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Hunger games: Congress targets food assistance for the most vulnerable, despite the nation’s growing food insecurity problem
Posted by The Pump Handle on July 13, 2012 Hunger in America can be hard to see. It doesn’t look like the image of hunger we usually see on our TVs: the wrenching impoverishment and emaciation. Talking about American hunger is hard because, well, there’s food all around us.
More to the Food Story than Prices: Protracted Crises Keep Hunger High in 22 Countries
Posted by Liz Borkowski on January 7, 2011 Earlier this week, riots erupted over food prices in several Algerian cities – according to Reuters, prices for flour and salad oil there have doubled over the past few months. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s food price index is now slightly higher than it was during the last global food crisis in 2008, though…
Global Food Outlook is Worrisome
Posted by Liz Borkowski on November 19, 2010 The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has released a new Food Outlook, and the news isn’t great. Global wheat and rice production have both suffered setbacks this year as Russia has suffered from drought and Pakistan from floods. Poor cassava harvests in Asia are also a concern, given that cassava is the staple food of…