 30, 2003) - Scientists are licking their lips over chicken. The bird's genetic sequence, which is due to be published in draft form towards the end of this year, should inform both doctors and poultry farmers, they say.
The sequence will www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17857
created on 2003-04-30
Study yields good news for organic farming US (April 30, 2003) - Organic food farmers and aficionados received good news this month through the publication of a University study.
The 10-year study shows only slight decreases in corn and soybean yields when organic farming practices are used www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17858
created on 2003-04-30
Fallout over irradiated food in school lunches US (April 30, 2003) - Look to the lunch line in Point Arena, Calif., and several school districts in Minnesota to get an idea of the wide range of opinion on the pending introduction of irradiated food into the federal government's school lunch program. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17859
created on 2003-04-30
Free-range hog farmers say taste sets their pork apart US (April 30, 2003) - Unlike the future hams sandwiched together in industrial-style swine factories, the hogs that roam and root their way through Wade Cole's farm seem a contented lot.
They trot out to meet Cole at the fence and gather around, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17860
created on 2003-04-30
Hunger strikers vs GMO in 9th day Philippines (April 30, 2003) - Hunger strikers enter their ninth day of fasting Tuesday in front of the Department of Agriculture compound in Quezon Memorial Circle in an attempt to build pressure on agriculture authorities for a moratorium on the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17861
created on 2003-04-30
Officials did not notify schools of ammonia-tainted lunches US (April 30, 2003) - Illinois education officials knew a plan to treat ammonia-tainted school lunch food did not work, fouling thousands of meals, but they never notified the schools that had the food in their freezers, according to state documents. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17862
created on 2003-04-30
Germany's Hamburg urged to rename as "Veggieburg" Germany (April 30, 2003) - The German port of Hamburg has been offered 10,000 euros ($10,500) to change its name to "Veggieburg" by animal rights activists who are unhappy about the city's association with hamburgers.
"Hamburg could promote animal www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17863
created on 2003-04-30
Trans-Atlantic food fight US (April 30, 2003) - At the Sunday market at the Place de la Bastille in Paris, the produce proudly announces its origins. There are bananas from Martinique, olives from Spain, artichokes from Brittany and broccoli from Saint-Malo, the place names www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=17864
created on 2003-04-30
