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Food Security

Famine and Plenty, Both in Times of Drought

Josh Ruxin | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Drought, Genocide, Hunger, World Food Day, Food Security, Rwanda, Mayange, Millennium Villages, Paul Kagame, Kenya, Kigali, World News
Josh Ruxin

In Rwanda and across Africa, the Millennium Villages project has demonstrated that food scarcity can be all but vanquished if the required resource management, investment and political will are available.

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A New Direction on Research at the USDA? The Experts Weigh In

Paula Crossfield | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Research, Sustainable Food, Tom Vilsack, Agriculture, Food Safety, Food Security, Csrees, Nifa, Green News
Paula Crossfield

After Tom Vilsack's speech, I've reached out to some key thinkers on agriculture to find out what they would like the USDA's new research body, NIFA, to be focusing on. Here are their answers.

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You Can't Eat Potential

Glenn Denning | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Nobel Prize 1970, G8, Global Food Crisis, UN Millenium Project, g20, Pittsburgh Protests, Sustainability, Asian Green Revolution, Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug, Food Security, Green News
Glenn Denning

The global epicenter of chronic hunger is Africa. The good news is that hunger can be ended within a few years with targeted investments based on our current knowledge.

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Evaluating the Legacy of the Father of the Green Revolution

Paula Crossfield | Posted 11.15.2009 | Green

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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Why Food Sovereignty Is the New Food Security

Salena Tramel | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Via Campesina, Food Sovereignty, Rice, Charity, Trade, Food Crisis, Haiti, Food Politics, Financial Crisis, World News, Food Security, Ngos, World News
Salena Tramel

Instead of spending their money revitalizing the agricultural sector, NGO programs round up small-scale farmers to build roads and clean out sewage systems in return for food vouchers.

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Wealthy Middle Eastern Countries Lease Lands Overseas To Secure Food

Journalism Boot Camp | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

Read More: Farming, Natural Resources, Sustainable Food, Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Farming, Qatar, Cairo, Middle East, Egypt, Water, Arab, Farmers, Food, Doha, Food Security, World News
Journalism Boot Camp

For Egypt and the rest of the Middle East, the future of food security will be dependent upon nations providing a clean supply of water for agricultural use.

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African Food Security? USAID Has Used Taxpayer Money to Fund GMOs Abroad Since 1991

Paula Crossfield | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Usaid, Kenya, Africa, Tom Vilsack, Health, Environment, Food Safety, Genetically Modified Food, Food Policy, Hillary Clinton, Gmos, Foreign Policy, Food Security, Iaastd, Kari, Green News
Paula Crossfield

Africans can look to India to see what a future of relying on biotech seeds looks like. There, a depleted water table, poisoned waterways and farmer suicides have been the result of the first Green Revolution.

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Is Your Yard an Ornamental Desert?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 08.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Foodscaping, Organic Gardening, Green Psychology, Green Therapy, Edible Landscaping, Farmers Markets, Community Gardens, Gardening, Ecotherapy, Edible-Landscaping, Outdoor Exercise, Food Security, Living News
Linda Buzzell

But there's a new movement in landscaping, away from "ornamental deserts" and towards local food security. It's called edible landscaping -- or "foodscaping."

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G-8 Promises $20 Billion in Agricultural Aid: Real Change or Business as Usual?

Paula Crossfield | Posted 08.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, G8, Gmos, Agricultural Development, Agriculture, Africa, Sustainability, Group-of-8, Food Aid, International, Barack Obama, Food Security, Green News
Paula Crossfield

One can't help but wonder if by requesting this money from the G8 in the name of charity we are instead trying to promote our own economy.

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G8 in Italy Should Launch Global Fund for Education

Desmond Bermingham | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Education for All Fast Track Initiative, Education, Unesco, Global Fund for Education, Climate Change, United Nations, World Bank, Financial Crisis, G8 Summit, FTI Catalytic Fund, Food Security, World News
Desmond Bermingham

Despite repeated pledges to help, donors and international funding agencies are not doing enough to help. National economies recover but kids will have lost the opportunity of a lifetime.

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One Year On from the Food Crisis

Josette Sheeran | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Food Supply, Food, Hunger, World Food Crisis, Food Crisis, Food Security, Living News
Josette Sheeran

History shows that without adequate access to food, people migrate, nations can fall and millions can die. We must not only produce more food, but protect those that are denied access to it.

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The Next Time Someone Dismisses You as an Arugula-Eating Elitist...

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 09.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Organic Farming, Organic Food, Prison, Chicago, Incarceration Rates, Non-Profits, Jail, Green Business, Green Living, Organic Eating, Growing Home, Food Security, Living News
Frances Moore Lappe

Suddenly, organic food looks less like a yuppie luxury and more like it could and should be a staple for our sanity and security.

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Fish Farming Innovations

Sunil Chacko | Posted 06.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Nutrition Gap, Protein-Gap, Food, Food Chain, Fresh Water Shortage, Food Safety, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Japan, Price Rise, Fish Farming, Food Traceability, Protein, Food Shortages, Tuna, Bluefin Tuna, Food Security, Kindai, Wakayama, Green News
Sunil Chacko

A private university in Japan, through government grants and in collaboration with an affiliated commercial entity, completely cultured near-extinct bluefin tuna -- a first for the world.

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