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  • August 2008

    • Indian State Recommends Eating Rats

      Reuters  |  Aug 18, 08 12:47 PM CDT

      Indian State Recommends Eating Rats

      (Newser) - Faced with high food prices and ebbing grain reserves, officials in the Indian state of Bihar have endorsed the consumption of rats, Reuters reports. The state government sees the strategy as a way to reduce the pest population as well as curb the demand for grain, and has even proposed that restaurants start offering the rodents. More »

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      India  • food  • food prices  • hunger  • rats  • famine  • grain

    • Anti-'Frankenfood' Activists Should Modify Stance

      Economist  |  Aug 4, 08 5:48 PM CDT

      Anti-'Frankenfood' Activists Should Modify Stance

      (Newser) - The recent destruction of a research crop of genetically modified potatoes in England highlights how attitudes towards altered crops have changed, the Economist writes. A decade ago, Greenpeace activists caught in the act of destroying food crops were acquitted because of popular fear of the consequences of “Frankenfoods.” Today, such crops have been accepted by most as safe. More »

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      food  • crops  • hunger  • academic research  • famine  • experiments  • environmentalists  • genetically modified crops

  • June 2008

    • 'Mediator' Mbeki Visits Mugabe

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 18, 08 3:05 PM CDT

      'Mediator' Mbeki Visits Mugabe

      (Newser) - South African president Thabo Mbeki visited counterpart Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe today, the Guardian reports, an attempt to play the role of mediator ahead of run-off elections June 27. With the UN warning that 5 million could face starvation in a country plagued by political violence, Mbeki's agenda was unclear—particularly since Zimbabwe's main opposition accuses him of siding with Mugabe. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • election  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • Thabo Mbeki  • hunger  • famine

  • April 2008

    • Scientists Work on New 'Green Revolution'

      LiveScience  |  Apr 25, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Scientists Work on New 'Green Revolution'

      (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 included the fertilizers, pesticides and better irrigation that helped increase crop yields. More »

  • December 2007

    • Locusts Swarm Northeast Kenya

      BBC  |  Dec 7, 07 2:28 PM CST

      Locusts Swarm Northeast Kenya

      (Newser) - Threatened by the largest swarm of locusts seen in Kenya since the 1960s, authorities have begun spraying crops in affected areas in hopes of exterminating the rapacious pests before they have a chance to lay eggs. The locusts, each of which can consume its own weight in food daily, have already done serious damage to the African nation's crops, the BBC reports. More »

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      Kenya  • agriculture  • famine

  • July 2007

    • Scientists Race to Save Rice Crops

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 29, 07 7:09 AM CDT

      Scientists Race to Save Rice Crops

      (Newser) - While much of the world focuses its attention on oil, 1,000 people in a lab outside Manila are worrying about the other staple the modern world depends on: rice. Because of drought, floods, and overproduction, Asian rice yields are flatlining, the Journal reports; as a result, the price of the world's most eaten foodstuff has shot up 70% since 2001. More »

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      India  • farming  • drought  • Philippines  • innovation  • rice  • famine  • Manila

  • June 2007

    • Fast Food Replaces Grandma's Cooking

      Time  |  Jun 2, 07 9:54 AM CDT

      Fast Food Replaces Grandma's Cooking

      (Newser) - Every nation has its traditional cuisines, but in today's fast-paced, globalized culture, cheap, fatty Westernized food is crowding out ancient preparations and presentations. Diets define who we are, Time reports, and in the modern world, once-unique food is becoming culturally homogenized. Global influences traditionally enriched flavors and techniques; today, the changes are less beneficial. More »

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      food  • Spain  • diet  • globalization  • fast food  • world economy  • nutrition  • famine

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