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G8 leaders feast on 13 courses after discussing world food shortages
G8 delegates enjoy the working lunch, which included white asparagus and truffle soup and peach compote
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Honey bee shortage could drive up food prices
The planet is doomed.
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Food Fight: Greater PGH Community Food Bank, deleted scenes.
Hey everyone,
Here's two really nice moments from my interview with Joyce Rothermel, the CEO for the Greater PGH Community Food Bank, which didn't make it to the rough rough cut that I posted earlier.
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The Biofuels Scam, Food Shortages and the Coming Collapse of the Human Population
By: Mike Adams
It was one of the dumbest "green" ideas ever proposed: Convert millions of acres of cropland into fields for growing ethanol from corn, then burn fossil fuels to harvest the ethanol, expending more energy to extract the fuel than you get from the fuel itself! Meanwhile, sit back and proclaim you've achieved a monumental green victory (President Bush, anyone?) all while unleashing a dangerous spike in global food prices that's causing a ripple effect of food shortages and rationing around the world.
I think politicians need to spend less time bragging about their latest greenwashing schemes and more time studying The Law of Unintended Consequences. Because while growing fuel on cropland initially sounds like a great idea, any honest assessment of the total impact leads you to the inescapable conclusion that biofuels are largely a government-sponsored scam. With a few exceptions (see below), biofuels produce no net increase in energy output, and they cause food shortages while creating strong economic incentives for the destruction of the very rainforests we desperately need to stabilize the climate!
Read More here: http://www.naturalnews.com/023091.html
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To recycle used vegetable oil is one thing but to grow a fuel is absurd.
There are truly only three completely renewable fuel resources in the galaxy: Solar (for electricity), Wind (for electricity) and Water (for electricity and hydrogen).
Electric or hydrogen is the only answers for Vehicles.
If you know someone using new vegetable oil for there car please tell him or her that they are starving people around the world.
Convert to electric or hydrogen to save this planet and its inhabitants.
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Robert Mugabe Attends Food And Agriculture Conference In Rome |Sky News|World New...
His rule has seen the virtual collapse of farming in his home land where many of his own people are starving, so the arrival of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has cast an unwanted shadow over the start of the UN Food and Agriculture conference in Rome.
So far, the global food crisis has led to riots in more than 30 countries, with the poor scrambling for their daily bread in Egypt as starving people in Bangladesh struggle for even the bare necessities.
While here in the UK we spend on average 10% of our incomes on food, it is the world's poorest - who spend up to 80% on feeding themselves - that are bearing the brunt of shortages.
Food expert Professor Tim Lang, from City University, believes the solution to the poorer nations' problems starts here, at home, with us. "If everyone ate like the British, we'd need to have six planets. The British are over-using space, resources, energy and saying; 'look at our efficient system.'
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Kissinger's 1974 Plan for Food Control Genocide
by Joseph Brewda
On Dec. 10, 1974, the U.S. National Security Council under Henry Kissinger completed a classified 200-page study, "National Security Study Memorandum 200: Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas Interests." The study falsely claimed that population growth in the so-called Lesser Developed Countries (LDCs) was a grave threat to U.S. national security. Adopted as official policy in November 1975 by President Gerald Ford, NSSM 200 outlined a covert plan to reduce population growth in those countries through birth control, and also, implicitly, war and famine. Brent Scowcroft, who had by then replaced Kissinger as national security adviser (the same post Scowcroft was to hold in the Bush administration), was put in charge of implementing the plan. CIA Director George Bush was ordered to assist Scowcroft, as were the secretaries of state, treasury, defense, and agriculture.
Further on in the Article:
Food as a weapon
There were several measures that Kissinger advocated to deal with this alleged threat, most prominently, birth control and related population-reduction programs. He also warned that "population growth rates are likely to increase appreciably before they begin to decline," even if such measures were adopted.
A second measure was curtailing food supplies to targetted states, in part to force compliance with birth control policies: "There is also some established precedent for taking account of family planning performance in appraisal of assistance requirements by AID [U.S. Agency for International Development] and consultative groups. Since population growth is a major determinant of increases in food demand, allocation of scarce PL 480 resources should take account of what steps a country is taking in population control as well as food production. In these sensitive relations, however, it is important in style as well as substance to avoid the appearance of coercion."
"Mandatory programs may be needed and we should be considering these possibilities now," the document continued, adding, "Would food be considered an instrument of national power? ... Is the U.S. prepared to accept food rationing to help people who can't/won't control their population growth?"
Kissinger also predicted a return of famines that could make exclusive reliance on birth control programs unnecessary. "Rapid population growth and lagging food production in developing countries, together with the sharp deterioration in the global food situation in 1972 and 1973, have raised serious concerns about the ability of the world to feed itself adequately over the next quarter of century and beyond," he reported.
The cause of that coming food deficit was not natural, however, but was a result of western financial policy: "Capital investments for irrigation and infrastucture and the organization requirements for continuous improvements in agricultural yields may be beyond the financial and administrative capacity of many LDCs. For some of the areas under heaviest population pressure, there is little or no prospect for foreign exchange earnings to cover constantly increasingly imports of food."
"It is questionable," Kissinger gloated, "whether aid donor countries will be prepared to provide the sort of massive food aid called for by the import projections on a long-term continuing basis." Consequently, "large-scale famine of a kind not experienced for several decades—a kind the world thought had been permanently banished," was foreseeable—famine, which has indeed come to pass.
There are many articles on this. If you do a search of "The Royal Commission on Population" you will see for yourselves.
http://www.larouchepub.com/other/1995/2249_kissinger_fo...
http://www.larouchepub.com/other/1995/2249_food_intro.h...
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Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank (rough rough cut)
This is an interview with Joyce Rothermel, CEO of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank since 1987, which distributes items to 11 counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
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World Bank offers $1.2 billion food aid
Grants worth a total of $200m are being set aside for "high priority" countries most at risk from acute hunger.
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Red Cross warns of food riots over soaring prices
GENEVA - The Red Cross warned Tuesday of a possible surge in "food-related violence" because of soaring prices that are increasing hunger around the world.
Most of the debate surrounding the global food crisis has focused on boosting aid to poorer countries, but there is also concern about the potential for violence as people become desperate for food, said Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Follow the link to entire complete text. GENEVA - The Red Cross warned Tuesday of a possible surge in "food-related violence" because of soaring prices that are increasing hun... more -
America's food crisis
Food banks around the country are turning people away because demand has surpassed supply. As gas prices continue to rise, so does the cost of food. Wages continue to decline against inflation which helped create a severe and urgent need for food.
"The way it's going, we're going to have a food disaster pretty soon," said Phyllis Legg, interim executive director of the Merced Food Bank, which serves 43 food pantries throughout foreclosure-ravaged Merced County in California.
Senior citizens food delivery programs were canceled by Merced Food Bank.
"In Baton Rouge, La., the public school system has found students hoarding their free and reduced-price lunches so they can bring them home and have something to eat at night."
At the edge of Seattle people line up for hours before the food bank opens, hoping to get hard to get protein like milk, eggs, and meat.
"If I get here too late, I'll be left with Marshmallow Fluff for 14 days," said Sondra Pearson, a mother of seven. "Not," she added, "that I'm going to turn that down." Food banks around the country are turning people away because demand has surpassed supply. As gas prices continue to rise, so does th... more -
Koshary: Food of the poor
Even Koshary is no long affordable! Abdel Hameed juggles two jobs to barely provide for his family. At his lunch break, he usually eats Koshary; the cheapest meal you could get in Egypt.. but not anymore. Even Koshary is no long affordable! Abdel Hameed juggles two jobs to barely provide for his family. At his lunch break, he usually eat... more
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One country's table scraps, another country's meal
Despite rising grocery prices and food shortages, it turns out that Americans waste an astonishing amount of food. One government study estimated that we waste 27% of the food available for consumption--that works out to about one pound of food per person, per day.
It's pretty depressing to think about how much food we're throwing out each day, especially since plenty of it is still perfectly good. Despite rising grocery prices and food shortages, it turns out that Americans waste an astonishing amount of food. One government stud... more -
Life Saving Peanuts // Comment Picked for TV
Thanks to mrjfrancois and marcd for leaving their thoughts on the food shortages in Haiti and on the problem of hunger around the world.
Check out the pod: http://current.com/items/88911955_life_saving_peanuts
And a thread current.com user manolsalon started on the site: http://current.com/items/88902084_world_bank_to_meet_as... Thanks to mrjfrancois and marcd for leaving their thoughts on the food shortages in Haiti and on the problem of hunger around the worl... more -
Life Saving Peanuts // Comment Picked for TV
Thanks to manosalon for another thought provoking upload, this time on the food crisis in Haiti. Hear what he has to say then watch a pod on the topic: http://current.com/items/88911955_life_saving_peanuts Thanks to manosalon for another thought provoking upload, this time on the food crisis in Haiti. Hear what he has to say then watch a... more
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Got Rice? rice seller b-roll
The rising cost of rice at home and abroad has put an increased strain on Los Angeles' rice-serving restaurants. In some parts of the LA county, restaurant owners have begun stockpiling rice, causing wholesale dealers like Costco to impose sales limits. The rising cost of rice at home and abroad has put an increased strain on Los Angeles' rice-serving restaurants. In some parts of the ... more
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Got Rice? interview selects and restaurant b-roll
The rising cost of rice at home and abroad has put an increased strain on Los Angeles' rice-serving restaurants. In some parts of the LA county, restaurant owners have begun stockpiling rice, causing wholesale dealers like Costco to impose sales limits. The rising cost of rice at home and abroad has put an increased strain on Los Angeles' rice-serving restaurants. In some parts of the... more
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North Korea starving to death?
In the 1990s 2 million North Koreans died of starvation. The present situation may dwarf those numbers as 6.5 million people face food shortages and starvation. North Korea is actively engaged in talks with the United States which may result in food aid. South Korea halted aid as it is waiting for North Korea to ask for it. South Korea has a new conservative government that is critical of North Korea, so the poor are suffering as governments hash out their ego contest.
In the past, North Koreans who escaped to China or South Korea reported cannibalism during particularly difficult food shortages. In the 1990s 2 million North Koreans died of starvation. The present situation may dwarf those numbers as 6.5 million people face foo... more -
Bush’s food remark irks India - Bush blames growing Indian middle class
Indian politicians from all parties have joined in criticizing US President George W. Bush’s remarks that blamed India for the global food crisis. Although the ruling Congress party has joined the chorus, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has questioned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s silence on Bush’s remarks. The BJP plans to raise the issue in Parliament today.
At a seminar on global economy in Missouri, Bush was quoted by the media as saying: “There are 350 million people in India who are classified as middle class. That’s bigger than America. Their middle class is larger than our entire population. And when you start getting wealth, you start demanding better nutrition and better food, and so demand is high, and that causes the price to go up.”
Follow the link for the complete text. President Bush's statements blaming India for food shortage irk Indians. India is a net exporter of food. Bush may have a less than perfect understanding of cause and effect with regard to the food crisis.
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Food shortages--grow your own and create a caring economy
by Ann Kramer
http://www.opednews.com
Food prices are skyrocketing and impacting all of our budgets. The idea of food shortages aren't just a Third World phenomenon–even in the US, 25% of our children go to bed hungry–and as food prices increase, this will only get worse. How can this be possible in the "richest" country in the world?
Its a factor of our economic system–which accepts that the "market system" is based on supply/demand/profit for those who control resources. Profits for corporations like Archer Daniels Midland, ConAgra are exploding and we accept that this is the outcome of our economic system–and that it has to be this way.
But our economic system can change–and it changes when we realize that we've inherited a system of values that we CAN question and change. It is not necessary for us to perpetuate this system–and if we truly care for our children we will change it to one that is built on caring for humans and the planet.
One way to do this is to stop acting as if we're powerless victims and take charge of our own lives and survival. Food–one of the most vital resources on the planet (next to water), can be grown by anyone, any where. Yet, over the last 100 years, we've let ourselves become beholden to a few corporate powers to control this resource. Now, with farming highly concentrated into the corporate industrial farming systems and food prices being masterfully manipulated by the stock market to increase prices to the benefit of the few stockholders, we all find ourselves at the mercy of price increases that are leaving more and more people with not enough food.
The solution?
1. Grow your own food. Whether you have a lawn you can rip up or you use self-watering container gardening boxes (the easiest way to grow lots of food!), you can do this.
2. Build a neighborhood of people working together to grow food. Again–rip up your lawns or build a network of self-watering container gardens where you coordinate a group of 3-6 homes and determine who will grow which foods and then share the bounty–in a very short amount of time, you'll have food.
3. Buy two extra self-watering container gardens, enough soil to fill them and green bean seeds and donate them to a local food bank. Let the Food Bank give them to people who arrive to pick up food and show them how to start growing their own!
4. Send $100 to Mercy Corps which is working in 38 countries around the world to help those who need food. Put a request on these dollars that they are for the purchase of self-watering container garden boxes and soils and seeds. That $100 will purchase 3 boxes/soil/seeds and people in these areas can start growing their own–even if they don't own land. Within 4 months they'll be producing food and this will enable them to combat the rising food prices. (Imagine 10,000 garden boxes showing up in Haiti) :)
Want to build a caring economy? Grow your own food–and discover that your survival isn't dependent on money–but on your self. Remember, give a man a fish...and he eats for a day–teach your SELF to grow your own food–and you eat great food for a lifetime.
PS...the 3 links to container gardens are all different–giving you lots of options as to where you purchase them. And if you're especially handy–you can even build your own.
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