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Editorials, Opinion and Letters

Editorials and Opinion

Africa: the next twenty years J. Paul Martin Pambazuka News December 19, 2012

Hunger in plain sight Mark Bittman New York Times November 27, 2012

The corporate take-over of African food security William G Moseley Pambazuka News November 8, 2012

George McGovern: A friend to the hungry John McCullough Religion News Service October 22, 2012

World hunger: the problem left behind Tyler Cowen New York Times September 15, 2012

The untouchables: both presidential candidates neglect poor people in the their debate New York Times October 3, 2012

Balancing food, weather and population John Yemma Christian Science Monitor September 22, 2012

Twitter and the onslaught of social media in food and nutrition (my life in 140 characters or less!)  Bruce Cogill Bioversity International September 25, 2012

Poor visibility:The mainstream media needs to step up its reporting on poverty as a campaign issue Peter Hart OtherWords September 17, 2012  

Vitamin A wars: the downsides of donor-driven aid Ted Greiner Independent Science News September 24, 2012 

We won the War on Poverty, then lost the peace. If America could eliminate most serious poverty in the United States in the 1960s, surely we could do the same today. Salvatore Babones OtherWords September 10, 2012

If we want food to remain cheap we need to stop putting it in our cars Timothy Wise The Guardian September 5, 2012 See more food and hunger crisis stories

Five stars for the hunger summit Simon Maxwell August 21, 2012

Fix the minimum wageincome for a minimum-wage breadwinner for a family of four is $7,000 below the federal poverty line Elizabeth Rose OtherWords August 20, 2012  

How to feed 9 billion people Greg Page Washington Post August 3, 2012

The hunger wars in our future: heat, drought, rising food costs and global unrest Michael Klare Truthout August 7, 2012

Poverty in America: Why can't we end it? Peter Edelman New York Times July 28, 2012

Corn for food, not fuel Colin A Carter and Henry I Miller New York Times July 30, 2011

Please, don't send food: A new study suggests that food aid could actually prolong conflict rather than resolve it Joshua E Keating Foreign Policy July/August 2012  

Analysis of 2012 G8 Summit on Food Security: A step forward, a step back, and a very big question Katie Campbell, Neil Watkins, and Henry Malumo ActionAid May 22, 2012 (1 page PDF)  

The 2012 Food Assistance Convention--is a promise still a promise? Jennifer Clapp and C. Stuart Clark Triple Crisis Blog May 25, 2012

Summertime hunger spike: There simply aren't enough programs available to serve all the children who need them Marian Wright Edelman OtherWords June 12, 2012  

As the world's worst outbreak of cholera continues to ravage Haiti, international donors have averted their gaze Washington Post May 26, 2012

Let's resist herbicide-resistant crops Margot McMillen Other Words May 21, 2012

Holes in the safety net

Why has America not fed all its people? Lane Vanderslice Hunger Notes March 25, 2012

Have we really achieved goal one of the Millennium Development Goals? Bill Abrams TrickleUp March 15, 2012  See related article Dire poverty falls despite worldwide slump, World Bank finds Annie Lowrey New York Times March 6, 2012

Starving Iran won't free it Hooman Majd New York Times March 2, 2012

Bill Gates' suppport of GM crops is wrong approach for Africa Glen Ashton Pambazuka News February 29, 2012

Take a step to help hungry children  Lane Vanderslice Hunger Notes  February 3, 2012

Money and morals Paul Krugman New York Times February 9, 2012

1,000 days to change the future David Nabarro (Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Food Security and Nutrition) Huff Post January 25, 2012  

Letters to the Editor

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