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British farming in crisis as crop losses from ‘relentless’ floods pile up woes crops and market in crisis as ‘worst ever year’ of floods wipe out crops in ‘worst ever year’ | Environment | The Observer

Many farmers are quitting an industry hit by rain, disease and cheap imports – just as food security becomes a worldwide issue

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/23/weather-battered-farmers-hope-food-security-will-help

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The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food – NYTimes.com

On the evening of April 8, 1999, a long line of Town Cars and taxis pulled up to the Minneapolis headquarters of Pillsbury and discharged 11 men who controlled America’s largest food companies. Nestlé was in attendance, as were Kraft and Nabisco, General Mills and Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola and Mars. Rivals any other day, the C.E.O.’s and company presidents had come together for a rare, private meeting. On the agenda was one item: the emerging obesity epidemic and how to deal with it. While the atmosphere was cordial, the men assembled were hardly friends. Their stature was defined by their skill in fighting one another for what they called “stomach share” — the amount of digestive space that any one company’s brand can grab from the competition.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html?_r=0

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Scorecard: How Many Rights Have Americans REALLY Lost? | Zero Hedge

Preface: While a lot of people talk about the loss of our Constitutional liberties, people usually speak in a vague, generalized manner … or focus on only one issue and ignore the rest.

This post explains the liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights – the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution – and provides a scorecard on the extent of the loss of each right.

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-02-21/scorecard-how-many-rights-have-americans-really-lost