Posts Tagged ‘ hunger ’

Choosing War Over Food

November 16, 2009
By bicyclemark
Choosing War Over Food

The purpose of their international summit is to do something to help the 1 billion people worldwide who will face famine this year. In order to address this global problem, this week the UN asked the
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So Long Agricultural Free Trade

October 14, 2008
By bicyclemark
So Long Agricultural Free Trade

In a few hours I head to Brussels where I'm participating, for the second year in a row, in European Youth Media Days.  This year I'm helping coordinate and speaking as part of a workshop on Food Pric
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bm280 On the Ground in Haiti

September 24, 2008
By bicyclemark
bm280 On the Ground in Haiti

3 storms have left the poorest nation in the western hemisphere in an even greater humanitarian crisis. Several years after his first appearance on this podcast, Tarak joins me from Haiti to explain t
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bm225 What Really Happens to Our Food Aid?

September 22, 2007
By bicyclemark

When you hear the words food aid you no doubt imagine a wealthy country sending bags of food to parts of the world where people are starving. Yet in the case of the US, the reality is quite different.
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Starving Out the Hungry

September 16, 2007
By bicyclemark
Starving Out the Hungry

Ever since Lindsay started writing for In These Times, I've become a regular reader of their work. One recent article on food donations from the US and how the food donation system works has sparked
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