News on Food Scales

2010-09-02 Kent Hayden, M. Div. : Connecting with the Sacred Through Fasting: Could It Solve the U. S. Food Crisis

I am not advocating veganism, vegetarianism, or any other ism. I am advocating a way of relating to the world. The solution to the hyper-rationalism and hyper-efficiency of our food system cannot be a competing rationalism. It must be a solution born of feeling. It must be fueled by the illogical conviction that the earth is sacred; that the way we interact with plants and animals who inhabit it, and the brothers and sisters with whom we share it, has a direct and unfathomable effect upon our souls. If our society is going to become a force for healing and for growth, it must be through the realization that the stories we are living transcend the rules that we impose upon them; that a tiny shred of cheese in a burrito might really make all the difference; that the recognition of the sacred in something simple, honest, and good

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Fasting is a non-rational abstinence. It is not the abstinence of the lactose intolerant, who forgoes milk because it will make her ill; it is the abstinence of the Hindu, who forgoes milk because it will damage his soul. - Connecting with the sacred through fasting: could it solve the u. s. food crisis religion

2010-08-31 EUs biofuels target driving land grabs in Africa, says group

The competition for land and the competition for staple food crops such as cassava and sweet sorghum for agrofuels is likely to push up food and land prices," says the report. "This competition for agricultural land raises fundamental questions about food sovereignty and government priorities. Should a country that is dependent on food aid (such as Kenya or Ethiopia) be selling fertile land to developers to grow fuel"

The European Unions biofuel targets could starve up to 100 million people, warns a report from an anti-poverty charity. ActionAid estimates the E. U. s plan to source 10 percent of transport fuels from biofuels would increase competition for agricultural lands, spurring a sharp rise in food prices. Dearer food would disproportionally affect the worlds poorest people.

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The European Unions renewable fuels target is driving land grabs in Africa that threaten the environment and local communities, claims a new report from Friends of the Earth (FOE).

2010-08-30 U. N. : Rwandan troops may have committed war crimes in efforts to end 94 genocide

Kagame is credited with having transformed Rwanda into a dynamic economic upstart and with providing women with unprecedented rights to pursue entrepreneurial and political pursuits. But his government has been dogged by allegations, stemming from the years following the genocide, that his own forces engaged in massive human rights abuses, though on a far smaller scale than the government it ousted.

An exhaustive U. N. investigation into the history of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo has concluded that the Rwandan military and its allies carried out hundreds of large-scale killings of ethnic Hutu refugees during the 1990s that amounted to war crimes, crimes against humanity and possibly genocide, according to a confidential copy of the report.

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An exhaustive U. N. investigation into the history of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo has concluded that the Rwandan military and its allies carried out hundreds of large-scale killings of ethnic Hutu refugees during the 1990s that amounted to war crimes, crimes against humanity and poss - Rwanda Rwanda genocide Hutu violence Tutsi Paul Kagame Congo U. N. report Congo Zaire Mobutu

2010-08-29 U. S. doubles helicopters for Pakistan flood relief Reuters

Asked about the visit, Shah said the camp was run by the World Food Program and he was speaking to flood victims when diplomatic security told him there were "suspicious" people in the area and the U. S. delegation should leave immediately.

The scale and scope of this natural disaster is astronomical," he told a news conference in Washington on his return from Pakistan.

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* US AID administrator: damage "astronomical" from flood * Money will be redirected from U. S. aid package By Sue Pleming WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Friday it would double

2010-08-28 FDA ties chicken feed to salmonella in egg recall Reuters

(Reuters) - Feed was the likely cause of the salmonella outbreak at two Iowa producers that sparked a recall of more than a half billion eggs, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.

The egg recalls came weeks after a new FDA rule took effect requiring large-scale producers to practice better safety and to test in the poultry house for salmonella bacteria.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Feed was the likely cause of the salmonella outbreak at two Iowa producers that sparked a recall of more than a half billion eggs, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration said - (Livestock Meals / Feeds / Pulses Health / Medicine US Government News United States International Trade Food Processing United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Markets

2010-08-27 Marten Mickos defends honor of Ubuntus Koala food The Register

Will abandon its Eucalyptus base in favor of a home-grown platform known as Nova. According to chief technology officer Chris Kemp, NASA is moving away from Eucalyptus because the platform didnt scale as well as the agency would like and because his engineers werent able to submit patches to the open source Eucalyptus project that would have improved its ability to scale.

This made it very easy to download and very easy to get going," he says. "But when a cloud scales, you need to move the cloud controllers and the cluster controller and other services on different machines, and we didnt make this happen automatically. Maybe this was a disfavor to our customers, but they mistakenly put things on the same machine that shouldnt have been. "

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2010-08-26 Eggs and caution

The legislation contains a number of provisions aimed at protecting the small farmer, but theyre insufficient. The Senate needs to exempt small-scale producers from practically every provision of the bill and focus on the long supply chains and virtually anonymous distribution that raise legitimate concerns about Food Inc.

We can never make food completely safe, and the reality is that eggs should be thoroughly cooked. Cant resist nibbling on the cookie dough Or dabbing your toast into a runny yolk You should understand the risks and consider paying up for the pasteurized eggs available in some area supermarkets.

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2010-08-22 American Chronicle United Nations World Food Programme Update from Pakistan

Since the outbreak of flooding at the end of July, WFP has reached about 1. 2 million people with a one-month supply of food. However, the massive scale of destruction, vast area affected and continuing bad weather is frustrating efforts to reach more flood victims. Some 15. 4 million people have been affected by the disaster, around 6 million of which are in need of food assistance.

William Lambers is the author of several books including "Ending World Hunger: School Lunches for Kids Around the World. " This book features over 50 interviews with officials from the UN World Food Programme, Catholic Relief Services, World Vision, Shakiras Barefoot Foundation and ChildsLife International. The interviews, arranged by country, detail school feeding programs that fight child hunger. He is also the author of "Nuclear Weapons," "The Road to Peace," and "The Spirit of the Marshall Plan: Taking Action Against World Hunger, School Lunches for Kids Around the World. " His articles have been published by the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Chicago Sun-Times, the San Diego Union-Tribune and the History News Network. His series of interviews with officials from the UN World Food Programme is also available on the American Chronicle

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2010-08-15 Eat, pray, love, and eat some more

Maybe because we cant have it, or think we cant have it, food has become female pornography, and so we buy lushly illustrated cookbooks even though we dont cook much, and log on to The Food Network like crack heads, salivating over ultimate cakeoffs and barbecue battles, resisting the urge to lick the screen and not just because Bobby Flay is yummy.

Maybe our twisted relationship with food has become so entrenched that a light summer movie purporting to be about food, love and prayer has become more about one womans serious quest to eat, about repatriating her "appetite for my life. "

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2010-08-12 14 Million People Affected By Devastating Floods In Pakistan Asia English

Currently some routes are blocked, and in several places we are contending with difficult security conditions," Mahecic said. "When we deliver tents people may also lack dry land where they can put up these tents. Among those caught in floods, there are many tenant farmers and also Afghan refugees living out on the inundated flood plains-indeed of the 1. 7 million registered Afghan refugees in Pakistan, 1. 4 million reside in the worst hit areas. Many people are now without shelter and have lost their food, livestock and all their possessions. "

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Mahecic say the UNHCR is working in coordination with the government, UN agencies and charities on the ground to provide the needed food, water, shelter, and medicine. - Devastating Floods Pakistan displaced hunger food help aid assistance