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NEWS ABOUT: hunger alleviation

hunger alleviation stories: 3 news summaries

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

35.5 Million Americans Going Hungry

Rising costs, stagnant wages threaten even worse news next year

Nov 15, 07 1:50 AM CST
(Newser) - US programs failed to make a dent in the number of Americans going hungry last year, and activists warned that rising costs and stagnant wages threaten to increase the army of citizens struggling to put food on the table. Nearly 13 percent of households—35.5 million Americans, with 12.... More »

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food • FDA • hunger • hunger alleviation • US government • food banks

Kim Jong-Il
Ate My Giant Bunnies!

And German rabbit farmer is hopping mad...

Apr 5, 07 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Szmolinsky sent giant rabbits to North Korea to alleviate hunger, and Kim Jong-Il ate them. The German rabbit farmer suspects that the twelve "German Grey Giants" he sent to the country were eaten at a birthday banquet for the dictator instead of being used in a breeding program... More »

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philanthropy • North Korea • weird • Germany • rabbits • giant rabbits • international development • hunger • hunger alleviation • Kim Jong Il • Karl Szmolinsky

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