Rick Roth, who runs a mid-sized sugar and vegetable farm in Belle Glade, Fla., believes the U.S. sugar program helps growers mitigate risk in an uncertain business.Amy Green/Florida Center for Investigative Reporting BELLE GLADE, Fla. – Behind every candy bar and can of soda is a complex government program of import tariffs and farmer loans […]
Food for 9 Billion
Exploring the challenge of keeping ourselves fed
at a time of rapid social and environmental change
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Ethiopian reprisal attacks serve as cautionary tale for global land investors
Human Rights Watch has released a report detailing reprisal attacks by the Ethiopian military over a shooting at a rice farm.
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As aquaculture booms, make room for small fish
The director of the WorldFish Center says big producers – and big fish – need not dominate.
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A 12-step program for dealing with drought
Here are a dozen innovations to make the food system more resilient in the face of an increasingly erratic climate.
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More companies weigh in on global food challenge
Cargill’s is the latest voice in a multinational chorus calling for big-business-friendly food and farm policies.
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Five food blogs we’re following
Where to get your daily helping of news from the feeding-the-world front.
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U.S. drought may hit world’s poor the hardest
Lower corn and soy yields could mean dangerously high food prices in Africa and Asia.
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6 cool food and water infographics
There’s something about a searing hot summer day that leads a guy to kick off his shoes, turn on his fan and head to the Internet in search of cool graphics about the importance of water in the global food system.
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With new food security rankings, DuPont stirs the statistical pot
A food industry giant’s Global Food Security Index adds nutrition, food safety and public policy to the mix.
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As famine looms in Niger’s Sahel, reasons for hope emerge
The first question a journalist asks when deciding whether to report a story is: What’s new? That can be a challenge when it comes to famine in Africa.