饥饿的政治后果是深远且不可预测的，但可能是点燃愤怒和怨恨的火药桶的火花，相比之下，2020 年“黑人的命也是命”抗议活动就显得平淡无奇了。
WASHINGTON – Already dealing with the economic fallout from a protracted pandemic, the rapidly rising prices of food and other key commodities have many fearing that unprecedented political and social instability could be just around the corner next year. With the clock ticking on student loan and rent debts, the price of a standard cart of food
The merger would eliminate direct competition between two of the largest players in the traited seed sector, potentially driving up food prices for American consumers.
The possibility of a merger between German pharmaceutical and chemical company Bayer AG and multinational seed and pesticide corporation Monsanto Co. has just increased with the recent rounds of discussions between the two companies. Having been in discussion regarding Bayer’s potential purchase of Monsanto for some time, Bayer has now suggested
The citrus fruit has become such a precious commodity that gangs of thieves are even stealing ‘green gold’ by the ton.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Limes are to Mexican cuisine what olive oil is to Italian food and cheese is to French … you get the idea. Here they squeeze the tangy green fruit over pretty much everything, from tacos and potato chips to fresh mango and coconut. So it’s understandable that a sudden increase in lime prices would leave many Mexicans
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okl […]
The House and Senate Agriculture Committees have laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm bills that would shrink the food aid and alter the way people qualify for it. The two chambers are far apart on how much the $80 billion-a-year program should be cut, however — reflecting a deep
The House bill would cut about $2.5 billion a year to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
WASHINGTON — The House Agriculture Committee is set to consider small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program in an effort to appease conservatives who say the food aid has become too expensive. The cuts are part of a massive five-year farm bill that costs almost $100 billion annually and would set policy for farm subsidies, rural
The news comes following the collapse of a factory building near Dhaka, which killed more than 1,100 garment workers.
On Monday the government of Bangladesh announced it had agreed to allow the country’s garment workers to form trade unions without first getting permission from factory owners. The announcement came after an eight-story garment factory building -- which housed five different garment factories -- collapsed on April 24, killing more than 1,100
