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May 30, 2014
Consumer products containing ingredients made using an advanced form of engineering known as synthetic biology are beginning to show up more often on grocery and department store shelves. Read more
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May 23, 2011
Ceres Inc., a U.S. seed maker, plans to raise as much as $100 million in an initial public offering to expand output of genetically modified crops used in the production of biofuels.
The shares will be listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol CERE, the Thousand Oaks, California-based company said today in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Ceres, which has been operating since 1997, will use some of the proceeds from the IPO to develop, produce and commercialize crop seeds.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Barclays Plc will underwrite the Read more
The shares will be listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol CERE, the Thousand Oaks, California-based company said today in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Ceres, which has been operating since 1997, will use some of the proceeds from the IPO to develop, produce and commercialize crop seeds.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Barclays Plc will underwrite the Read more
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May 4, 2011
Agriculture and the family farm are the foundation of strong and healthy rural communities, and a critical engine of U.S. economic growth. Regrettably, a key aspect of U.S. agricultural policy does not meaningfully contribute to the success of U.S... Read more
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April 28, 2011
During the Bush II administration, I used to groan that the closest thing we had to a concerted policy response to climate change was the federal government's slew of goodies for corn-based ethanol. It was a monumentally depressing situation,... Read more
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April 26, 2011
"I am not a lobbyist for ethanol," Newt Gingrich declared in a mid-winter spat with the editors of The Wall Street Journal over his support for government subsidies for alternative fuel. Read more
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Permaculture and Regenerative Design News
Elaine Ingham would never treat soil like dirt. She reveres it, as we all should, since this precious substance is the thin brown line between plenty and starvation. Given the necessity of topsoil to human survival, you'd think we'd have legions... Read more
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March 7, 2011
Another day and there's another study that undermines the case for biofuels as an eco-friendly source of energy. This time it's the booming palm oil plantations of Southeast Asia, which yield the raw ingredients for biodiesel, used most often in... Read more
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March 20, 2009
One hundred years ago this month, a laboratory experiment at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany set the stage for the Green Revolution. Chemist Fritz Haber placed a sheet of osmium in a steel chamber, pumped in a mix of nitrogen and hydrogen... Read more
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January 12, 2011
Global grain demand keeps rising, pushed up by population growth and the switch to more meat-heavy diets; but grain production can only rise so much, constrained by limited water and other resources. So, a food crisis is inevitable. Read more
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