Food Supply

Reforming Our Food Production Can Start With Curbing Antibiotic Use

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green


Rep. Louise Slaughter

One of the immediate steps we can take to improve the conditions of livestock and the health of our fellow human beings is to limit the use of antibiotics.

Is Technology The Problem Or The Answer To Our Food Production Woes? (VIDEO)

BBC NEWS | Posted 09.10.2009 | Green


The world's food production needs to double by 2050 to feed the world's growing population. But over this period, climate change, reduced access to w...

You're Appointing Who? Please Obama, Say It's Not So!

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green


Jeffrey Smith

The person who may be responsible for more food-related illness and death than anyone in history has just been made the US food safety czar.

One Year On from the Food Crisis

Josette Sheeran | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living


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.

Struggling U.S. Shrimpers Look for Vision from Next President

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.28.2008 | Home


Georgianne Nienaber

A dozen fresh red roses cradled in baby's breath sit on the console of the shrimper "Queen Mary" as she prepares to cast off from the Morgan City D...

World's Poor Pay Price As Crop Research Is Cut

New York Times | KEITH BRADSHER and ANDREW MARTIN | Posted 05.25.2008 | Business


The brown plant hopper, an insect no bigger than a gnat, is multiplying by the billions and chewing through rice paddies in East Asia, threatening the...