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November 2006

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Why the Hunger: The Global Food Supply

11/30/2006 Governments have not given ample priority to agriculture, the lifeblood of the rural areas where over 70 percent of the world�s hungry people live.

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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Food] [Nutrition/Malnutrition]

Feature from Ethiopia: Listening to Local Voices

11/30/2006 Getachew and Ingida are seasoned farmers in the fertile area of Debre Zeit in rural Ethiopia who have shared their views on the hardship of feeding growing families.

Eating in America: The Slow Food Movement

11/30/2006 The Slow Food Movement encourages a return to traditional recipes and more direct links between producers and consumers.

Eating in America: The Future of Organics

11/30/2006 As more and more Americans become familiar with the amount of artificial ingredients, pesticides, genetically modified organisms, and chemical preservatives that exist in processed foods, they are increasingly turning toward organic products.

Eating in America: High Fructose Corn Syrup and Other Processed Foods

11/30/2006 Take a closer look at what's in the food we eat.

Why the Hunger: Examining Solutions

11/30/2006 From organizing small farmers to locally sourcing food aid, there are plenty of innovative projects being implemented around the world to minimize hunger and poverty.

Take Action!

11/30/2006

Make responsible food choices, support family farmers around the world, volunteer, host a film screening, and more!

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Related: [Food] [Activism] [Civil Society]

Community Space

11/30/2006

OneWorlders weigh in from Kenya, Chile, India, North Carolina, Nigeria, and beyond.
Add your thoughts!

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Related: [Food] [Consumption] [Environment]

Power of the Plate

11/30/2006

Food should give life, cleanse the body, and uplift the spirit. What you put on your table is both a political statement and a mirror of who you really are.

Interview: Eat Here with Brian Halweil

11/30/2006

The simple choice to eat locally produced food can have important consequences for the environment, our health, and economies worldwide.

My Experience: Campesino a Campesino

11/30/2006

Farmers helping their brothers, so that they can help themselves to find solutions and not be dependent on the technician or on the bank. That is Campesino a Campesino.

Eating in America: A Closer Look at Food Miles

11/30/2006 Among the priorities of many environmentalists is to shorten the distance from farm to table.

Feature from Ethiopia: Commodity Exchanges

11/30/2006 The first commodity exchange opened in Chicago 150 years ago to help farmers ensure a stable demand for their crop. Facing similar issues, Ethiopia is now looking into developing a similar system--based on its own needs.

Feature from Ethiopia: Trading with Trust

11/30/2006 In Ethiopia, like in many countries in transition, there is a deep mistrust of traders. But without them, how would the country achieve its goal of commercializing agriculture?

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Related: [Ethiopia] [Poverty] [Trade]

Feature from Ethiopia: Open Market Challenges

11/30/2006 Commercializing agriculture�and creating a �new farmer� as the government aims to do�is no easy task, especially in a country where both the roads and telecommunications structures are among the weakest in the world.

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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Ethiopia] [Poverty] [Trade]

Why the Hunger: The Debate over Seeds

11/30/2006 From seed breeding to GMOs, do new technologies hold the solution to world hunger? Or are they a pandora's box?

Why the Hunger: Is Bigger Better?

11/30/2006 Are economies of scale needed to feed a global population of over 6 billion people at a relatively low cost?

Why the Hunger: The Future of Small Farms

11/30/2006 Smallholder farms are both durable and integral to combating rural poverty.

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Related: [Poverty] [Trade] [Globalization]

Eating in America: At What Cost?

11/30/2006

A growing number are choosing more organic and locally produced products, eschewing the hidden costs in the conventional food system.

Feature from Ethiopia: Research That Listens

11/30/2006

Changing lives depends most on listening to people and understanding what motivates them.

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Related: [Ethiopia] [Civil Society]

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