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We’ve been posting a lot recently about escalating food prices in the developing world. Here’s yet another report from Reuters: “Rice prices will likely tick higher on the back of fresh demand from Indonesia and Sri Lanka, but gains will be nowhere near as dramatic as 2008 thanks to ample supplies from top exporters Thailand and …
Originally posted on The Blog at 16th and Q, the blog of the DC JCC, and cross-posted on the Pursue blog. What is a food democracy, and why do we need one? This was the central question of the panel discussion entitled “How Good Food Makes a Difference” that took place at the Goethe-Institut (in cooperation with the Heinrich Boll …
Climate Conversations: How can we make food security fairer and more sustainable? [AlertNet] “One thing is clear – feeding the world sustainably and more fairly requires us to overcome several substantial hurdles. The world’s population is expected to grow by nearly a third by 2050, when there will be nine billion people. Economies are also growing, and as …
The world’s attention is fixed on the crisis in Egypt—as it should be—but there’s another crisis brewing in Somalia. IRIN reports: “An estimated 2.4 million Somalis require emergency humanitarian assistance as a result of civil unrest and food insecurity, according to the UN Food Security and Analysis Unit-Somalia. The failure of the short rains (October-December 2010) means …
Last summer, a group of prominent Jewish leaders traveled to Haiti with AJWS to learn about grassroots earthquake relief efforts and AJWS’s disaster to development strategy. Tonight, these leaders are coming together for an event at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Manhattan to share their reflections and to continue a conversation about Haiti’s future. If you can’t …
