1.  The former food magnate and international financier blamed the decline of genetic diversity on intensive farming and the rise in crop pests on the spread of monocultures.

2.  As a former food and wine editor at USA Today, MacNeil has experience paring and packaging information, so despite its breadth, the book seems concise.

3.  Few are as committed to the free market as Rha Woong Bae, a former food company executive.

4.  From Carol Maupin, a former food service director at the Houston Junior League.

5.  Lamalle was former food writer for The New York Post.

6.  Patricia Wells, former food writer for The New York Times, is always smiling on the jackets of her guidebooks and cookbooks.

7.  Ruth Reichl, Gourmet magazine editor and former food critic for the New York Times, confesses that lunch is often a quick snack at her desk in Manhattan.

8.  The WHO report, written partly by Dr. David Kessler, the former federal food and drug commissioner, relies on tobacco company documents that surfaced in recent lawsuits.

9.  With credits from the bank, he and his wife took over the former state food store below their apartment.

10.  Kalpanath Rai, the former food minister, was taken into custody before dawn, the Press Trust of India and United News of India news agencies said.