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Posted: 2/13/2013 9:52:04 PM EST
Mexican businessman Carlos Slim (R), Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates (2nd L), Governor of the State of Mexico Eruviel Avila (L) and Mexican agriculture minister Enrique Martinez (2nd R) cut the ribbon during the inauguration of a new research facility at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Texcoco outside Mexico City February 13, 2013. REUTERS/Henry Romero
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Posted: 2/13/2013 9:52:04 PM EST
Mexican businessman Carlos Slim (R) shakes hands with Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates (L),as Mexico agriculture minister Enrique Martinez (2nd L) looks on after taking part in the inauguration of a new research facility at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, or CIMMYT, in Texcoco outside Mexico City February 13, 2013. REUTERS/Henry Romero
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Posted: 2/13/2013 9:52:04 PM EST
Mexican businessman Carlos Slim (R), Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates (2nd L), Governor of the State of Mexico Eruviel Avila (L) and Mexican agriculture minister Enrique Martinez (2nd R) cut the ribbon during the inauguration of a new research facility at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Texcoco outside Mexico City February 13, 2013. REUTERS/Henry Romero
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Posted: 2/13/2013 9:52:04 PM EST
Mexican businessman Carlos Slim (R) shakes hands with Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates (L),as Mexico agriculture minister Enrique Martinez (2nd L) looks on after taking part in the inauguration of a new research facility at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, or CIMMYT, in Texcoco outside Mexico City February 13, 2013. REUTERS/Henry Romero
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Posted: 2/13/2013 8:43:28 PM EST
From left, Chair of the International Center for Improvement of Corn and Wheat (CIMMYT) Sara Boettiger, Mexico state Gov. Eruviel Avila, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, Mexican Secretary of Agriculture Enrique Martinez, Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim and CIMMYT Director General Thomas Lumpkin cut the ribbon at inauguration of the new research center for the CIMMYT in Texcoco, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Gates and Slim teamed up to to fund new seed breeding research which the CIMMYT says aims to sustainably increase the productivity of maize and wheat systems to ensure global food security and reduce poverty. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Posted: 2/13/2013 3:58:23 PM EST
British Secretary of State for the Environment, Food, & Rural Affairs Owen William Paterson, right, talks with President of the EU rotating Council and Ireland's Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney, at the European Council building in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Agriculture ministers from the EU countries most affected by the scandal over horse meat found in products labelled as beef, were due to meet for an exchange of information in Brussels on Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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Posted: 2/13/2013 3:58:23 PM EST
French Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll, center, talks with British Secretary of State for the Environment, Food, & Rural Affairs Owen William Paterson, right, and President of the EU rotating Council and Ireland's Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney, at the European Council building in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Agriculture ministers from the EU countries most affected by the scandal over horse meat found in products labelled as beef, were due to meet for an exchange of information in Brussels on Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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Posted: 2/13/2013 3:58:23 PM EST
Romania's Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin, right, talks with British Secretary of State for the Environment, Food, & Rural Affairs Owen William Paterson, at the European Council building in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Agriculture ministers from the EU countries most affected by the scandal over horse meat found in products labeled as beef, are meeting for an exchange of information in Brussels on Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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Posted: 2/10/2013 3:12:39 PM EST
A recall notice for frozen meals which had tested positive for horse meat is seen at an Aldi supermarket in northwest London February 9, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: FOOD POLITICS BUSINESS AGRICULTURE ANIMALS) - RTR3DJLW
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Posted: 2/10/2013 3:12:39 PM EST
A recall notice for frozen meals which had tested positive for horse meat is seen at an Aldi supermarket in northwest London February 9, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: FOOD POLITICS BUSINESS AGRICULTURE ANIMALS) - RTR3DJLW
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Posted: 2/10/2013 3:08:12 PM EST
A recall notice for frozen meals which had tested positive for horse meat is seen at an Aldi supermarket in northwest London February 9, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: FOOD POLITICS BUSINESS AGRICULTURE ANIMALS) - RTR3DJLW
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Posted: 2/6/2013 3:18:20 PM EST
The Associated Press announced Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, that Michelle L. Johnson, who has served as an editor and the weekend supervisor at the AP’s regional editing desk in Chicago, has been named the AP’s correspondent in Milwaukee. She begins April 1. As correspondent, Johnson will work with Doug Glass, AP’s news editor for Wisconsin and Minnesota, to craft the AP’s state report in Wisconsin. She’ll serve as editor to the staff of reporters based in Milwaukee and Madison while also contributing to the wire as a reporter focused on agriculture in the state and across the nation. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 2/6/2013 11:51:50 AM EST
People reach out to take fruits and vegetables distributed for free by farmers during a protest against high production costs outside the Agriculture Ministry in Athens February 6, 2013. REUTERS/John Kolesidis
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Posted: 2/6/2013 11:51:50 AM EST
People reach out to take fruits and vegetables distributed for free by farmers during a protest against high production costs outside the Agriculture Ministry in Athens February 6, 2013. REUTERS/John Kolesidis
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Posted: 2/6/2013 11:51:50 AM EST
People reach out to take fruits and vegetables distributed for free by farmers during a protest against high production costs outside the Agriculture Ministry in Athens February 6, 2013. REUTERS/John Kolesidis
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Posted: 2/6/2013 11:51:50 AM EST
People reach out to take fruits and vegetables distributed for free by farmers during a protest against high production costs outside the Agriculture Ministry in Athens February 6, 2013. REUTERS/John Kolesidis
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Posted: 2/6/2013 11:51:50 AM EST
People reach out to take fruits and vegetables distributed for free by farmers during a protest against high production costs outside the Agriculture Ministry in Athens February 6, 2013. REUTERS/John Kolesidis
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Posted: 2/6/2013 11:51:50 AM EST
People reach out to take fruits and vegetables freely distributed by farmers during a protest against high production costs outside the Agriculture Ministry in Athens February 6, 2013. REUTERS/John Kolesidis
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Posted: 2/6/2013 11:51:50 AM EST
People line up for fruits and vegetables freely distributed by farmers during a protest against high production costs outside the Agriculture Ministry in Athens February 6, 2013. REUTERS/John Kolesidis
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Posted: 2/5/2013 7:53:26 PM EST
This April 15, 2003 photo shows Ohio Division of Forestry firefighter Brian Howard lighting a backfire near West Portsmouth, Ohio. The U.S. Department of Agriculture warns in a report released Tuesday that big changes are in store for the nation's forests as global warming increases wildfires and insect infestations, and generates more frequent floods and droughts. (AP Photo/Portsmouth Daily Times, Scott Osborne)
