Subject: Farmers Feeding the World Receives Grant from Farm Credit
From: "Farmers Feeding the World" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:00:47 +0000 (GMT)

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The Farm Journal Foun=ation's Farmers Feeding the World initiative announced recently that it ha= received a grant from the Farm Credit National Contributions Program. As=a supporter of Farmers Feeding the World, Farm Credit joins other organiza=ions, companies and hundreds of producers across the U.S. rallying to prot=ct modern agriculture's ability to produce the most abundant, affordable a=d safest food supply in the world. Read Mor=.
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<=trong>Sept. 13: Philabundance Hunger Symposium focusing on the is=ue of Food Sourcing; Philadelphia, Pa.
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Sept. 23-26: CropLife America 2012 Annual Meeting: Amelia Island,=Fla.

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Severe Drought Seen as Driving Up Cost of Food=br />
= Scorching heat and the worst drought in n=arly a half-century are threatening to send food prices up, spooking consu=ers and leading to worries about global food costs. The U.S. government sa=d it expected the record-breaking weather to drive up the price of groceri=s next year, including milk, beef, chicken and pork. The drought is now af=ecting 88% of the corn crop, a staple of processed foods and animal feed =s well as the nation's leading farm export. The government's forecast, bas=d on a consumer price index for food, estimated that prices would rise 4% =o 5% for beef next year with slightly lower increases for pork, eggs and =airy products. Read More=

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Olympic Athletes Help Boost Hunger Awareness

Several Olympic at=letes joined Britain's Prime Minister and other world leaders at a meeting=billed as a "Hunger Summit" in London, just before the Olympics =losing ceremony. Officials wanted to use the publicity of the Olympic Game= and the star power of the athletes to focus attention on hunger and malnu=rition, which affects dozens of countries around the world. Britain wants=to make hunger a key issue of its presidency of the Group of Eight industr=alized countries next year. Read Mor=.
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U.S. to Add $30 Million to D=ought Relief

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The 2012 Farm Bill: It Still Could Happ=n

At least =ne prominent lobbyist believes Congress will pass a farm bill this year, t=ough it may not include disaster payments for the livestock industry. Read More.
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Roger Thurow, Chicago Counci= on Global Affairs
= The farmer fell to his knees, landing hard on the parched s=il, and raised his arms to heaven. =
"God, have mercy on us," he prayed, opening his palms to =is field. "Provide us with the rain, for when it rains enough, the di=t will easily break. And the seeds will germinate and push up through the =oil. Hear my prayer, dear God."
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An American=farmer this summer? It certainly could be, as the worst drought in decades=chokes the U.S. farm belt.
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But this pa=ticular prayer came from Francis Wanjala Mamati, a Kenyan farmer whose wor=ies mounted by the day as drought spread across his country and all of Eas= Africa. Francis was about to begin turning the soil with his jembe, his h=e, in anticipation of the start of the rainy season. He knew his work woul= be wasted if the rains didn't come—and come in a hurry. =a name="www_agweb_com_farmersfeed_1" href="http://links.mkt1447.com/c=t?kn=16&ms=Mzk2MjM5MDYS1&r=MTY0MjcwNDUxNzcS1&b=0&j=MTU1NzIwMjUyS=&mt=1&rt=0">Read More.

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