The Green Revolution

Water Enough for All?

Carl Safina | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Food Production, Climate Change Refugees, Water Shortage, Nitrogen, Food Shortage, Infant Mortality, Low-Water-Table-in-India, The Green Revolution, Green News
Carl Safina

The Green Revolution was accomplished largely by doubling the amount of irrigated land. Hundreds of millions of wells now reach into the earth like straws in a thick drink on a hot day. But as with many things, we're taking more water than we're getting.

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Commentary: 50 Years -- A Great Start But Still a Long Way to Go

Carol Peasley | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Usaid, Mfan, Pepfar, Jfk, Ghi, The Green Revolution, Impact News
Carol Peasley

On November 3rd, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) celebrated its 50th anniversary. It was a somewhat quiet celebration, and too few Americans were given a chance to learn about the tens of millions of lives saved.

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CIA's 'Vengeful Librarians' Following Millions In Intelligence Effort

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Social Media, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Video, Twitter, Cia, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, 9/11 Commission, Egyptian Uprising, Facebook, Vengeful Librarians, Osama Bin Laden, The Green Revolution, Politics News

McLEAN, Va. — In an anonymous industrial park, CIA analysts who jokingly call themselves the "ninja librarians" are mining the mass of informati...

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Mozambique Looks To Hybrid Seeds To Help Food Crisis

AP | By DONNA BRYSON | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: High Food Prices, Gmos, Peter Waziweyi, Hybrid Seeds, Africa Food Crisis, Africa, Seeds, Food Technology, Free Market, Mozambique, Nzara Yapera, Food Crop Seeds, The Green Revolution, Food News

CATANDICA, Mozambique -- Peter Waziweyi is bouncing around the lush countryside of Mozambique in his 30-year-old truck, visiting his customers' maize ...

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Turning a Kidnapping Into Art

J. Michael Welton | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Art, Affaire in the Gardens Art Show, Arts, Beverly Hills, Iran, Performance Art, Los Angeles, The Green Revolution, Kidnapping, La Around Town, Arts News
J. Michael Welton

Marjan Vayghan is a 26-year-old performance artist who's turned a harrowing detention by Iranian police into a cathartic work of experiential art.

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Dictator Tips

MP Nunan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Syria, Jordan, Egypt Protests, Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Arab Leaders, Lebanon, Democracy, Dictatorship, Barack Obama, Mohammed ElBaradei, The Green Revolution, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Tunisia Protests, Egypt Revolution, Middle East, Arab, Saudi Arabia, Hillary Clinton, Protest, Libya, Sudan, Hosni Mubarak, Tripoli, Comedy News
MP Nunan

Since the Tunisian and Egyptian democracy uprisings, there's little doubt that Middle Eastern leaders have been scrambling. From Damascus to Tripoli, ...

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It's (Partly) the Food, Stupid!

Barry Lando | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jordan, Egypt, High Food Prices, Fao, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt Protests, Commodities, United Nations, Agriculture, The Green Revolution, World News
Barry Lando

Fueling protests across the globe have a common factor: rocketing food prices caused by a "perfect storm" of natural disasters, rising oil prices and rapacious speculators.

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Inshaallah Twitter

Parvez Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Cairo 52, Iran, Obama, Saudi Arabia, Facebook, The Green Revolution, The Queen Boat, Mousavi, Al Qaeda, Revolution, Francophone, Tahrir Square, Protest, Mutawa, Hosni Mubarak, Tora Prison, A Jihad for Love, Zamalek, Twitter, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia, Mohandaseen, Tunisia Riots, Ben Ali, Cairo Mariott, Jasmine Revolution, Downtown Cairo, Dr Fadl, Basij, Cairo, Obama Cairo Speech, Garden City, Bds, Israel, Starbucks, Mohammed ElBaradei, Mohamed ElBaradei, World News
Parvez Sharma

While it is still too early to call the protests in Egypt a revolution, Cairo has been under siege for 48 hours. The three-decade long rule of a despot -- and the country's role as an American ally -- is being challenged.

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Perpetuating the Eternal Food Fight

Eric Holt Gimenez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Food Crisis, The Green Revolution, Markets, Andy Revkin, New York Times, Consumer Choice, Diet, Monsanto, Farming, Sustainable Food, Agriculture, Green News
Eric Holt Gimenez

It is disappointing to see the New York Times recycle neoliberal fetishes because it keeps us from addressing the root causes of hunger.

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Aid Reform Within Reach: Time for the President to Lead

George Ingram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Usaid, Foreign Aid, Marshall Plan, Millennium Development Goals, Foreign-Assistance-Reform, President Obama, Economic Development, President Kennedy, Howard Berman, Development, Foreign-Assistance-Act, The Green Revolution, Congress, World News
George Ingram

The United States is falling short in getting the most bang for its development buck. Even our best aid projects often fail to maximize the benefits for either effective development or national interests.

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An Ode to Farming Isn't Enough: We Need a Reality Check

Elizabeth McVay Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farming, Food, Spinach, California, The Green Revolution, Agriculture, Food News
Elizabeth McVay Greene

Could it be that the urban farm down the street from me and the spinach fields in the salad bowl of the US could be migrating toward a shared vision for the future of agriculture?

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Lonely Obama vs. Popular Iran

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Lebanon, Saad Hariri, Walid Jumblatt, George W. Bush, Hezbollah, Iran, Iraq, Barack Obama, Syria, The Green Revolution, World News
Hussain Abdul-Hussain

While Iran knows how to make friends, Obama's America has become an expert in losing them.

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Jason Linkins

Online Comic From Iranian Dissidents Launches Today

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zahra's Paradise, Iran, Online Comics, Comics, Iran Protests, The Green Revolution, Eat the Press, Media News

This morning, FirstSecondBooks has launched the first installment of Zahra's Paradise, an online web-comic that that details the ongoing social upheav...

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Solving Seafood -- Sustainably

Julie Packard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Target, Aquaculture, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Pollan, Marine Life, Seafood Choices Alliance, Fish, Sustainable Fishing, Seafood Summit, Seafood Watch, Fishing, Oceans, Sustainable Seafood, Blue Revolution, The Green Revolution, Ocean, Seafood, Green News
Julie Packard

I just returned from the Seafood Choices Alliance Seafood Summit in Paris, a gathering of over 600 business and NGO leaders concerned about the future of seafood.

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Criminally Negligent Homicide: The Legacy of Wealthy Nations That Allows Millions to Die

Dan Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Undp, Wfp, Fao, Yum! Brands, World Bank, TNT Group, Food for Peace, International Food Policy Research Institute, Howard Buffet, Ethiopia, The Green Revolution, Farm Bill, Josette Sheeran, Spencer Bachus, Roger Thurow, Archbold OH, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Scott Kilman, World Food Programme, Usaid, Norman Borlaug, Puchase for Progress, Alliance to End Hunger, Agra, Universities Fighting World Hunger, Business News
Dan Silverstein

Two award-winning reporters have collaborated on a new book entitledEnough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty. It is a page turner. Unless you simply don't give a damn, this is a must read.

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Plotting the Next Moves in Obama's Chess Match with Iran

Josh Lockman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran Revolutionary Guard, Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act, Islamic Republic of Iran, Irgc, Iran Protests, Iran Sanctions, Iran, Russia Iran Sanctions, Iran Nuclear Weapons, The Green Revolution, Los Angeles News
Josh Lockman

While the President should be commended for vigorously engaging with the Iranian regime, now is the time for stronger action.

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Iran's Awakening

Ali Fatemi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Revolutionary Guard, Ashura, Islamic Republic of Iran, Basij, Iran Election, Iran Protests, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, The Green Revolution, Chicago News
Ali Fatemi

At this juncture, the US has the moral obligation to not short-circuit Khamenei's collapse. Anything that would provide Khamenei the pretext of an "external threat" will do that.

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Iranian Protesters Win the Vote, But Time Picks Bernanke

Sam Sedaei | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Person of the Year, Green Movement, Iran, Ben Bernanke, Media, Time Magazine, The Green Revolution, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

Looking beyond Ben Bernanke's merits as an effective chairman, there are three reasons why this was a poor selection on Time's part.

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Jason Linkins

Iran's Green Revolution Gaining Traction, Sustainability

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ashura, Iran, Meir Javedanfar, Iran Protests 2009, Iran Protests, The Green Revolution, Eat the Press, World News

Earlier this year, I had the good fortune to meet Meir Javedanfar, Middle East policy analyst for the Middle East Economic and Political Analysis Comp...

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Al Gore Calls For A Green Revolution To Fuel The Economy

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greenbuild, Green Jobs, Al Gore, Green Energy, The Green Revolution, Green News

"We have a climate crisis at the same time we have an economic crisis at the same time we have a national security crisis," Gore said to a cheering cr...

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Iran Is Burning in Revolution; Not Recognizing It Can Lead to Calamity

Sam Sedaei | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Green Movement, Mehdi Karroubi, Ashoura, Iran, Tehran, The Green Revolution, World News
Sam Sedaei

No one wants to see another anti-American regime in Iran following the current one. If that's not what we want, then we must stand up with the protesters when it counts.

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The American Skepticism About Helping Iranians Not Justified

Sam Sedaei | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Green Movement, Mehdi Karroubi, United Nations, Iran, Tehran, Khatami, Barack Obama, The Green Revolution, World News
Sam Sedaei

The United States owes it to the Iranian people to do what it can to help. We should not see assistance to Iranians in their struggle now as an optional act of benevolence, but as an ethical responsibility.

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Learning From Norman, and Feeding the World

Jocelyn Zuckerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Norman Borlaug, World Hunger, United Nations, Bill Gates, Norman Borlaug Dead, Norman Borlaug Dies, The Green Revolution, World News
Jocelyn Zuckerman

If the world learned to feed itself half a century ago, why are there now more hungry people than ever before?

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Saving A Billion People from Starvation

Dan Glickman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food, Starvation, Agricultural Chemical, India, Norman Borlaug, Biotechnology, Hunger, Poverty, Pakistan, World Bank, Agriculture, Mexico, Malthus, The Green Revolution, Green News
Dan Glickman

Norm Borlaug's life is both a symbol of what can be done, and a reminder of the enormous problem of global poverty we still face. Why not finish his work?

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Evaluating the Legacy of the Father of the Green Revolution

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Norman Borlaug, Crop Yields, Hunger, Gmos, Technology, World Hunger, Food Security, The Green Revolution, Green News
Paula Crossfield

Norman Borlaug, known for winning the Nobel Prize in 1970 for his role in the Green Revolution, died this past weekend at age 95. His life was dedicated to ending hunger through technology.

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