Food Riots

The Politics of Food is Politics

Stan Goff | Posted 04.24.2008 | Home


Stan Goff

By DE CLARKE and STAN GOFF In recent days, we have seen the rising price of oil and the devaluation of the dollar create two quantum shifts in the ec...

Earth Day Resolution: No Biofuel from Food Crops

Chris McGowan | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics


Chris McGowan

Biofuel has a positive role to play, but it will come from its production from agricultural and food waste or from renewable native grasses in areas that are not environmentally sensitive.

A Tsunami of Hunger: Food Riots Hit Countries in Africa, Asia and Haiti

Richard Walden | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics


Richard Walden

It's impossible to pin blame on any one source for this situation but here's a list from someone with 29 years' experience feeding and medicating those in need.

Poor Countries Blame Western Biofuels For High Food Prices

Posted 04.15.2008 | Business


Western countries are feeling political and moral heat from poor countries over their use of biofuels. The New York Times reports: The idea of turn...

Food Riots Skyrocket, World Leaders Have No Solutions

Wall Street Journal | BOB DAVIS, DOUGLAS BELKIN | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business


Finance ministers gathered this weekend to grapple with the global financial crisis also struggled with a problem that has plagued the world periodica...

Egypt Grants Bonuses After Deadly Food Riots

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business


MAHALLA EL-KOBRA, Egypt — Egypt rushed Tuesday to grant bonuses to workers after two days of deadly riots over high food prices and low wages wr...


 

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