UN agriculture chief calls for more investment (GMA News)
MBABANE, Swaziland - The top U.N. agriculture official says food prices are soaring worldwide because governments have invested too little in farming.

Agriculture museum hosts craft show Sunday (The Post-Standard)
More than 20 craftspeople will demonstrate their skills and sell their wares Sunday at the Ward W. O'Hara Agriculture Museum, in Owasco. There will be music and food at the event, scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.

Retain P500 food subsidy, FAO urges (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines -- The government's P500 monthly subsidy for the poor, denounced by critics as a dole-out, should be institutionalized, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Friday.

Age a handicap to food growth (The Manila Times)
AS the government sets aside billions to rejuvenate food growth amid soaring food prices and worsening hunger, a lawmaker believes the government should also find ways to augment in a big way the budgetary support for state-run agricultural colleges, to enable them to quickly develop a new generation of young and highly productive farmers.

World leaders ignored FAO warning on global food crisis: Diouf (AFP via Yahoo! News)
UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) chief Jacques Diouf Thursday said world leaders had ignored warnings on the current food crisis and rising costs.

DA ties up with GK (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
THE DEPARTMENT OF Agriculture has teamed up with a prominent social action group to carry out a backyard-based food security program in its housing villages.

Sticker shock: Grocers emphasize cheaper alternatives as food prices bite into budgets (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)
As consumers look to squeeze every penny from soaring food budgets - clipping coupons, comparing prices and shopping less frequently — grocery stores are upping efforts to promote their stores as value driven.

Inspectors slam listeria probe; say politics trump food safety (Victoria Times Colonist)
A probe into a tainted-meat outbreak that has claimed 13 lives has more to do with protecting Prime Minister's Stephen Harper's election fortunes than safeguarding the Canadian public, says the union that represents food safety inspectors.

SILive.com: News Forum (Staten Island Advance)
Imagine: this is considered controversial! The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated that meat production accounts for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Loose Change: Rising food prices worst for the chronically ill (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Rising food prices might be crimping more than just family food budgets. They might be worsening the situation for people with chronic illnesses, experts say.