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November 2, 2009
In an unprecedented effort to block a USTR agriculture nominee, over 80 groups sent a letter today to Chairman Max Baucus and Ranking Member Charles Grassley of the Senate Finance Committee urging the rejection of Islam Siddiqui as Chief... Read more
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October 29, 2009
Achieving ambitious Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) production targets to meet growing world demands will not suffice to feed the world, and focusing too much on churning out crops may even be damaging, experts warn. Read more
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October 26, 2009
Larry Huelskoetler, a family farmer from Beason, IL, a small unincorporated town in central Illinois with a population of about 200, spoke on Monday morning, October 26th, to hundreds of people gathered for the "Showdown In Chicago," a national... Read more
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October 5, 2009
In this first decade of the 21st century there has been no increase in the real incomes of working Americans. There has been a sharp decline in their wealth. In the 21st century Americans have suffered two major stock market crashes and the... Read more
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October 7, 2009
Our mismanaged world economy today has many of the characteristics of a Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme takes payments from a broad base of investors and uses these to pay off returns. It creates the illusion that it is providing a highly attractive... Read more
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September 28, 2009
At the Clinton Global Initiative wrap-up on Friday, ex-President Clinton made waves in the sustainable-ag world by declaring Will Allen of Milwaukee/Chicago-based based Growing Power his “hero.” Read more
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September 21, 2009
This Thursday and Friday a group of Vermont Farmers and students joined Pittsburghers and others from around the world to protest the G 20 meeting. In addition to rowdy marches and "climate camps" Pittsburgh organizers called for localized direct... Read more
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September 27, 2009
Hillary Clinton gave the closing remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting this week. The subject? Solving global hunger. Her remarks are particularly important because, as Secretary of State, she oversees USAID, the agency that will administer any U.S. effort to feed the world. And it's no coincidence also that there is a particular effort going on right now to call for a "Second Green Revolution." That is, exporting industrial agriculture techniques, chemicals, and seeds to developing nations.
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September 2, 2009
One of the things I've been up to recently is this piece, written with my co-authors of Food Rebellions. It's a look at the rise of philanthropy capitalism, and some worrying attempts to 'fix' Africa. You can read it all at The Nation, but there's... Read more
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September 3, 2009
The current global downturn, the worst since the Great Depression 70 years ago, pounded the last nail into the coffin of globalization. Already beleaguered by evidence that showed global poverty and inequality increasing, even as most poor... Read more
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