As I learn more and more about the food system in the United States, the more I become afraid of it.  Doing research for a paper recently, I found out that about 70% of all packaged foods sold in America have at least some genetically engineered components.  For those of you unfamiliar with GM (genetically [...]

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How the international policies that govern the way we grow and trade food are leading to starvation, obesity, poverty, environmental pollution, and injustice.

There are millions of starving people struggling in regions of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. We’ve all known this for years. The usual explanation is that there are simply too many people and [...]

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On May 3, 2008, Burma was hit by a devastating cyclone. The Cyclone Nargis crashed into the coast destroying entire villages and battering Rangoon. At this point, 22,464 people have been killed, with another 41,000 missing and feared dead. To read more about this click here.

The International Rice Research Institute is warning that the cyclone [...]

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