Posts Tagged ‘food’
BillMoyers.com | Drought Helped Spark Syria’s Civil War
Thousands of Syrian Muslims pray for rain at the Grand Umayyad Mosque in central Damascus in 2006. (AP Photo Bassem Tellawi). Climate change is already hurting the world’s most vulnerable populations. Those who live in areas hit hard by [...]
WATCH: Boulder Food Rescue
Watch Boulder kids lead the way in this video by Bosho Creative in association with Food Not Bombs:
RT | Monsanto threatens the sue the entire state of Vermont
"Lawmakers in Vermont are looking to regulate food labels so customers can know which products are made from genetically modified crops, but agricultural giants Monsanto say they will sue if the state follows through. "If the bill in question, [...]
Utne Reader | Shifting Prospects for a New Farm Bill
"Later this year, the federal Farm Bill that was enacted in 2008 is set to expire. Although Congress already has plenty on its plate—not to mention the ongoing kerfuffle over Obamacare at the Supreme Court—there’s a good chance they’ll make [...]
Finding Humanity at Thanksgiving
What is Thanksgiving without food? There is no way to separate these concepts because the original intent of the day was to give thanks for the bountiful harvest, to gobble up the perishables that wouldn’t last through the winter, and to [...]
