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Food Riots Erupt Worldwide

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:55:45 GMT

clipped by: JICWyllie
clipper's remarks: The real culprits are the economic ideologies of free trade and interest driven growth which, masquerading as science, drive disastrous policy decisions.

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Over the last few decades, the United States, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have used their leverage to impose devastating policies on developing countries. By requiring countries to open up their agriculture market to giant multinational companies, by insisting that countries dismantle their marketing boards and by persuading them to specialize in exportable cash crops such as coffee, cocoa, cotton and even flowers, they have driven the poorest countries into a downward spiral.

In the last thirty years, developing countries that used to be self-sufficient in food have turned into large food importers.

Dismantling of marketing boards that kept commodities in a rolling stock to be released in event of a bad harvest, thus protecting both producers and consumers against sharp rises or drops in prices, has further worsened the situation.

support a country's effort to manage stocks and pricing

promote production and consumption of local crops raised by small,

farms

Tags: economy, trade, i-policy, i-consequences, i-starvation

10 things grocery stores don't want you to know

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:35:07 GMT

clipped by: rvnurse2b

Clip Source: health.msn.com

1. The shopping carts have cooties.

2. Dates are open to interpretation.

3. Kid-friendly food is purposely placed within their reach.

4. They cut up food so they can charge more.

5. Good-for-you foods require bending and reaching.

6. End-of-aisle displays are there to distract you from your mission.

7. Bargains aren’t always a bargain.

8. You’ll walk the store the way they want you to.

9. The salad bar can make you sick.

10. They don’t always clean as often as they should.

10 Things Your Grocery Store Doesn't Want You to Know

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Tags: food, economy, money, family, consumer

You might want to start stockpiling food, says WSJ

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:00:17 GMT

clipped by: enbar
clipper's remarks: Food prices are going up faster than any of your investments are gaining value... so you might want to invest in, say, rice, or dried pasta. "Wheat prices have roughly tripled in the last three years."

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

R.O.I.

By BRETT ARENDS

Load Up the Pantry
April 21, 2008 6:47 p.m.

I don't want to alarm anybody, but maybe it's time for Americans to start stockpiling food.

You've seen the TV footage of food riots in parts of the developing world. Yes, they're a long way away from the U.S. But most foodstuffs operate in a global market. When the cost of wheat soars in Asia, it will do the same here.

Reality: Food prices are already rising here much faster than the returns you are likely to get from keeping your money in a bank or money-market fund. And there are very good reasons to believe prices on the shelves are about to start rising a lot faster.

The reason? The prices of many underlying raw materials have risen much more quickly still. Wheat prices, for example, have roughly tripled in the past three years.

Tags: economics, food, bad_news, news, opinion, money, international

green Frenzy blames COWS

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:17:31 GMT

clipped by: rvnurse2b
clipper's remarks: ok- take care of the earth- don't mess it up when you can preserve it- but lets not go NUTS.

Clip Source: www.onenewsnow.com

The New York Times Magazine on Sunday devoted the entire issue to a "low-carbon catalog" of ideas for the environmentally inclined. However, as Folio magazine notes, it was printed on new, wasteful paper, not recycled pulp.

The villain of the piece? Cows. According to Dr. Solomon, Americans' animal-based foods generate "a third as much as their car produces" in greenhouse gases. Cows come in for even more blame than pigs and other critters, because cows emit copious amounts of methane and nitrous oxide, Solomon said. This means that the bacon in your bacon cheeseburger pales as an environmental menace compared to the cheese and the beef.

National Public Radio kicked off its Earth Week on Monday with "a series of conversations about food's footprint."

In the first installment on Monday, Alex Chadwick talked to Dr. Gina Solomon, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, "about how the food we eat contributes to greenhouse gases."

Tags: green, environment, bush, politics, food, cows, gas, globa

here comes one world religion

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:25:21 GMT

clipped by: rvnurse2b
clipper's remarks: anyone think about Revelation lately?

Clip Source: 209.85.135.104

The leader of the Italian Democratic Party, Walter Veltroni, today proposed the creation of an 'Organization of Religions Nations' Rome-based, and said that the idea' liked 'by both the secretary of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, as Pope Benedict XVI.

Veltroni explained that his idea is the creation of a 'palace of religions' in Rome, like the United Nations in New York, where representatives of all faiths of the world can' meet and talk among themselves.

Veltroni announced today that proposal during an appearance before reporters in Rome as a farewell, after it yesterday submit his resignation as mayor of the city to begin his campaign as a candidate for president of the Government in the upcoming April elections.

n the city of Rome have their headquarters three of the United Nations agencies that deal with food: the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO) and the Global Agenda Food (WFP)

bugs lesson plans

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:01:59 GMT

clipped by: rvnurse2b

Clip Source: www.karscot.com

Adopt An Insect (Lesson plans)
American Arachnology Society
British Tarantula Society
Life In A Pine Cone (Lesson Plans)
Insects As Food
Monarch Watch
Beehoo (all about Bee's)

Tags: lesson, bug, insect, nature, science, biology, teach, learn homeschool, education