Agriculture

Jailed French Militant Farmer Will Have Sentence Shortened In Bastille Day Clemency

Associated Press | July 10, 2003 PARIS (AP) - French militant farmer Jose Bove's jail sentence will be reduced by four months in this year's traditional Bastille Day clemency, the government said Thursday. Bove, best known for ransacking a McDonald's restaurant under construction in 1999, was jailed last month to serve 10 months for destroying genetically modified crops.

US Says EU Must Show More Farm Trade Movement

Reuters | By Doug Palmer | July 9, 2003 The United States pressured the European Union on Wednesday to show more flexibility in farm trade talks even if it does not offer new proposals.

In Africa, Bush Raps Europe and Japan on Agricultural Subsidies

Agence France Presse | July 10, 2003 President George W. Bush, criticised for shielding US farmers with huge state aid, on Thursday told Europe and Japan to slash agricultural export subsidies blamed for choking Africa's bid to feed itself. Bush said he discussed the issue in talks here with Botswana's President Festus Mogae on the third stage of his five-leg African tour.

Japan Farm Minister to Visit US, Canada Next Week to Discuss WTO/Trade Row

AFX News | July 9, 2003

Chretien Presses Bush on Canadian Beef

ASSOCIATED PRESS | July 8, 2003 TORONTO (AP) -- Prime Minister Jean Chretien on Monday asked President Bush to reopen the border to Canadian beef as quickly as possible after an investigation found no evidence that a recent case of mad cow disease spread beyond a single cow.

Mexican Grower Dissatisfaction Rises Over National Agriculture Accord

Food Chemical News | By Steven Lewis | July 7, 2003 Grower associations are increasingly expressing their dissatisfaction with the government's slow pace in implementing the National Agreement on Agriculture and disseminating the promised aid to farmers.

Harbinson Faces Conflicting Pressures Over WTO Farm Talks

Inside US Trade | July 4, 2003

Japanese Farm Minister Due in Canada for Talks on Mad Cow Disease

Agence France Presse | July 1, 2003 Japanese Agriculture Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei is due here July 12 for talks with Canadian counterpart Lyle Vanclief on mad cow disease, a spokesman for Prime Minister Jean Chretien said Tuesday.

Saving Coffee by Spending More: ""Fair-trade"" Certification for Specialty Beans Aims to Keep Growers on Their Land in the Developing World

Chicago Tribune | By James P. DeWan | July 3, 2003 Back in the day, milk was milk, vegetables came in cans, and everybody got their chickens from a funny-looking guy named Frank we all knew from TV.

EU Officials Urge Biotech Food Changes

Associated Press | July 1, 2003 BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union officials urged lawmakers Tuesday to approve regulations on genetically modified foods that could end an EU ban on new biotech products, but keep labels that the United States says could make the foods impossible to sell.