Ticker tape still ain't spaghetti

Seattle Post Intelligencer by Amy Goodman | May. 3, 2008 (Opinion)

This week, the United Nations' special rapporteur on the right to food, Jean Ziegler, called for the suspension of biofuels production: "Burning food today so as to serve the mobility of the rich countries is a crime against humanity." He's asked the U.N. to impose a five-year ban on food-based biofuels production. The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, a group of 8,000 scientists globally, is also speaking out against biofuels. The ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Living, U.S., World, Politics
Topics: Food, Bush Administration, United Nations, Poverty
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - May 3, 2008 - 9:22 AM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

I'm not wild about the title, but the article does a good job of covering the food crisis and the aspects of the need for local sustainable agriculture in countries around the world.

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