No particular theme this time, unless maybe it's "grow your own."
I did see an interesting tv news item about seed banks but didn't get a chance to take any notes.
News articles over three days:
Foodbank: Hunger on the rise in eastern Idaho
LocalNews8.com, 19 March 2013.
New statistics from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare show a staggering number of Idahoans are on food stamps. The number represents 17-percent of people statewide.
Markets pledge not to sell genetically-modified salmon
Seattle Times/New York Times, 19 March 2013.
The campaign by the environmental and consumer groups suggests that the salmon could have trouble winning acceptance in the market, assuming consumers could identify it.
No-brown apples sparkle in lunchboxes
Seattle Times, 20 March 2013.
The Opal follows the past of most new modern varieties—trademarked fruits that are closely managed by a limited number of growers and distributors.
New EU farm subsidy plan criticised by green groups
BBC News, 20 March 2013.
Farmers will be paid twice by taxpayers for the same work if Europe's farm ministers get their way over subsidies.
The egg box that updates a humble yet classic design
BBC, 21 March 2013.
Her concept for an egg carton of the future—made of cardboard and a rubber band—was made for a university competition but has already received some cautious commercial interest.
However, these all showed up on my Facebook page:
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