 A fast-unfolding food shortage is engulfing the entire world, driving food prices to record highs. (Check out the full report or podcast.) Over the past 50 years grain prices have occasionally spiked due to weather-related events -- such as the 1972 Soviet crop failure that led to a doubling of world wheat, rice, and corn prices. The situation today is entirely different, however. The current doubling of grain prices is trend-driven, the cumulative effect of some trends that are accelerating growth in demand and other trends that are slowing the growth in supply.... 
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03-30
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The American South has a rich and varied food history. From Old World food supplies brought over on voyages of discovery, to New World foods shipped back with both distrust and acclaim, to African sla...
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04-21
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The past few months have proven to bring the largest price increases in food in recent years and we are all felling the crunch. I know for my family of five we spend approximately $700-$800 a month at...
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03-24
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Major food source threatened by climate changeJim GilesRice is arguably the world's most important food source and helps feed about half the globe's people. But yields in many areas will drop as the g...
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03-24
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Asmita:If you love all things sweet, this miniature model of Shenyang city made from 25,000 cookies might just make you feel like you died and went to heaven. Sure you cant actually rent out an apartm...
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03-26
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Clearly we can’t very well tear down all of the world’s old skyscrapers for not being environmentally friendly - that kind of approach would itself be (ironic and) wasteful. At the same time, many of ...
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03-27
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Do you love to dine out but afraid of the moon-size fat-loaded serving platters that you see in many restaurants? Health Magazine’s April issue presents the top ten healthiest chain restaurants around...
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03-02
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The researchers of the Human Nutrition Research Cetre have found that the severe restriction of the sugar intake can start the longevity system in our body, which result in the 20% extention to people...
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02-28
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Oh, yuck! Not the headline you want to read when you happen to be in a country that has the Euro as its currency. I have been watching it steadily go up the entire time I’ve been here but try not to ...
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04-22
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There'sbeen a lot of buzz about the importance of having "in your face" calorie counts for fast foods.I'm wondering if seeing a calorie label posted by the food - in the same size font as the price - ...
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04-19
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As if sticking to a healthy nutritious daily diet isn’t difficult enough, along come cravings to take it from hard to impossible. All day you avoid the usual snack traps; vending machines, candy dish...
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