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Fri, 2009-05-08 10:00 — mdmcdonald

The mission of this Working Group is explore new directions in Agriculture and Food Security.

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Opinion: The U.S. is not doing enough about the risk of bird flu, but it can--former CDC director

Tue, 2024-06-18 11:12 — mike kraft

We aren’t doing enough about the risk of bird flu – but we can | CNN

The United States’ response to H5N1 – “bird flu” – has been fragmented and inadequate. With three cases reported in people in the United States and clusters from Michigan to Texas, it’s clear that the virus is widespread among animals. To protect people, animals, and our economy, and to restore trust in public health, we need to get this right....

We have a lot to learn and no time to lose. First, states and national authorities must work with one another. This will require multiple federal agencies – including CDC, USDA, APHIS – and their state counterparts to share information transparently and in real time with each other and with the public. Second, Congress needs to provide resources to respond to the next pandemic and also for systems, workforce, and infrastructure so we are prepared to stop new and unknown events before they become epidemics. Third, and perhaps most importantly, we must quickly build relationships with farm owners and workers by being responsive to their needs and addressing questions and concerns.

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There May Not Be Enough Food For Everyone in 2023

Sat, 2023-03-11 16:56 — Kathy Gilbeaux

David Beasley, the head of the World Food Programme, talked to TIME about why he is worried about 2023.

time.com - by BELINDA LUSCOMBE - JANUARY 12, 2023

. . war, conflict, corruption and destabilization . . . all barriers against sufficient food resources for everyone . . . man-made conflict and climate shocks, followed by COVID . . . then Ethiopia, Afghanistan and Ukraine . . . millions of people marching to starvation . . . If you want to know which countries over the next 12 to 18 months could have destabilization and mass migration, start with the 49 knocking on famine’s door right now . . . mass migration due to starvation caused by climate change will cost 1,000 times more than a well-planned resilience program . . 

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Bbird flu: How to prevent an outbreak from becoming a pandemic

Wed, 2023-03-01 17:20 — mike kraft
How to stop the bird flu outbreak becoming a pandemic Nature - From tracking the disease’s spread in wild birds to updating human vaccines, there are measures that could help keep avian influenza in check. Sidik, Saima May nature
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Analysis: Why public health officials are not panicked about bird flu

Thu, 2023-02-23 12:22 — mike kraft
Analysis: Why public health officials are not panicked about bird flu A new strain of bird flu that transmits easily among wild birds has triggered an explosive spread into new corners of the globe, infecting and killing a variety of mammals species and raising fears of a pandemic more lethal than COVID-19. Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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Bird flu spreads to new countries

Wed, 2023-02-15 10:14 — mike kraft
Bird flu spreads to new countries, threatens non-stop "war" on poultry Avian flu has reached new corners of the globe and become endemic for the first time in some wild birds that transmit the virus to poultry, according to veterinarians and disease experts, who warn it is now a year-round problem. Tom Polansek Reuters

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The Other Way Covid Will Kill: Hunger

Fri, 2020-09-11 09:04 — mike kraft

...As the global economy absorbs the most punishing reversal of fortunes since the Great Depression, hunger is on the rise. Those confronting potentially life-threatening levels of so-called food insecurity in the developing world are expected to nearly double this year to 265 million, according to the United Nations World Food Program.

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Pandemic brings hard times for farmers, worsening hunger

Tue, 2020-09-01 09:57 — mike kraft
Pandemic brings hard times for farmers, worsening hunger The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many farmers and has imperiled food security for many millions both in the cities and the countryside. United Nations experts are holding... AP NEWS

The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many farmers and has imperiled food security for many millions both in the cities and the countryside.

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INVESTIGATION: Meatpacking Companies Reportedly Dismissed Years of Warnings but Now Say Nobody Could Have Prepared for COVID-19

Sun, 2020-08-23 18:55 — mike kraft
Meatpacking Companies Dismissed Years of Warnings but Now Say Nobody Could Have Prepared for COVID-19 In documents dating to 2006, government officials predicted that a pandemic would threaten critical businesses and warned them to prepare. Meatpacking companies largely ignored them, and now nearly… Michael Grabell,Bernice Yeung ProPublica
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Chinese cities find virus in Brazilian chicken wings, Ecuadorian shrimp packaging

Thu, 2020-08-13 10:49 — mike kraft
Chinese cities find virus in Brazilian chicken wings, Ecuadorian shrimp packaging Two cities in China have found traces of the new coronavirus in imported frozen food and on food packaging, local authorities said on Thursday, raising fears that contaminated food shipments might cause new outbreaks. Roxanne Liu U.S.
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How More Organic Farming Could Worsen Global Warming

Sat, 2019-10-26 10:28 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Left: For decades, the conventional wisdom surrounding organic farming has been that it produces crops that are healthier and better for the environment as a whole. A new study out this week challenges this narrative. Photo by REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil

CLICK HERE - STUDY - The greenhouse gas impacts of converting food production in England and Wales to organic methods

pbs.org - by Courtney Vinopal - October 23, 2019

. . . a new study out this week predicts that a wholesale shift to organic farming could increase net greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 21 percent . . .

 . . . Organic farming typically produces lower crop yields due to factors such as the lower potency fertilizers used in the soil, which are limited to natural sources such as beans and other legume . . .

 . . . Proponents of organic farming acknowledge the issue of low crop yields raised by the Cranfield Study, but maintain that farmers can still find ways to reduce their carbon footprint by focusing on “regenerative practices.”

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