Graphic: Mali Food Insecurity, Refugees, & Islamists
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NIGHTWATCH: French with UK Lift & Africans Handle Mali — SOF in Africa at Greater Risk? Islamists and Food Security — Islamists versus Separatists
Mali-France: Last Friday, France began its direct intervention in the Malian civil war, at the request of the Bamako government after Islamists, terrorist and jihadis captured a key town on the road from the north to Bamako. The immediate French objective was to stop the jihadis at Konna and to deter them from moving farther …
SmartPlanet: Half of All Food Wasted
Half of all food wasted By Mark Halper | January 10, 2013 The world throws away up to half of its food according to an alarming report that blames consumers’ fussy preference for cosmetically appealing produce, supermarket promotions that encourage overbuying, and deficient storage, transportation and agricultural practices. Between 1.2 billion and 2 billion metric …
SchwartzReport: 1 in 4 US Children on Food Stamps
SchwartzReport: I don’t know. Maybe it is because today is my birthday, and I woke up this morning and realized I was now 71 years old. Maybe it is because this afternoon, Ronlyn and I, as part of a small group, met with our Representative Rick Larsen, who admitted to us that with 85 teabaggers …
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SchwartzReport: Food-Borne Illness Epidemic in USA (48 Million) FDA on Sidelines
Why Isn’t the FDA Stopping the Epidemic of Foodborne Illness? The agency charged with overseeing the safety of our food is out to lunch. Here’s why. Barry Estabrook Mother Jones, 5 December 2012 EXTRACT: The 2011 listeria outbreak was not an isolated case. The United States is experiencing what amounts to an epidemic of foodborne …
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SchwartzReport: The Drugging of America Via Food — Enabled by the Loss of Intelligence and Integrity Across Whole of Government
We’re Eating What? The Drugstore in U.S. Meat. Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet, 2 December 2012 Food consumers seldom hear about the drugs oestradiol-17, zeranol, trenbolone acetate and melengestrol acetate and the names are certainly not on meat labels. But those synthetic growth hormones are central to U.S. meat production, especially beef, and the reason Europe has …
SchwartzReport: Growing Food in Desert with Solarized Seawater — AND Stabilizes Sea Level
Growing food in the desert: is this the solution to the world’s food crisis? Philipp Saumweber is creating a miracle in the barren Australian outback, growing tonnes of fresh food. So why has he fallen out with the pioneering environmentalist who invented the revolutionary system? Jonathan Margolis The Observer, Saturday 24 November 2012 The scrubby …
