Archive for the 'Food' Category
Australia Again Urges Citizens to Consider Leaving Japan; More Over Infrastructure Concerns than Radiation
March 17th, 2011Via: Reuters: Australia’s government on Thursday urged citizens in Tokyo and eight other affected prefectures to consider getting out of Japan, including the families of embassy staff. But it said its warning was because of infrastructure problems, not the fear of radiation. “We have a real problem in terms of the infrastructure in Japan. We […]
Steepest Rise in Food Prices in 36 Years
March 16th, 2011Via: AP: Wholesale prices jumped last month by the most in nearly two years due to higher energy costs and the steepest rise in food prices in 36 years. Excluding those volatile categories, inflation was tame. The Labor Department said Wednesday that the Producer Price Index rose a seasonally adjusted 1.6 percent in February — […]
‘Store Shelves Empty in Tokyo’ [???]
March 14th, 2011Via: Reuters: Commuters and residents of the Japanese capital faced confusion and uncertainty on Monday over the supply of food and energy after Friday’s devastating quake and tsunami which crippled a nuclear power plant. Some store shelves were emptied and many train lines were shut down as Tokyo commuters returned to work after a weekend […]
Florida: Proposed Legislation Would Make Photographing a Farm Without Permission a Felony
March 10th, 2011Via: New York Times: Photographers — perhaps including some ghosts from Farm Security Administration days — are astir at news of a bill introduced by State Senator Jim Norman of Florida that would make it a felony to take a picture of a farm without the owner’s permission: A person who photographs, video records or […]
Sedgwick, Maine Declares Food Sovereignty
March 9th, 2011Via: The Complete Patient: On Saturday morning, Sedgwick became likely the first locale in the country to pass a “Food Sovereignty” law. It’s the proposed ordinance I first described last fall, when I introduced the “Five Musketeers”, a group of farmers and consumers intent on pushing back against overly aggressive state food regulators. The regulators […]
Britain: Rising Food Prices Could Spark Riots
March 9th, 2011Via: Herald Sun: A SENIOR economist at the worldwide bank HSBC has warned of civil unrest in Britain if food prices continue to soar, Sky News reported yesterday. Karen Ward cautioned that the UK was not immune to the kind of “food riots” seen in other countries around the world. “Even in the developed world […]
U.S. Farmers Fear the Return of the Dust Bowl
March 7th, 2011Via: Telegraph: For years the Ogallala Aquifer, the world’s largest underground body of fresh water, has irrigated thousands of square miles of American farmland. Now it is running dry.
With a Heavy Heart… The Dervaes Family’s Apparent Descent Into Madness
March 5th, 2011Path to Freedom inspired me to change my life. Early last decade, it was a candle in a dark room for me, so to speak. I can’t make similar statements about too many other things. Over the years, I’ve read their sites, sent them traffic with links from my sites, made several cash contributions to […]
New Pathogen Found in Roundup Ready GM Crops Causes Spontaneous Abortions and Infertility in Livestock?
February 24th, 2011Via: Institute of Science in Society: An open letter appeared on the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance founded and run by Judith McGeary to save family farms in the US [1, 2]. The letter, written by Don Huber, professor emeritus at Purdue University, to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, warns of a pathogen “new to […]
Rising Food Prices Push Millions Around the World Into Extreme Poverty
February 16th, 2011Via: New York Times: A sharp rise in food prices since June has pushed 44 million people in developing countries into extreme poverty — having to live on less than $1.25 a day — according to a new study by the World Bank. The bank’s price index soared 29 percent from January 2010 to January […]
