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UN Chief Urges 50% Boost
in Food Production

Ban warns of further riots, starvation if high prices aren't contained

Jun 3, 08 7:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - UN chief Ban Ki-Moon today called for a 50% rise in world food production by 2030 to fight starvation and civil unrest as the population grows. He spoke at the World Food Security conference in Rome, where world leaders are working to address the highest commodity prices in decades. Such... More »

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United Nations • Rome • starvation • food prices • Ban Ki-Moon • world food summit • food production

UN Head: Drop Policies That
Up Food Prices

Ban urges global response to avert
mass starvation

Jun 2, 08 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will plead with world leaders at a food summit in Rome tomorrow to suspend trade restrictions, agricultural taxes, and other price controls that have helped create the highest food prices in 30 years, reports the Washington Post. Ban will also urge the US and other... More »

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food • United Nations • agriculture • Robert Zoellick • farmer • food prices • Ban Ki-Moon

Rebate Checks Go to Gas, Food, Looming Debt

Extravagant spending sprees at the mall?
Not so much

Jun 1, 08 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rather than the gluttonous splurge on flat-screen TVs and foreign vacations that Uncle Sam had envisioned, most Americans are plunking their rebate checks down on exorbitant gas and food costs--and their mounting debt. “The initial sense is that people are not running out the malls,” one economist told... More »

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debt • recession • consumer spending • spending • gas prices • food prices • economic stimulus package • tax rebate

 World Bank
 Offers $1.2B
 in Food Aid 

Millions at risk of starvation

May 30, 08 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The World Bank is offering an emergency $1.2 billion in aid to several nations in a desperate bid to stave off starvation for millions of people, reports the BBC. The money is being offered to Haiti, Liberia, Djibouti, Togo, Yemen and other nations identified as at immediate risk from... More »

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United Nations • World Bank • Robert Zoellick • food prices • food shortage • Togo • Tajikistan • world food summit

Soaring Fertilizer Prices Another Cog in Food Crisis

Costs up 65% percent, drawing calls for inquiries by US, UN

May 27, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Farmers worldwide are fuming over soaring fertilizer prices, the Wall Street Journal reports. Costs are 65% higher in the US than a year ago, making it difficult for farmers to boost production in response to an international food crisis. Meanwhile, fertilizer companies have reaped big profits from a cartel-based system... More »

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antitrust • fertilizer • farmer • food prices • Byron Dorgan

Americans Reducing Mileage on Cars, Not Stomachs

Higher food prices not having diminishing effect of gas costs

May 21, 08 5:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many Americans are cutting back on gas due to spiking prices, but few are eating less in response to similarly soaring food costs, a poll finds. Nearly half of respondents said they were driving less, but only 8% said they were eating less. "People have more control over gasoline.... More »

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gas prices • consumer prices • food prices

As World's Belly Rumbles, Gluttonous US Tosses Food 

27% of available food ends up in the trash

May 18, 08 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Americans throw out roughly a quarter of all food available for consumption, even as grocery prices skyrocket and global riots break out over food shortages, the New York Times reports. That works out to about a pound of food every day for every American—from grocery stories tossing spoiled produce... More »

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food • landfill • waste • donation • food prices • food shortage

Speculation Not Driving Boom in Commodities

Surveyed economists name supply, demand as bigger factors

May 8, 08 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - A majority of economists think the upswing in food and energy prices is due to fundamental issues of supply and demand—and not driven by speculation, a Wall Street Journal survey finds; 51% pegged demand from China and India as the chief cause of the oil boom. More »

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China • India • investors • economist • food prices • oil price • oil production • speculation

Food Prices May Force Cuts in Farm Subsidies

Normally 'untouchable' price supports at risk
in Congress

May 2, 08 2:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Soaring food prices are putting pressure on Congress to withdraw some of the billions in  farm subsidies and ethanol incentives that have been considered politically untouchable for decades, the Los Angeles Times reports. With average farm income more than $89,000 this year—30% above the national average—the White... More »

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Congress • agriculture • ethanol • corn • biofuel • farmer • food prices • subsidies

 Bush: $770M 
 Needed For Food Aid 

Congress must approve money, part of a larger Iraq funding measure

May 1, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amid rising food prices and overtaxed international reserves, President Bush proposed a new $770 million aid package today, Reuters reports. The money is part of a supplemental $70 billion measure that also includes Iraq war funding and would require a vote in Congress. More »

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Congress • press conference • food prices • food shortage • food supply • food aid • George W. Bush

Thailand Plans OPEC-Style
'Rice Cartel'

PM wants to control market with neighbors, including Burma

May 1, 08 9:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The prime minister of Thailand is exploring the idea of setting up a rice price-fixing cartel with four other governments in southeast Asia, including the military dictatorship of Burma. The Bangkok Post reports that Samak Sundaravej wants to establish an OPEC-style collective of producers that will influence the market for... More »

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Thailand • rice • Myanmar • Burma • food prices • Samak Sundaravej • rice prices • rice cartel

Ethanol Guzzles 25% of US Corn; Links Food, Fuel Prices

Switch to corn-based fuel links grain and energy prices

Apr 30, 08 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Congress passed its latest energy bill four months ago, the provision to boost ethanol requirements was exceedingly popular. But now, critics are lambasting that measure, and the ethanol movement in general, for linking skyrocketing food and oil prices. “We used to have a grain economy and a fuel... More »

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agriculture • ethanol • corn • biofuel • farmer • food prices • corn shock

 Gods Go Hungry in Food Crisis 

Inflation takes bite out of traditional offerings at Indian temples

Apr 30, 08 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Skyrocketing food prices have a new victim in India: Hindu deities. Supplicants offer milk and other food at temples where they pray, but with the cost of staples soaring, many are unable even to feed themselves, the Washington Post reports. "If poor people don't even have enough for bread,... More »

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India • hunger • food prices • Hinduism

 Another Key Shortage: Fertilizer 

Prices skyrocket, ingredients scarce as growing population demands more food

Apr 30, 08 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the less touted factors behind the global food crisis is a shortage in chemical fertilizer, which has helped boost crop yields dramatically and particularly benefited the developing world. But while growing demand is unlikely to be met for many years, the environmental impact of producing and using chemical... More »

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farming • corn • crops • fertilizer • rice • developing countries • food prices • food supply

 Rice Is the New Oil 

Rising food prices threaten a more serious global crisis

Apr 27, 08 3:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even as the burgeoning price of oil slaps consumers at the pump, a darker global market crisis looms as rising commodities prices compound the pressures of poverty worldwide. The UN has said that spiking food prices have started "a silent tsunami threatening to plunge more than 100 million people... More »

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China • food • United Nations • India • hunger • poverty • food prices • speculation • rice prices • hunger riots

Restaurants, Retailers Gulp
as Consumers Tighten Belts

Penny pinchers shifting to generics, eating in

Apr 27, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The rising price of staples like milk and gas, coupled with layoffs and flat-lining wages, is creating a nation of penny-pinching consumers, the New York Times reports. Industry is taking notice as buyers substitute generic brands for top-of-the-line products and skip eating out at restaurants. More »

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recession • consumer spending • US economy • supermarket • gas prices • food prices • discount hotel room • generic brand

Scientists Work on New 'Green Revolution'

Solving food crisis will depend on a steady diet of innovation

Apr 25, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Food scientists are plotting a new "green revolution" to solve a growing food crisis, LiveScience reports. Facing what a World Food Program official called a “silent tsunami” of world hunger, researchers are working on a sequel to the first "green revolution" of the mid-20th century, whose innovations... More »

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hunger alleviation • famine • biofuel • food prices • World hunger • Food and Agriculture Organization • food riots • hunger riots

Restaurants Hungry for Economic Recovery

Rising food costs, tight credit cut into profits

Apr 24, 08 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rising costs, tightening credit, and trimmed consumer spending are giving restaurateurs indigestion as they struggle with a slowdown the industry says is its worst in decades, reports the Wall Street Journal. A spate of bankruptcy filings and woeful earnings reports have chains slowing expansion and cutting amenities. With a... More »

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McDonald's • debt • restaurant • food prices • restaurateurs • Bakers Square

Sam's Club Joins Costco
in Limiting Rice Purchases

Warehouse chains react to rising prices, apparent hoarding

Apr 23, 08 8:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sam's Club joined Costco today in limiting how much rice customers can buy, Bloomberg reports. The restrictions by the nation's largest warehouse retail chains come with the price of rice at record highs around the world, which has spurred some to begin hoarding, Bloomberg notes. Sam's Club customers can buy... More »

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Costco • Sam's Club • food prices • Wal-Mart • flour • rice prices

US Farmers Want Feds' Help on Food Crisis

Skyrocketing prices bring speculators to grocery stores

Apr 23, 08 1:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - US farmers asked for federal help yesterday in stemming a tide that has seen speculators hitting grocery stores and consumers hoarding basic foodstuffs, the Washington Times reports. "The public is all too aware of the recent credit crisis on Wall Street," a farmers-union rep said. "We don't... More »

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biofuel • farmer • food prices • Commodity Futures Trading Commission • food industry

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