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Will a Bailout for Wall Street Spell Hunger for the World?

Blog | Amanda El-Khoury and Annie Shattuck | Oct 2, 2008

Rising food prices are proving deadly for the world’s poor. Driven by a combination of speculation, high oil prices, agrofuels…

The Wall Street Meltdown: The View from Asia

Blog | Walden Bello | Sep 30, 2008

For many, the Wall Street crisis is a replay, though on a much larger scale, of the 1997 Asian financial crisis,…

Monsanto’s Vultures are Closing In on the Food Crisis

Blog | Annie Shattuck | Jul 29, 2008

The vultures of corporate America are closing in on the carcass of cheap food. With corn selling at $5.86 a…

Food Price Increases: Who gets hurt and what can be done about it

Blog | Miguel Altieri | Apr 11, 2008

Food prices are increasing by the day, countries are cutting trade in some basic grains, and food riots, marches, and…

The New Green Revolution and World Food Prices

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez and Raj Patel | Apr 11, 2008

It was just a matter of time… and not long at that. The world food crisis and the explosion of…

The Great Agrofuel Swindle

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez and Isabella Kenfield | Mar 26, 2008

In December 2007, the Energy Independence and Security Act passed the House and Senate, and was signed into law by…

Thousands Protest NAFTA and Defend Food Sovereignty in Mexico

Blog | Angie Rodriguez | Feb 18, 2008

On Thursday January 31st, thousands of people took the streets of Mexico City as part of the mobilization to demand…

Exploding the Biofuel Myths

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jul 6, 2007

Biofuels are the subject of much heated debate. In the hands of big business, just how green are they? And…

End of Organic Coffee? Small Farmers in the USDA’s Sights

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Apr 5, 2007

The USDA has done it again. Remember when the U.S. Department of Agriculture tried to relax organic standards for the…

Report from United Students for Fair Trade Meeting

Blog | Devon Sampson and Ian Bailey | Mar 6, 2007

United Students for Fair Trade, a national network of more than 100 student activist groups, held its fourth annual convergence…

Nyéléni 2007: Food Sovereignty as a Human Right

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Mar 5, 2007

Sélingué, Mali, February 23-27, 2007 “Who sets the agenda for Food Sovereignty? The people deprived of Food Sovereignty must take…

Biofuels: Who suffers? Who benefits?

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez and Kevin Fingerman | Feb 11, 2007

Special to the Des Moines Register Biofuels, derived from everything from corn to French-fry grease, are being widely touted in…