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Famine Prevention Organic News
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| Biotech companies continue to claim answer to food crisis | Despite the lack of improved yield in most genetically modified (GM) crops, fears of food insecurity are decreasing resistance to the technology. | Jun 27, 2008 |
| Vermont farmers lead resurgence in grain farming for feed, food | Spurred to action by sharply rising prices for transportation and animal feed, and surging consumer demand for locally grown foods, more farmers in New England are deciding to grow grains. | Jun 27, 2008 |
| Price of meat surges as poor weather hits U.S. feed crops | Traders said rising prices for corn and soybean would reverberate through the food supply chain, pushing up the cost of meat, poultry and dairy products. | Jun 19, 2008 |
| Local foods feed more locally | As fuel and food prices rise, more people are becoming aware that local food could help them save time and money. | Jun 19, 2008 |
| Small farmers in Kenya worried about effects of GM crops | In 2004, the Kenya Small Scale Farmers Forum leaders signed the Thika Declaration on GMOs intended to protect farmers from GM crops that they felt would endanger their food security and create additional costs. | Jun 19, 2008 |
| GM crops won’t help food crisis | Dr. Mae-Wan Ho warns that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) will make the global food crisis worse. | Jun 12, 2008 |
| Monsanto offers plan to increase food supply | Biotechnology transnational corporation Monsanto pledged last week to develop seeds that would double the yields of corn, soybeans and cotton by 2030 and would require 30 percent less water, land and energy to grow. | Jun 12, 2008 |
| World leaders warned of phony solutions to global food crisis | Biofuels, genetically modified crop varieties and international trade liberalization are false solutions to the current global food crisis that will push millions more people into hunger and poverty while worsening climate change, a British nonprofit warned world leaders attending the United Nations food security conference in Rome. | Jun 12, 2008 |
| World needs a green change in farming | Professor John Beddington, the Britain’s chief scientific adviser, thinks that a “greener” revolution in farming practices is what the world needs to feed its growing population,” according to this article. | Jun 12, 2008 |
| Food prices will continue to increase | The price of food is expected to continue to rise for at least the next decade, according to this article. | Jun 05, 2008 |
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