Global Food Crisis

Food Fight - A "Vanguard" Special Report

CurrentTV's Vanguard | Posted 07.15.2008 | Green


CurrentTV's Vanguard

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"Fantasy Dessert" Implicated in Worldwide Epidemic

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 07.11.2008 | Green


Frances Moore Lappe

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


Terra Lawson-Remer

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


Rev. Jesse Jackson

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


Max Keiser

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


Kerry Trueman

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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