World Food Crisis

UN World Food Program Faces 'Dire Shortage'

BBC News | Posted 08.31.2009 | World


The UN food agency says it is facing critical funding shortages that have forced it to cut aid deliveries to millions of people facing starvation....

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.

Food Crisis: Global Warming's Biggest Threat

Seattle Times | Sandi Doughton | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green


When searing temperatures blasted Western Europe in 2003, more than 50,000 people died and harvests of wheat, animal fodder and fruit fell by up to a ...