It is an alcohol made by fermentation of sugars derived from sugar cane, sugar beet, wheat or corn. Dr Kondor first explains the process involved in the production of bio-fuels. Oil prices staggering at an all time high in recent months have propelled countries to source for alternative fuels to meet their increased demand for energy. According to a recent study by the University of Wisconsin's Department of Medicine, from among the Asian countries, Thailand and Malaysia are said to have...

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We re also working on producing crops that are drought-resistant. Why have we seen such a rapid rise in grain prices this year? We ve got a growing population worldwide, particularly in Asia a population that wants not just rice but meat, which requires maize to feed the chickens. Spun out of the agribusiness divisions of the multinational pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Novartis, Syngenta is a worldwide agriculture company selling pesticides, herbicides, crossbred plants and...

GM beet sugar may be in your favorite products as early as next fall and you will have no warning label to let you know if you are ingesting real sugar or GM sugar. Genetically modified potatoes were removed from the market in 2001, but keep your eyes peeled and let your store know you want 100% Non-GMO foods, dairy and produce. If it is a prepared turkey dinner or brined turkey, look to see that it has no preservatives such as sodium benzoate recently linked to hyperactivity in children....

LONDON (Reuters) - An ancient flood some say could be the origin of the story of Noah's Ark may have helped the spread of agriculture in Europe 8,300 years ago by scattering the continent's earliest farmers, researchers said on Sunday. Using radiocarbon dating and archaeological evidence, a British team showed the collapse of the North American ice sheet, which raised global sea levels by as much as 1.4 meters, displaced tens of thousands of people in southeastern Europe who carried...