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Henry Saragih: Farmers feed the world | The Jakarta Post
Seeded on Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:21 AM EST (thejakartapost.com)
Fighting for food sovereignty, Henry Saragih is the head of the Indonesian Farmers' Union (SPI) and the secretary general of La Via Campesina, a global alliance of small-scale farmers and rural workers.
Food is important to Afghanis - surprise!
Seeded on Fri Jul 2, 2010 12:44 PM EDT (Food Policy Blogs Network)
The importance of food and agriculture has been underestimated in strategic calculations about Afghanistan. This report and audio re-assess this and provide recommendations on moving forward.
Cuba's Response to Haiti's Earthquake
Seeded on Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:39 PM EST (trinicenter.com)
40 Caribbean, Canadian and US church leaders are currently meeting and discussing the reality of empire - economic and political - in the world.
The Organic Center :: State of Science :: Pesticides
Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:31 PM EST (organic-center.org)
A new study by the Organic Center shows GMO crop acres require over 26% more pounds of pesticides per acre than acres planted to conventional varieties, debunking biotech claims that GMOs decrease pesticide use.
CQ Politics | Lobbyists Stew After Being Bounced From Boards
Seeded on Mon Oct 5, 2009 1:37 PM EDT (cqpolitics.com)
Just imagine the types of pro-people policies that could become political reality if professional lobbyists were limited in their influence! The system might come to resemble democracy!
Food Crisis Triggers Land Grab in Developing Countries
Seeded on Tue May 5, 2009 8:07 AM EDT (tradeobservatory.org)
Countries with capital to burn and concerns about food security are buying or leasing land in developing nations to ensure future supply. Rules covering such land grabbing must be hammered out so local people don't starve.
Food Crisis Group Urges G8 to Reject Failed Green Revolution Policies for Africa
Seeded on Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:29 PM EDT (usfoodcrisisgroup.org)
These sensible principles for a healthy, strong and democratic global and local food security are the direction we (and the G8) need to go.
La Via Campesina : International Peasant Movement - Declaration of the Assembly of Social Movements at the World Social Forum 2009, Belém
Seeded on Wed Mar 4, 2009 2:36 PM EST (viacampesina.org)
The world's poor refuse to pay for the crises afflicting the globe. The rich must pay, and rightly so given we are the ones most responsible, through rampant consumerism and destructive activities.
PC(USA) - Presbyterian News Service - Upcoming fast focuses on war, hunger and recovery in Sudan
Seeded on Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:28 AM EST (pcusa.org)
Presbyterians are rediscovering a spiritual practice usually reserved for Lent to pray, study an figure out how to act in response to the global food crisis. The upcoming 40-hour fast, starting on Feb. 27 focuses on Sudan and the issues of war, hunger and recovery.
DJIBOUTI: Global food crisis adding to shortages
Seeded on Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:23 AM EST (irinnews.org)
Djibouti, in Africa's horn, is one of the country that I could come up with when asked to name the countries in Africa, so this news caught my eye.
BURKINA FASO: Grain Shortage Despite Record Harvest
Seeded on Mon Feb 9, 2009 12:17 PM EST ( IPS Inter Press Service)
Producers are achieving bumper crops, but grain supplies are still low. High prices are encouraging export, while domestic supplies are sacrificed.
SOUTH AFRICA: Community Gardens Contribute to Food Security
Seeded on Thu Jan 8, 2009 12:49 PM EST ( IPS Inter Press Service)
During WWII, in the U.S. Victory Gardens were promoted by the government and spread around the country to bolster food production. Faced with the impacts of the global food crisis, urban gardening wards off hunger, ill health and poverty. Stories from southern Africa.
SOUTH AMERICA: Young People Want to Give Farming a Chance
Seeded on Fri Dec 5, 2008 8:21 AM EST ( IPS Inter Press Service)
Interest in farming is growing among young people in South America, as evidenced in the gathering in Brazil.
Reviving the Family Farm
Seeded on Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:45 AM EDT ( IPS Inter Press Service)
Getting back to basic truths. Family farming is good for the economy, the land, and for feeding people!
U.S. Shelters and Soup Kitchens Hold Crisis Front Lines
Seeded on Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:42 AM EDT ( IPS Inter Press Service)
A booming business at feeding programs is NOT good news.
An Open Letter to the Next Farmer in Chief - Michael Pollan
Seeded on Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:36 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Food is barely mentioned by the candidates - ever. But it is one of the core issues facing our country and the world. Who grows what? And who gets to decide? These two questions affect billions of people and the future viability of our planet. Thanks Michael!
Slow Food is good for you, planet - Asheville Citizen-Times
Seeded on Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:03 AM EDT (citizen-times.com)
Slow Food is the antidote to fast food and is a step toward survival for us homo sapiens. The approach can seem snooty, but the Asheville chapter is down to earth.
The Window on Malawi
Seeded on Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:34 AM EDT (nationmw.net)
The link between fuel prices and food hits Malawi and many other countries hard. The Green Revolution exported a fossil-fuel based agriculture around the world, and multilateral institutions pushed an export-ag model which is causing untold hardships in Malawi and elsewhere.
Shun meat, says UN climate chief - BBC
Seeded on Mon Sep 8, 2008 8:39 AM EDT (BBC News)
Livestock, especially animals raised in factory farms, create massive amounts of CO2 and methane that ends up in the atmosphere and creates global warming. The estimate is 18% of all global warming emission, which is more than transportation.
Faithful Have New Food for Thought - washingtonpost.com
Seeded on Mon Sep 8, 2008 8:30 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
More people are living out their faith through their diet. Food is the new frontier for faith in action, and a critical one given the impact on people and the environment.
Eating locally, helping globally
Seeded on Mon Sep 8, 2008 8:27 AM EDT (Recordnet.com Home Page | San Joaquin County News, Jobs, Cars, Real Estate and more)
Local food and knowing the farmer who grew your food is refreshing and reassuring in the midst of our anonymous food system. Eating from your local foodshed is easier in some places, but there is so much room to increase the amount we buy from local producers.
LATIN AMERICA: Food Price Hikes Hit Poor Hard - ECLAC
Seeded on Sun Sep 7, 2008 8:03 PM EDT ( IPS Inter Press Service)
Latin America is faring relatively well compared to some Asian and African countries, but countries in Central America that import most their food and oil are having a rough time.
Food crisis, silent famine to continue
Seeded on Wed Sep 3, 2008 2:07 PM EDT (Reuters)
The multiple crises of fuel, food, water and climate are creating a Silent Famine.
World food crisis is not from a natural disaster - The Hill Times
Seeded on Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:07 AM EDT (thehilltimes.ca)
Sometimes letters to the editor cut through so much manure and get right to the point. Bruno Marquis from Canada concludes that the food crisis is: the result of an inequitable economic system that considers companies' private interests before the public interest.
Fed Up by Costs, Many Grow It Alone
Seeded on Mon Aug 4, 2008 10:06 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
Many have dabbled in vegetable and fruit gardening; now, rising food costs make it a necessity if one is going to eat well. Home gardening is spreading across the country, and is beginning to resemble the Victory Gardens movement during WWII.
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