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Myriad Crises, but Inertia in Official Washington
Carl Hulse, reporting for The New York Times, writes: "Americans are pumping their paychecks into their gas tanks, and the economy is in a stall. Food scarcities threaten governments overseas and spur... ...
Siphoning Off Corn to Fuel Our Cars
Steven Mufson, of The Washington Post, reports: "across the country, ethanol plants are swallowing more and more of the nation's corn crop. This year, about a quarter of US corn will go to feeding ethanol... ...
The New Economics of Hunger
Anthony Faiola reports for The Washington Post, "The food price shock now roiling world markets is destabilizing governments, igniting street riots and threatening to send a new wave of hunger rippling... ...
Food Riots Erupt Worldwide
Anuradha Mittal writes for AlterNet, "Over the last few decades, the United States, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have used their leverage to impose devastating policies on developing... ...
Investing in hunger: Load Up the Pantry
"I think prices are going higher. People are too complacent. They think it isn't going to happen here. But I don't know how the food companies can absorb higher costs." http://online.wsj .com/article/SB12088151722 7532621.html From... ...
Crisis in Food Prices Threatens Worldwide Starvation, Is it Genocide?
By Richard C. Cook Faced with the global financial crisis and the collapse of mortgage-based securities, investors are flocking to resource-based tangibles as a hedge against recession and the decline... ...
Shops Ration Sales of Rice as US Buyers Panic
Andrew Clark, Rory Carroll and Julian Borger report for The Guardian UK, "The global food crisis reached the United States yesterday as big retailers began to ration sales of rice in response to bulk purchases... ...
Coming Collapse of the Human Population
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The New Face Of Hunger: UN Cuts School Children's Meals
By Jeremy Lovell in London A "SILENT tsunami" unleashed by costlier food is threatening 100 million people, the United Nations has warned, revealing that its World Food Program has begun cutting the... ...
Why More Food Is Not the Answer
Writing for Truthout, Kelpie Wilson explains: "With food riots across the globe in the news, the immediate cause of food shortages is simply this: grain prices have doubled over the last year and poor... ...