Category Archives: Hunger

Worldwide hunger and starvation

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

  Kenneth R. Weiss. 22 July 2012. As the world’s population grows, hunger persists on a massive scale. Nearly 1 billion people are malnourished, and a child dies of hunger every 11 seconds.  Los Angeles Times series “Beyond 7 billion”. … Continue reading →

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Peak Food

Posted on November 17, 2012 by

    Anca Novacovici. 12 Nov 2012. Peak Oil? What About Peak Food? A Conversation With Lester Brown. Huffingtonpost   Now here’s a real tragedy — the end of coffee!  7 Nov 2012. Arabica Coffee Could Be Extinct in the … Continue reading →

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Record Number of Americans on Food Stamps

Posted on November 17, 2012 by

The number of Americans on food stamps has been trending up for years, in August 2012 it was 15% of Americans! You can figure this out for yourself in the future: 1) Get the latest figures at SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition … Continue reading →

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The rich and some governments are grabbing land all over the planet

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

If the strongest nations use the weakest nations as farms, this either leads to hunger as food is exported from the local people, or social unrest and civil war as desperate people try to take back their land. Fred Pearce. … Continue reading →

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