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'Nobel Prize' of Agriculture Winner a Career Monsanto Man
2013-06-22 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Two of the three scientists sharing this year's World Food Prize have ties to prominent biotech companies, including Monsanto. While not nearly as high-profile, the World Food Prize is referred to as the "Nobel Prize for food agriculture." The award, announced Wednesday at the U.S. State Department (with Secretary of State John Kerry contributing his own remarks) will be shared this year by scientists who each play a role in the advancement of genetically engineered crops: Marc Van Montagu, Mary-Dell...
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The Dutch prize their pedal power, but a sea of bikes swamps their capital
2013-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: About 6:30 weekday mornings, throngs of bicycles, with a smattering of motor scooters and pedestrians, pour off the ferries that carry bikers and other passengers free of charge across the IJ (pronounced eye) harbor, clogging the streets and causing traffic jams down behind Amsterdams main train station. In the afternoon its even more, moaned Erwin Schoof, a metalworker in his 20s who lives in the canal-laced center of town and battles the chaos daily to cross to his job. Willem van Heijningen,...
New ISO Prize to Honor Individuals Contributing to Standardization
2013-06-21 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
ISO Prize, an award created on the recommendation of Dr. Boris Aleshin, ISO's immediate past-president, is intended to honor an individual outside the ISO community who has made significant contributions to the wider understanding and use of ISO voluntary consensus standards. International Organization for Standardization will present the award and prize of 20,000 Swiss francs to the winner at the 2013 ISO General Assembly in Saint Petersburg, Russia. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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Biotechnology Researchers Receive 2013 World Food Prize
2013-06-20 16:44:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Three pioneers in the development of biotechnology-derived crops have been named as recipients of the 2013 World Food Prize. The winners of this years prize, created by the late Dr. Norman Borlaug to honor leaders in the fight to defeat world hunger, were announced at a ceremony at the U.S. State Department where Secretary of State John Kerry was the keynote speaker. read more
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And The Winner Of The World Food Prize Is ... The Man From Monsanto
2013-06-20 00:37:43| Chemicals - Topix.net
Ever heard of the World Food Prize ? It's sometimes called the "Nobel Prize for food and agriculture," but it has struggled to get people's attention.
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