Top Stories for the tag "food shortage" voted on by you! RSS feed May 22, 2008

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The end of cheap food (Economist)

Politics – Since the spring, wheat prices have doubled and almost every crop under the sunÃ;¢ââ;;¬"maize, milk, oilseeds, you name itÃ;¢ââ;;¬"is at or near a peak in nominal terms. The Economist's food-price…

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The Food Riots Are Getting Worse

News – Prices for cornmeal and rice have doubled in Somalia since January, and on Monday food riots wracked the Somalian city of Mogadishu. Thousands of people protested the insane prices for staple foods, and eventually…

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Indian Maruti's Causing World Oil Shortage

Politics – First Indians caused a Global Food shortage in the world by just eating two square meals a day, now the US has blamed India for rising Oil prices. Not cooking oil bozo, they are talking about fuel you put in your…

To save a species, serve it for dinner
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To save a species, serve it for dinner

News – Some people would just as soon ignore the culinary potential of the Carolina flying squirrel or the Waldoboro green neck rutabaga. To them, the creamy Hutterite soup bean is too obscure and the Tennessee fainting…

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U.N. Sets Up Group To Tackle Food Crisis

Food – The United Nations will set up a top-level task force to tackle the global food crisis, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday.

Let Them Eat Ethanol?
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Let Them Eat Ethanol?

Do No Evil – The inflation in food prices worldwide -- prices have soared 83 percent in the past three years, according to the World Bank -- has a number of causes.

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Stem Rust Never Sleeps

News – With food prices soaring throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America, and shortages threatening hunger and political chaos, the time could not be worse for an epidemic of stem rust in the world's wheat crops. Yet…

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Can the Earth Provide Enough Food for 9 Billion People?

News – The world is an odd place. A tight global food situation with record-high grain prices presents the possibility of increasing malnutrition, perhaps famine, in parts of Africa and South Asia. Yet an estimated 1.6…

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Student 'Twitters' his way out of Egyptian jail - CNN.com

Gadgets & Tech – On his way to the police station, Buck took out his cell phone and sent a message to his friends and contacts using the micro-blogging site Twitter. The message only had one word. "Arrested."

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Food and Fuel Shortages Rise With Consumption and Conflict

News – Wal-Mart announces rice limits, oil hits $115, and the demand for bio-fuels is taking food out of stomachs of the poorest....

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A Global Rice Shortage? What;s next?

Food – We're running out of everything. When will this downward spiral end? Or will it ever end?

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YouTube - Pakistan Poor

News – Food can be hard to come by in this volatile corner of the world.

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Americans hoard food as industry seeks regs

Do No Evil – Farmers and food executives appealed fruitlessly to federal officials yesterday for regulatory steps to limit speculative buying that is helping to drive food prices higher.

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