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Famine Prevention Organic News
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| New agriculture needed to salvage world’s water | Film maker Irena Salina sounds a wake-up call to the world's diminished water supply in "Flow - For the Love of Water." | Oct 20, 2008 |
| Farmers’ markets surge in popularity | The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) reports a continuing steady increase in the number of farmers’ markets in the United States, reaching 4,685 in August 2008, a 6.8% increase over August 2006. | Sep 26, 2008 |
| Crushing debt is a way of life for Filipino farmers | Organic may be a more attractive alternative for farmers in the Philippines who rely on chemical inputs and whose margins are too slim to pay down their debts. | Sep 26, 2008 |
| Is Slow Food the Answer? | As worldwide crop prices and hunger surge, debate rages about where the Slow Food Movement fits in to global food politics. | Sep 26, 2008 |
| Honeybee die-offs linked to new pesticide | Neonicotinoid insecticides that impact the central nervous system of insects are thought to have caused the deaths of more than 90 billion bees worldwide over the past 10 years. | Sep 12, 2008 |
| Demand for high-value crops pushes limits of land and energy | Several converging forces in the global food economy could spell disaster in coming years. | Sep 12, 2008 |
| Catchy reggae song highlights controversies of biofuels boom | Jamaican artist Livebroadkast wrote these lyrics in the political reggae spirit of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, to be used in activist efforts against the destructive diversion of resources from food crops to ethanol production and the resulting skyrocketing costs of food. | Aug 28, 2008 |
| Africa using trees to slow spreading desert | A plan aimed to slow the growth of the Sahara desert by planting a “wall of trees” has been put into motion after three years of planning. | Jul 11, 2008 |
| Farmers say organic farming can feed the world | This 35-minute video explores the question of whether organic agriculture can feed the world. Chief investigative reporter Karl Grossman interviews farmers to find out why they farm organically and explores the practice’s benefits. | Jul 11, 2008 |
| Flooding, bad policies combine to exacerbate world food crisis | The weather in the Midwest will most likely result in a dramatically reduced cropp yield for the region this year and even higher food prices—particularly for world’s poor who depend U.S. imported grains. | Jun 27, 2008 |
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