Global Food Crisis
"Fantasy Dessert" Implicated in Worldwide Epidemic
Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 07.11.2008 | Green
We're facing the biggest human rights crisis of my lifetime: The U.K.'s ActionAid estimates that current price spikes may have doubled the number of hungry and food-insecure people to 1.7 billion.
$30 Billion A Year To Solve Global Food Crisis, UN Says
International Herald Tribune | Elisabeth Rosenthal and Andrew Martin | Posted 06.04.2008 | Business
Resolving the global food crisis could cost as much as $30 billion a year and wealthier nations are doing little to help the developing world face the...
The U.S. Farm Bill & the Global Food Crisis
Terra Lawson-Remer | Posted 05.29.2008 | Business
U.S. food "aid" is more a vehicle to dump excess U.S. production than a benefit for hungry populations.
The View from Haiti
Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 05.03.2008 | Politics
It's the middle of the day; the sun is up, the heat rising in Port au Prince, the capitol of Haiti. Thousands are looking for work, any work; work that might pay them enough to eat for hunger is on the march here.
My Appearance on Al Jazeera Yesterday Talking About the Global Food Crisis
Max Keiser | Posted 04.30.2008 | Business
Here's me on Al Jazeera's Inside Story yesterday following the UN's meeting regarding the global food crisis (I come in at 6 min. 30 sec's). Part 1 ...
Ethanol Production Forging Costly Link Between Food And Oil
Huffington Post | Posted 04.30.2008 | Business
Ethanol was once touted (and still is by some) as an effective way to slow global climate change, but that effectiveness is increasingly being questio...
Global Food Crisis Worst In A Generation, World's Poor Suffer Most
Washington Post | Anthony Faiola | Posted 04.27.2008 | Business
he globe's worst food crisis in a generation emerged as a blip on the big boards and computer screens of America's great grain exchanges. At first, it...
The Stalk Brokers Who Pay Delicious Dividends
Kerry Trueman | Posted 04.14.2008 | Living
log on to Local Harvest or the Eat Well Guide and find the community-supported agriculture nearest you! Your investment will be rewarded with some of the sweetest dividends ever.
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CurrentTV's Vanguard | Posted 07.15.2008 | Green