In the News

Week of April 21, 2008

FOOD RIOTS & SOARING FOOD PRICES
News item: Surging global food prices have caused riots and protests throughout Haiti, Niger, Cameroon, Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Egypt. Many other countries also face social unrest. According to the World Bank, food prices have risen over 80 percent within the past three years. Some of the factors causing the price hikes include the rising cost of oil, the production of biofuels that turn food into fuels, climate change, and poor harvests. See articles in the New York Times, the Guardian (London), Democracy Now! and other news outlets for details.

 

Feeding the Future: From Fat to Famine, How to Solve the World's Food Crises
Edited by Andrew Heintzman and Evan Solomon. House of Anansi Press, 2004
Call Number: HD9000.5 .F345 2004

Food Inc., From mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest
By Peter Pringle. Simon & Schuster, 2003
Call Number: S494.5 .B563 P74 2003

Food Wars: The Global Battle for Mouths, Minds, and Markets
By Tim Lang. Earthscan, 2004
Call Number: TX359 .L36 2004

Hunger: An Unnatural History
By Sharman Apt Russell. Basic Books, 2005
Call Number: HN8 .R88 2005 (At Jupiter - May be borrowed using ILL services.)

Seeds for the Future: The Impact of Genetically Modified Crops on the Environment
By Jennifer A. Thomson. Comstock Pub. Associates, 2007
Call Number: SB123.57 .T494 2007

Who's Hungry? And How Do We Know?: Food Shortage, Poverty, and Deprivation
By Laurie Fields DeRose. United Nations University, 1998
Call Number: Available online through NetLibrary

 

 

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