share G-20 Searches for Answers to Food Crisis Food prices are exceeding record highs—prompting policymakers worldwide to take action. A recent meeting of the G-20 agriculture ministers has given reason for hope, but many obstacles to less expensive food remain. Read more »
share Responding to the Global Food Crisis The following post is from One Table, a Mercy Corps campaign to fight world hunger by investing in the world's women. Read more »
share Is the era of cheap food over? A new UN Food and Agriculture Organization report predicts that rising food prices will soon begin to slow. However the BBC decidedly reports that cheap food is a thing of the past: Read more »
share Fueling Hunger Ethanol is traditionally used as an additive to fuel, but these days it's adding to something else: the global food crisis. Read more »
share Burmese Biofuel: The Dark Side of Going Green An Australian professor says the push to grow crops for biofuels rather than food has worsened the plight of cyclone victims in Myanmar. Read more »
share An Answer to Food-Based Fuels? In the global rush towards biofuels, some countries are being forced to choose between affordable food and renewable energy. Many poor nations cannot afford to use staple crops like corn or soybeans as fuel. Read more »
share Suffering from the Ethanol Hangover Like all policy choices, the decision of many developed nations to pursue greater conversion to ethanol and biodiesel has consequences. But who will pay the costs associated with the shift from oil to biofuels? Read more »
share The New Math of Alternative Energy Does going green finally make economic sense?Tags: alternative energyethanolbiomassbiofuelsgeothermalsolarRegions: North AmericaCategories: Technology Read more »
