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There’s nothing green about wasting corn for ethanol.Grist has been tracking rising food prices for some time — and we’re...
A memorial rests in the shadow of the Chernobyl nuclear plant.Photo: Matti PaavonenThis piece was written by John Perlin. As...
The chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) unveiled draft legislation to block the U.S....
[I’m on travel, so I’m updating this timely 2009 post on food insecurity.] The quote above is the powerful final...
What’s in your earthquake survival kit? And what’s not?Photo: Global XThis essay was originally published on TomDispatch and is republished...
Get ready for a rocky year. From now on, rising prices, powerful storms, severe droughts and floods, and other unexpected events are likely to play havoc with the fabric of global society, producing chaos and political unrest.
About 500 black farmers from the South, urban growers from the North, and food activists from all over gathered recently at Brooklyn College to discuss historical and lingering discrimination, food sovereignty, and more.
Around midnight on Wednesday, August 11th, a group of commodity analysts will gather at a meeting site in the massive...
