Ashling O Connor It sounds a little like selling ice to the eskimos, or the old joke about selling coal to Newcastle, but more than 30 years after Tilda brought basmati from the foothills of the Himalaya to the tables of Britain, the Essex-based company is taking its packaged rice back to India. Ashling O Connor It sounds a little like selling ice to the eskimos, or the old joke about selling coal to Newcastle, but more than 30 years after Tilda brought basmati from the foothills of the...

The first completely customisable news site on the web 132 years in print. Anindita Chowdhury KOLKATA, July 30: Field trials of genetically modified crops in the state have triggered off a war of letters between some members of the state agriculture commission and the department of biotechnology under the Union science and technology ministry. The first completely customisable news site on the web 132 years in print. Anindita Chowdhury KOLKATA, July 30: Field trials of genetically modified...

Only articles from today's edition are available for free on our web site. This is only an excerpt from the full story. The entire article is approximately 144 words in length. Market Matters Just When We're Out, They Pull Us Back In Wouldn't you know it? Just as Russia began to move in line with global markets -- after three months of going it alone -- the global markets started to tank. Special Reports Funny, Terrible, Scary. And That's Just the Films From scheming staff to vengeful...

The world is in the early months of the greatest sustained rise in grain prices, for all major grains including maize, wheat, rice that we have seen in three decades. As a result of the beautiful US Government subsidies to produce bio-ethanol fuels, and the new legislative mandate, the US refinery industry is investing big time in building new special ethanol distilleries, similar to oil refineries, except they produce ethanol fuel. To make certain it will happen, farmers and big...

Jul 10, 2007 - 6:21:02 AM Diet & Health : Nutrition Organic tomatoes contain higher nutrients than conventional tomatoes Organically grown tomatoes may be more valuable than those grown conventionally as they contain higher levels of beneficial compounds, according to a new study published in the journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Jul 10, 2007 - 6:21:02 AM Diet & Health : Nutrition Organic tomatoes contain higher nutrients than conventional tomatoes Organically grown tomatoes may...