Unless people know what products Monsanto has on the grocery store shelf, how will you boycott? The farmers can boycott because they will be buying seeds. FC: Lee Quarles, a Monsanto spokesperson, said that through its work in seed genetics and biotechnology both of which are scale neutral whether a farmer plants one acre, half an acre or 10,000 acres, that farmer will net the same benefit. We must have land of our own from which we can produce the food and create the circumstances that...

Before a product can be labeled organic, a USDA certifier inspects the farm where the food is grown to verify the farmer is following rules to meet organic standards. Among the requirements needed to qualify food as organic are whether it was produced by conserving soil and water and without using antibiotics or growth hormones. QAre there established criteria to be met for a food product to be labeled organic ? AYes. Companies that handle or process organic food must be certified, said...

Smartcool s energy savings technology receives further endorsement from Coast Citrus Distributors SmartCool Systems inc. is pleased to announce that Smartcool Systems USA inc., a wholly owned subsidiary has received an order for its Energy Savings Module technology from Coast Tropical, a division of Coast Citrus Distributors based in San Diego, California. Smartcool s energy savings technology receives further endorsement from Coast Citrus Distributors SmartCool Systems inc. is pleased to...

Any peanut butter matching the recall, regardless of the date, can be returned to the place of purchase, or customers can send the lid to ConAgra for a refund. FDA extends tainted peanut butter recall. At that time the recall applied to all peanut butter made since December 2005. WASHINGTON -- ConAgra Foods inc. has extended its recall of all peanut butter produced at a plant in Georgia by more than a year, back to October 2004, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The recall...

Although he said there were no hard-and-fast benchmarks for each industry, the main thing is that a stock does not have a yield that s way out of line with its peers. Some stocks have high current yields because their share prices have fallen, which can indicate that many investors expect future dividend payments to decline. The telecommunications stocks in the index have the highest average ratio, with 64 percent of earnings going to dividends, while the technology stocks in the index...