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Video: the rare varieties tasting with Dr Jose Vouillamoz

Here’s the video from the rare grape varieties tasting conducted by Dr Jose Vouillamoz at the London Wine Trade Fair this week, organized by the Circle of Wine Writers. I’d agreed to film it for them (I am on the committee), even though I was a little concerned that filming a tasting would actually be [...]

Zester Daily: Local Farming Void? Military Veterans Are Answer

Recently returned from protecting U.S. interests overseas and having traded in their fatigues for overalls, hundreds of veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq are now committed to growing organic produce and selling it to local communities from Seattle to Florida.

Zester Daily: Local Farming Void? Military Veterans Are Answer

Recently returned from protecting U.S. interests overseas and having traded in their fatigues for overalls, hundreds of veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq are now committed to growing organic produce and selling it to local communities from Seattle to Florida.

Must-Reads from Around the World

Abe’s Burma Visit – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Burma on Friday, becoming the first Japanese leader to do so in 36 years, reports Bloomberg. Masaki Takahara, executive managing director of the Japan External Trade Organization’s...Show More Summary

8 MLB-Ready Prospects Turning Veterans into Trade Bait

It's getting close to that time where teams start discussing internal moves within the organization that could make their big league roster better. Down on the farm, certain prospects are forcing the issue and doing what I call "knocking down the door" to the big leagues. Show More Summary

New COOL Rule Might Result in Retaliatory Tariffs

A new rule to implement mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) for muscle cuts of beef still put the U.S. out of compliance with the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, say Canada and Mexico. The final rule, issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Thursday, might mean Canada and Mexico... Continue Reading

7 Do’s and Don’ts on World Turtle Day, Plus How You Can Help a Great Organization!

Turtles and tortoises have been on this planet for 200 million years, but habitat destruction, pet trade, and the exotic food market are affecting their numbers. What can you do to help these animals, today and every day? We've got some answers!

US: Groups want ‘comprehensive’ FTA with EU

A coalition of US food and agricultural organizations led by the National Pork Producers Council is urging the Obama administration to press the European Union to negotiate a “comprehensive” free trade agreement, including addressing sanitary-phytosanitary (SPS) barriers to trade.

Websense: Shareholders Should Tender Their Shares To Vista Equity Partners

By The Value Investor: Shares of Websense (WBSN) rose an incredible 28.8% in Monday's trading session after the company, which protects organizations against cyber attacks and theft, agreed to sell itself to Vista Equity Partners. For investors there appears to be limited upside from current levels given the low possibility of a counter offer. Show More Summary

What the Mike Piazza Trade Meant to the New York Mets Organization

A lot changed for the New York Mets 15 years ago. On May 22, 1998, the club made a big splash by trading for Mike Piazza. It remains one of the more noteworthy deals in Mets history—not to mention one of the oddest sets of circumstances in recent Major League Baseball history. Show More Summary

FoodNavigator-USA’s enlightening interview: the industry POV on GMOs

I just read Elaine Watson’s lengthy interview on FoodNavigator-USA with Cathy Enright, the executive vice president for food and agriculture at the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)—the trade organization for producers of GMO foods. If you have any doubts about why the agbiotech industry has failed “to win hearts and minds about the merits of genetically [...]

Grizzlies GM Compares Pau Gasol to Organ Donor for Marc Gasol Trade

Pau Gasol has made everything the Memphis Grizzlies are doing right now possible, like a catalyst, or, you know, someone who was gleaned for their organs. Reflecting on the trade that sent Pau to the Los Angeles Lakers and netted the...Show More Summary

Vilsack Promises to Grow U.S. Organic Industry

At its recent policy conference in Washington, D.C., the Organic Trade Association (OTA) heard from Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack about the future of organic farming. Vilsack told OTA members that he views organic as “its own separate commodity,” and he is committed to treating it that way.  He wants to increase coverage options for... Continue Reading

Mark Fried: Why Are We Bullying The World's Poorest Countries?

We haven't heard much out of the World Trade Organization since 2005, when the US government decided to continue subsidizing corporate farms rather than forge a global trade deal. Yet the WTO machinery keeps grinding on -- and grinding poor countries down.

Food Demand, JM Financial, UK Startups Incubator and Sina in Our News for Today 05/17/2013

Raising consumer demand has helped organic food to increase its share in the food market in the US. Shares of JM Financial increased by 17% in morning trade, following the announcement that former Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit will acquire stake at the company. Show More Summary

Serco Group on Track for "Strong Organic Revenue Growth" in 2013

Serco Group issues an encouraging trading update.

What is your true rejection: Organ Trade Edition

One of the things that tells us whether we are actually thinking about an issue reasonably is whether there is any counterfactual that would change our minds about it. Given that we had a pretty angry conversation about this in Jason’s recent post, let’s hash things out here. Show More Summary

New Philadelphia 76ers GM Sam Hinkie Calls Andrew Bynum Trade a 'Failure'

The Andrew Bynum trade was a failure. Someone from the Philadelphia 76ers organization who wasn't the recently departed Doug Collins had to say it, so it might as well have been Sam Hinkie. Fresh off being named the team's president and general manager, Hinkie wasted no time in putting that advanced analytics-endorsing brain of his to good use. Show More Summary

New chief Roberto Azevedo vows to revive World Trade Organization

Zimfo Bytes

The Farm Journal Foundation’s Farmers Feeding the World initiative recently co-hosted an international agriculture and food security briefing with the Senate Hunger Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The Organic Trade Association has formally established a Farmers Advisory Council … Continue reading ?