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Oilsands can be developed in a sustainable way: OliverTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:01AMEnergy ministers began meeting in Kananaskis, Alta., on Monday to start laying the groundwork for a national energy strategy, but there are widely diverging views about what such a policy should look like.

Grain NewsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:00AMResearchers with the U of S Crop Development Centre (CDC) will lead an international $8.5 million effort to develop the genetic knowledge and tools to improve wheat, a crop worth more than $4 billion annually in Canada alone.

Corn geneticist gets $1.2 million grant from NSF for gene instability researchMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:14AM( Penn State ) The molecular mechanisms that control genetic modifications in specific tissues during plant development are the focus of a National Science Foundation grant for $1.2 million to Surinder Chopra, associate professor of maize genetics in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

Truth to unsold GM canolaSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:09PMTHE 49,000 tonnes of genetically modified (GM) canola grown in WA last year remains unsold due to grain quality issues connected to the severe drought and not market rejection of biotechnology, as suggested last week by WA Greens MLC, Lynn MacLaren.

Why India can't feed her peopleSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:34PMAs much as 40 per cent of all the fruits, vegetables and food grains grown in India never make it to the market.