Twice in the last five years, rising food prices triggered global waves of social unrest. With drought baking U.S. crops, another round of soaring, society-straining … U.S. Drought Could Cause Global UnrestRead more
Food
Food is a human right
As Republicans move to cut billions of dollars in funding for food stamps, a new report finds one in six Americans live in a household … Food is a human rightRead more
Food for people not for profit
17 April, is international peasant struggle day. This day is for celebrating peasant and small farmer movements across the world, each one fighting for a … Food for people not for profitRead more
Global Food Prices Continue to Rise
Continuing a decade-long increase, global food prices rose 2.7 percent in 2012, reaching levels not seen since the 1960s and 1970s but still well below … Global Food Prices Continue to RiseRead more
Cooked
Michael Pollan talking: four essential transformations, kind of the common denominator of all cooking: fire, cooking with fire, you know, the oldest; water, which is … CookedRead more
How Huge Food Corporations Will Make Upcoming Food Price Hikes Even Worse
Farmer George Naylor sounds a little too much like the fictional character Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh when I ask about his corn crop. June … How Huge Food Corporations Will Make Upcoming Food Price Hikes Even WorseRead more