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Opinion: Want to Improve Food Security? Ask an Investment Banker

(July 19) -- After two years of bumper crops, the question of "food security" is once again back on the menu. The USDA announced this month that heavy rains have whittled down the expected yield of the U.S. grain harvest. China just doubled its imports of Canadian wheat to compensate for a bad crop. Authorities in 12...

Is the Next Global Food Crisis Now in the Making?

(July 17) -- Recent weeks have produced a series of grim and related headlines: Russia has declared a state of emergency because of drought in 12 regions, while in major wheat exporter Ukraine, severe flooding may depress crop yields. Dry conditions threaten Vietnamese rice production. The USDA has projected a...

Background on Evan Fraser

Captain Evan Baillie Fraser of Balconie was the son of Alexander Fraser of Inchcoulter/Balconie who founded the modern town of Evanton, naming it after his son.

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