Morsels: sterile bananas, local action, food terror, boring countryside, organic slump, price slump, hidden meat, finding farmers

• Limping along: why the banana’s days may be numbered. It’s a “sterile, seedless mutant” and we rely on just one variety more from Conservation Magazine 2009/03/30
• Sustain launches Local Action on Food network & Rhubarb magazine “to help communities to take back control of their food” more from Sustain 2009/03/30
• Food terror: 73% of US adults as concerned about food safety as “war on terror” more from ASQ (via Food Politics) 2009/03/30
• The British countryside? Boring and full of weird creatures: 50%+ Brits bored by countryside, 10% can’t identify sheep more from Farmers’ Weekly 2009/03/30
• Organic sales slump by 20%. In supermarkets but not independent outlets? While community supported agriculture thrives? more from The Independent 2009/03/30
• Corn Plummets 31% Soybeans Fall 28% in recession forecast – Bloomberg (via @SoybeanWatch) [planting up, demand down] 2009/03/30
• In the latest Food Magazine: the hidden animal products in Kelloggs Frosted Wheats, 5-Alive, Bounty, Liquorice Allsorts… The Food Magazine Issue 84 2009/03/30
• Find the farmer behind the flour (and have a chat!): more transparent and accessible traceability for US consumers more from the New York Times 2009/03/30

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