Gardening is golden and other headlines

One has to wonder - will the increase in backyard gardening be statistically significant? And if so, what will it mean for commercial growers? Yet another endorsement of gardening today. Find the article here. From the piece.

The trend is so hot, even the White House is doing it, with first lady Michelle Obama on Friday breaking ground on the first kitchen garden there since Eleanor Roosevelt's World War II victory garden. Obama told the grade-schoolers at the groundbreaking that whole point of the garden was to make sure her family had access to fresh vegetables and fruits.

More headlines this morning...

Grain growers rebuff Obama's plan to cut subsidies EO.now

Grain industry leaders from Oregon, Washington and Idaho sent an open letter to President Obama Tuesday, expressing outrage over his proposal to cut payments to farmers in order to ease the national deficit


Organic foods in demand despite recession Stock and Land

World demand for organic foods is expected to grow by 46pc over the five years endin 2012, despite the world economic crisis. This bullish outlook is contained in a United Nations Trade and Development Agency (UNCTAD) report. World sales from certified organic products are expected to reach $67 billion in 2012, up from $46 billion in 2007 and about $23 billion in 2002.


Red meat linked to risk of earlier death Star Tribune

Eating red meat increases the chances of dying prematurely, according to a large federal study offering powerful new evidence that a diet that regularly includes steaks, burgers and pork chops is hazardous to your health.The study of more than 500,000 middle-age and elderly Americans found that those who consumed the equivalent of about a small hamburger every day were more than 30 percent more likely to die in the following 10 years, mostly from heart disease and cancer. Processed meats also increased the risk.The new study is the first large examination of the relationship between eating meat and overall mortality.In contrast, routine consumption of fish, chicken, turkey and other poultry decreased the risk of death slightly, the study found

Roubini on home buying: beter to wait International Business Times

Economic uncertainty due to job losses means potential home buyers should hold off as prices are set to drop up to 20 percent in the next 18 months, economist Nouriel Roubini said on Thursday.