On AlterNet: famine

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "famine"

It's Pretty Clear That Europe Is Using 'Trade' Deals to Steal Food from Poor Countries

George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. August 28, 2008.
A new wave of food colonialism is taking food from the mouths of the poor.

Is Famine Inevitable?

Scott Thill, AlterNet. June 6, 2008.
The fate of global food production has now become the chief terror of the future.

How One Region Has Gone from Breadbasket to Food Crisis

Mira Kamdar, OneWorld.net. May 15, 2008.
At the heart of the story is pesticide poisoning, water shortages, soil salinity, fertilizer runoff, skyrocketing cancer rates and farmer suicides.

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