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☆ Gebisa Ejeta honored by President Biden with prestigious National Medal of Science
  + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Samantha Bresnahan | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —Earlier this week, Ethiopian Gebisa Ejeta joined an elite group of scientists when he was honored by US President Joe Biden in a ceremony at the White House. Ejeta, along with eight others, was awarded the National Medal of Science on Tuesday, the highest scientific honor in the nation. Born and raised in rural west-central Ethiopia, Ejeta has dedicated his life’s work to food science – specifically the study of sorghum, a gluten-free ancient grain. He was a 2009 recipient of the World Food Prize for his work with drought- and parasite-resistant hybrid strains. Gebisa Ejeta, distinguished professor of plant breeding & genetics and international agriculture at Purdue University, has dedicated his life's work to studying sorghum.
Persons: Ejeta, Joe Biden, “, ”, Mung Chiang, Gebisa Ejeta, Thomas Campbell, Biden Organizations: CNN, White, Purdue University, “, Purdue University Agricultural, Purdue Locations: Ethiopia, United States, Gebisa, Africa, Asia
☆ As egg prices climb, advocacy groups and politicians call on FTC to investigate possible price gouging scheme: 'Somebody needs to pay attention'
  + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Advocacy group Farm Action and others have asked the FTC to investigate price gouging, pointing to record profits. Egg companies and some experts say a new strain of avian flu, packaging, and transport costs justify the price. While egg companies claim an outbreak of avian flu, combined with inflated transportation and packaging costs, justify record-high prices, others are calling foul. "Somebody needs to pay attention, and we didn't really see anyone asking why," Joe Van Wye, Farm Action's director of policy and outreach, told Insider. The FTC declined to comment on the letters, and Cal-Maine Foods and Sen. Reed did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.
☆ Soaring US egg prices put pressure on consumers, businesses
  + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
Chickens may not be able to fly very far, but the price of eggs is soaring. A lingering bird flu outbreak, combined with soaring feed, fuel and labor costs, has led to U.S. egg prices more than doubling over the past year, and hatched a lot of sticker shock on grocery aisles. But egg prices are up significantly more than other foods — even more than chicken or turkey — because egg farmers were hit harder by the bird flu. But she said bird flu remains a wildcard that could still drive prices higher if there are more sizeable outbreaks at egg farms. Any decrease in egg prices would be welcome at Patti Stobaugh’s two restaurants and two bakeries in Conway and Russelville, Arkansas, because all of her ingredients and supplies are more expensive these days.
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