Food Insecurity Rising in America
In 2008 14.6 percent of U.S. households fell into the food-insecure category at some point during the year-the
highest rate since the Department of Agriculture
Food Insecurity Rising in America
In 2008 14.6 percent of U.S. households fell into the food-insecure category at some point during the year-the
highest rate since the Department of Agriculture read more
Why are we in Transition Towns so keen on growing food locally and preserving our local farms? Because the evidence is starting to pour in that food security and food shortages are a major emerging read more
Inspectors from China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection tested water samples from the country’s major rivers and lakes in the first half of the year and declared just 49.3 percent to read more
[url=http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/a-new-food-crisis-is-on-our-plates-20110223-1b4d8.html]A New Food Crisis is On Our Plates[/url]
World food prices in 2008 reached their highest since
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Mao’s Great Leap to Famine
Frank Dikötter The New York Times December 15 2010
The worst catastrophe in China’s history and one of the worst anywhere was the Great Famine of 1958 to 1962. It read more
http://fw.farmonline.com.au/news/state/agribusiness-and-general/general/global-population-is-food-for-thought/2624923.aspx
This story can be read online at: http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_science_pick/poor-spring-rain-projected-in-africa/
USGS – science for a changing world
It’s in the news (July 26 and 27 started the discussion in key business forums on the TV.) See www.abc.net.au/news
A surge in foreign investment could lead to us losing control of our food resources. read more
FEEDING THE WORLD: WHAT
WILL BE ON QUEENSLAND’S
PLATE IN 2050?
2pm Fri 20 May / Queensland Terrace State Library at Ideas Festival
Get back to the fundamentals of food in
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I received this posting and thought I should share it:
“The inaugural forum on Australia’s food security will be hosted by leading radio broadcaster Alan Jones.
The forum — the first in a series read more
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