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The South Bronx, Plagued by Obesity, Tops a Hunger Survey
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13.3.2010 |
NY Times: NY Region |
A recent survey found that the most severe hunger-related problems in the nation are in the South Bronx, long one of the country’s capitals of obesity.
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Can Biotech Crops Feed The Developing World?
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12.3.2010 |
NPR: Talk of the Nation |
| Biotech has promised innovations like drought-resistant corn and vitamin-packed cassava to the developing world. But how has it delivered on those dreams? Ira Flatow and guests discuss the status of those projects, and how "technologies in a seed" fit in with other agricultural improvements. |
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Food stamp demand still growing in Utah
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11.3.2010 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| Though the number of Utah families relying on food stamps continues to climb, some of the pantries that provide free food report slowing demand. Whether that signals a possible end to the recession is anybody's guess -- the trend is not consistent throughout the state. |
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Park Hill hoping to satisfy hunger for grocery store
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10.3.2010 |
Denver Post: Local |
| Park Hill hoping to satisfy hunger for grocery store |
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Vail Seasonal: Cupcakes for a cause
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10.3.2010 |
Vail Colorado: Editorials |
| VAIL, Colorado - Poverty is complex; feeding a child is not. This is the mantra of Share Our Strength, our nation's powerful crusader in the war on childhood hunger.
Share Our Strength began in the basement of a row house on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., in 1984, in the wake of the Ethiopian famine. Bill and Debbie Shore started the organization with the belief that everyone has a strength to share in the global fight against hunger and poverty, and that in these shared strengths lie sustainable solutions.
In 2004, Share Our Strength celebrated its 20th anniversary by launching its national strategy to end childhood hunger in America. The organization focuses on long-term solutions that support access to nutritious food and healthy food ... |
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Burmese refugees in Bangladesh suffer a shortage of food, care
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9.3.2010 |
Boston Globe: World |
| Burmese refugees in Bangladesh suffer a shortage of food, care |
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Are you living on food stamps?
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9.3.2010 |
The Daily Record: Local |
| Are you a Morris County resident whose unemployment has run out and you're now living on food stamps? |
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Cuba blasts foreign press for dissident coverage
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9.3.2010 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| Cuba blasts foreign press for dissident coverage |
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J. Brian Atwood: What about when there's no disaster?
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7.3.2010 |
Star Tribune: Commentary |
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Please pass the asset test
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7.3.2010 |
Star Tribune: Business |
| A bill at the Legislature would eliminate the asset test for food stamps, so families wouldn't have to deplete their savings to qualify. |
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A Future for Agriculture, a Future for Haiti
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5.3.2010 |
Grassroots International |
| Outside Author Bio:
Beverly Bell is the founder and Coordinating Committee Member and Program Coordinator of Other Worlds, which is a Grassroots International ally. She is also an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, Education Coordinator for the Other Worlds Are Possible Giving Circle, and board member of Just Harvest.
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Beverly Bell
Previous publication:
Other Worlds are Possible website
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We plant but we can’t produce or market. We plant but we have no food to eat. We want agriculture to improve so our country can live and so we peasants can live, too.
(Rilo Petit-homme, peasant organizer from St. Marc, Haiti)
What would it take to transform Haiti’s economy such ... |
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The True Cost of Cheap Food
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5.3.2010 |
Common Dreams: Views |
| by Timothy Wise Cheap food causes hunger. read more |
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Cuban Hunger Striker Briefly Hospitalized
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4.3.2010 |
International Herald Tribune: Americas |
HAVANA (AP) -- A dissident journalist who has refused food and water for a week was rushed to the intensive care unit of a hospital in central Cuba after losing consciousness, then returned home when doctors said they could do nothing for him if he refused to eat, a spokeswoman for his family said Wednesday.
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Dissident hunger strike in central Cuba rushed to hospital after week without food
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4.3.2010 |
Star Tribune: World |
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Cuban hunger striker unconscious, hospitalized
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4.3.2010 |
Seattle Times: Nation & World |
| A Cuban dissident who has spent a week on a hunger strike has been rushed to a hospital in central Cuba after losing consciousness, a family spokeswoman told The Associated Press on Wednesday. |
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Packable lunches full of energy-lifting carbs
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3.3.2010 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Food |
| I've created some packable lunch options that are full of energy-lifting carbohydrates and other nutrients that can your hunger all the way through to dinner. |
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March 3 Readers' letters
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3.3.2010 |
San Jose Mercury News: Letters |
| Letters from Mercury News readers. |
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U.S. is satisfying a hunger for tougher organic meat and milk rules
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3.3.2010 |
LA Times: Business |
| U.S. is satisfying a hunger for tougher organic meat and milk rules |
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A Future for Agriculture, A Future for Haiti
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3.3.2010 |
Common Dreams: Views |
| by Beverly Bell
We plant but we can't produce or market. We plant but we have no food to eat. We want agriculture to improve so our country can live and so we peasants can live, too. - Rilo Petit-homme, peasant organizer from St. Marc, Haiti read more
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Cuba TV Report Denies Gov't Let Hunger Striker Die
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2.3.2010 |
International Herald Tribune: Americas |
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) -- Cuba devoted nearly a third of its official newscast Monday night to denying that state doctors purposely let a jailed dissident die from a hunger strike.
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