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Organics booming in Lebanon, India, Romania

The first organic dairy factory has opened in Lebanon, Romania’s market is growing at 20%+ and in India, forecasts are for quadruple growth by 2015 as developing economies embrace organic production of foodstuffs. With European Union certification in hand, Biomass Organic Products has opened the first local organic dairy products factory in.....

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Govt. denies reports of financial crisis at FCI, says will provide it all support

The Government today categorically denied media reports of a financial crisis in the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and said that all the additional requirements of FCI were being met by the Government. Media reports said the crisis was leading to non-payment to States/state agencies on account of procurement by the.....

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American consumers prefer organic food to conventionally produced food

When given a choice, American consumers opt to purchase organic foods, according to a recent Thomson Reuters-NPR Health Poll, which gauges attitudes and opinions on a wide range of health issues. In the latest survey in the series, 58 per cent of Americans say they choose organic to conventionally produced foods when they have the.....

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Meeting to decide on wheat export

India will decide whether to end a four-year ban on exports at the next meeting of a panel of ministers, food minister KV Thomas said in an interview in Mumbai on Monday. Thomas declined to say when the ministers would meet to decide on wheat exports. The government needs to “wait and see” before considering further sugar.....