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A Brit Down on the Farm in Iowa

Professor Sir Gordon Conway | Posted 01.07.2013 | Home
Read More: Iowa, Farming, USA, Sustainable Food, Agriculture, Green, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Development, Drought, Maize, Environment, Sustainability, Food, Genetically Modified Food, Soybeans, Climate Change, Home News
Professor Sir Gordon Conway

It is not a style and form of agriculture suited to the farmers around my village in England, although it might be appropriate, in part, to East Anglia. But it does seem to suit Iowa and it is highly productive and, in many respects, environmentally sustainable.

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Uniting To End Hunger On The Olympic Stage

Anja Tranovich | Posted 10.12.2012 | Impact
Read More: Food Production, Hunger, Impact Sports, Kenya, Maize, Hunger Summit, David Cameron Hunger Summit, Kenya Hunger, Hunger Summit London, Hunger Summit Olympics, Impact News
Anja Tranovich

This blog is part of a series organized by The Huffington Post and the NGO alliance InterAction around the London 2012 Olympics. Each year, the avera...

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Ending World Hunger for the Price of a Burger

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Resources, Population, Grain, Resource Scarcity, Agriculture, United Nations, World Bank, Hidden Hunger, Diet, Development Assistance, Stephan Tanda, Government, Staple Foods, Vitamins, World Health Organization, Maize, Private Sector, World Food Programme, Minerals, Development, Population Growth, Poverty, Hamburger, Corn, Malnutrition, Child Malnutrition, Hunger, Rice, Burger, Health, Nutrition, International Food Policy Research Institute, Food Prices, Civil Society, Food Fortification, World News
Stephan B. Tanda

While world coffers grew from a mere $1.35 trillion dollars in 1960 to over $60 trillion today, the number of empty stomach reached record levels. Tod...

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Charity as a Drop in the Bucket: Day 4

Ken Wong | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: HIV/AIDS, South Africa, Bob Marley, Malawi, Maize, Dolly Parton, Africa, Witchcraft, Phil Collins, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDS Orphans, World News
Ken Wong

There's a statement you'll hear everyday in Malawi. "After all, this is Africa..." is said in response to anything that's slow, late, malfunctioning, isn't rational, isn't sensible, is puzzling, perplexing, or absurd.

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Charity as a Drop in the Bucket: Day 1

Ken Wong | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Malawi, Maize, Food Security, Impact News
Ken Wong

I spend 9 days in Malawi trying to turn maize, witchcraft, and HIV into catalysts of change. Join the Face-to-Face AIDS Project to see our ideas of charity evolve with on-the-ground experiences.

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World Humanitarian Day: Life 'On the Ground'

World Vision | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Emergency Responders, World Vision, World-Humanitarian-Day, Pakistan, Northwest Frontier Province, Mozambique Floods, Gaza, Democratic Republic of Congo, Maize, Child Soldiers, Humanitarian Crisis, Pakistan Earthquake, Humanitarian Aid, Child Soldiers Masisi, World News
World Vision

I've met amazing people, who in the midst of disaster themselves, give the little they have. In Pakistan we met a man who took 30 displaced strangers into his house and looked after them until his own finances ran out.

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