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April 28, 2004: World Food Prices Rising: Environmental Neglect Shrinking Harvests in Key Countries
Shrinking Harvests in Key Countries April 28, 2004-8 Copyright 2004 Earth Policy Institute WORLD FOOD PRICES RISING: Environmental Neglect Shrinking Harvests in Key Countries Lester R. Brown When this year ... Grain Harvest," Eco-Economy Update, 10 March 2004. Lester R. Brown, "Wakeup Call on the Food Front," Eco-Economy Update, 16 December 2003. Lester R. Brown, "World Facing Fourth Consecutive Grain ...
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May 2, 2000 Falling Water Tables In China May Soon Raise Food Prices Everywhere
In short, falling water tables in China could soon mean rising food prices for the entire world. Copyright 2000 Earth Policy Institute Email this Alert to a friend ... & Co., NY: 1995). Lester R. Brown and Brian Halweil, Chinas Water Shortages Could Shake World Food Security, World Watch, July/August 1998. Sandra Postel, Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last ...
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FAO Initiative on Soaring Food Prices: FAO Initiative on Soaring Food Prices
Urgent action is needed on two fronts - making food accessible to the most vulnerable, and helping small producers raise their output and earn more. FAO's Initiative on Soaring Food Prices has simple but effective goals: distribute seeds, fertilizer and other farming supplies to smallholder farmers... [more]. ...
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Friends of the Earth: Food prices summit: PM must change direction on biofuels now
Skip navigation and title Home > Press releases > Food prices summit: PM must change direction on biofuels now Search | Sitemap | Contact Home ---------- Join ---------- Campaigns ... summit in London, which is being hosted by Gordon Brown, Friends of the Earth's Food Campaigner Vicki Hird said: "Gordon Brown is right to be concerned about the impact of ...
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High Food Prices May Cut Opposition to Genetically Modified Food
Although food prices are up more than 50 percent since May 2006, according to the UN Food and ... of the Roundup herbicide. These are crops already common in the United States and other major food exporters like Argentina and Brazil. The European Commission has said that it believes biotech crops can ...
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OCA: Genetically Engineered Food, Biotechnology, and GMOs
FDA scientists said was unsafe. “The most powerful presentation I have ever heard ... Micro Materials Could Pose Major Health Risks 07/09/08 - High Food Prices May Cut Opposition to Genetically Modified Food 07/09/08 - One Leap Backwards for Biodiversity, One Giant Step ...
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Environmental Commons: Local Food
Strong corporate control has meant record profits for the leading multinational food corporations, while consumers and producers suffer. Consumer food prices have remained stagnant for the past 2 decadesc and more ... financial loss in the last Census.d If Californians shifted to purchasing 50 percent more food from in-state sources, it would generate $6.91 billion in additional economic activity for ...
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Environmental Commons: Local Food
Earmarked for extinction? Seminis eliminates 2,000 varieties. In: Geno-types. Between 1983 and 2000, food prices have risen 68 percent, while the overall inflation rate increased 72 percent. Consumer price ... Produce and Farmers' Markets. London: New Economics Foundation. BBC (2006, February 7). Europe 'stopped GM food imports'. BBC News. Retrieved April 21, 2006, from news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/ ...
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Food and Farm Connections
Farm Connections Cheap food prices and overflowing store shelves are hiding the true environmental and social costs of our food and agriculture system—rapid erosion and degradation of soil, the ... Cities that works with youth ages 9-16 on issues of urban agriculture, community based food systems, nutrition and healthy lifestyle, as well as youth leadership and community involvement. www.youthfarm ...
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Food | Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
Links (the Green Party are not responsible for the content of external links) "The Future of Food" DVD is an excellent documentary which examines the impact of genetic engineering on the future of ... by: Jon Field, 73 Eden Street, Wellington. Copyright 1996-2008 The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand Food Events Food Prices, Oil Prices and Interest Rates, Green Ideas for a Turbulent World Food ...
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