India GDP Growth To Slow In FY2011-12, Govt. Says

Washington, DC—Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) announced Feb. 3 that eleven Iowa farms and small businesses have been awarded grants totaling $1,176,312 from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Value-Added Producer Grant program.

The organisation representing Coeliac Disease sufferers in Australia is advocating the Australian government revise the “Gluten Free� standard in Australia. The organisation Coeliac Australia had approached both Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) and the Australian Competition Consumer Commission (ACCC) with the aim of altering the “Gluten Free� standard to “less than 20ppm�. The ...

India Sees Weakest GDP Growth In 3 Years In FY 2011-12

New Delhi, Feb 7 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that the main reason for decline in GDP growth is a slowdown in industrial growth, and in particular in investment growth.

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Leading ethical lender Triodos Bank has seen a 36% increase in loans in 2011 that support a range of green businesses. The independent ethical bank provided £113 million in loans last year.

LITTLE ROCK — Despite being boll weevil free for years, Arkansas still needs an eradication program to make sure the pest never returns to wreak havoc on the state’s $450 million cotton industry, the state Plant Board director told lawmakers today.

Under pressure from farm groups, the Labor Department has agreed to modify a plan that’s intended to keep children away from some of the most dangerous farm jobs.

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