Tag: food shortage
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#MorningMonarchy: May 31, 2017
Dead comments, life halos and comedy wildlife + this day in history w/Deep Throat and our song of the day by The Charlatans on your Morning Monarchy for May 31, 2017.
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‘Need Food, Not Football’: Brazilian Graffiti Art Expresses Outrage Over World Cup
from RT.com: With just two weeks remaining until the World Cup kicks off in Brazil, those who believe the global event is too much of a burden for the country’s struggling economy have found a new way to channel their protest energy – with graffiti. Street artists have covered walls in Rio de Janeiro and…
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Kraft Hypes Velveeta Shortage Ahead of Stupor Bowl
from foxnews.com: First the Srirachapocalypse. Now the Velveetapocalypse. Just in time for Super Bowl, fans could be hard pressed to find their favorite gooey dip ingredient. According to Ad Age, Kraft Foods Group is “grappling with a Velveeta shortage just as the dip season kicks into full gear.” They cite reports of a shortage at…
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Syrians in capital hoard food, seek shelter as strike looms
from reuters.com: Syrians in the capital Damascus are racing against time to prepare for a foreign strike, with many hoarding supplies and others scrambling to find accommodation further away from potential military targets. In a city where dozens of military sites are mixed in among the civilian population, many worry Damascus could become an especially…
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Venezuela President: Food Shortages Due to ‘Economic Warfare’
from venezuelanalysis.com: During a speech on Saturday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro blamed food shortages on an “economic war” from the Venezuelan private sector, and assured the government is taking measures to resolve the issue. Shortages of basic food items have been felt across the country in recent months, with Venezuela’s Central Bank reporting for the…
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Hungry, Homeless Houston Veteran Ticketed for Dumpster Diving
Veteran James Kelly was cited for “disturbing the contents of a garbage can” on Thursday morning of last week in front of the Hobby Center.
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Arranging a US Famine
from foodfreedomgroup.com: At a time when the US government talks of food shortages yet is doing nothing to ensure food for its people but is doing numbers of things that seriously increase the threat and leave people more helpless, it is relevant to look at again at the famine in Ireland in the 19th century,…
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To Fight Hyperstagflation, Greece Will Allow Sale Of Expired Food Products
Against a deflationary environment of austerity-driven wage and pension cuts combined with rising unemployment; food, commodity, and fuel prices continue to surge in Greece. The government has taken an unusual step – allowing the sale of expired food at lower prices.
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Why Does Canada Have a Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve?
from theatlantic.com: Oh, Canada. On Friday, news broke that thieves had stolen stole $30 million dollars worth of Quebec’s strategic maple syrup reserves. Yes, you read correctly. Much as the United States keeps a stock of extra oil buried in underground salt caverns to use in case of a geopolitical emergency, the Federation of Quebec…
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‘Why In The World Are They Spraying?’ Lifts Veil On Geo-Engineering
“WHY in the World are They Spraying?” lifts the veil on a major geo-engineering agenda that is at the forefront of our fight for food sovereignty. There are people who are working full time at controlling the food.
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Greenpeace Co-Founder Dr. Patrick Moore: ‘Thank Goodness We Came Along & Reversed 150 Million-Year Trend Of Reduced CO2 Levels In Global Atmosphere. Long Live The Humans’
from climatedepot.com: Greenpeace Co-Founder Dr. Patrick Moore commented a new study trying to explain the lack of global warming: The new study claims: ‘Abrupt increase’ in CO2 absorption slowed global warming: Excerpt: ‘The earth would have warmed faster in the last two decades had there not been an unexplained rise in the amount of carbon…
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How the US Sold Africa to Multinationals Like Monsanto, Cargill, DuPont, PepsiCo and Others
The New Alliance was announced in conjunction with the G8 meeting last Friday. Under the scheme, some 45 corporations, including Monsanto, Syngenta, Yara International, Cargill, DuPont, and PepsiCo, have pledged a total of $3.5 billion in investment in Africa.
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Fast-Food Burgers Have Tripled In Size Since the 1950s: CDC
According to a shocking new graphic from the Centers for Disease Control, a typical fast-food burger weighed just 3.9 ounces in the 1950s. Now, it’s 12 ounces — three times larger.
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Chocolate Titans in fresh Antitrust Lawsuit for Alleged US Price Fixing
from confectionerynews.com: The Associated Wholesale Grocer (AWG), a retailer-owned cooperative that supplies retail member stores, brought the action in the District Court in Kansas through law firm Stueve Siegel Hanson LPP. Hershey et al. are already defendants in an on-going class action law suit in Pennsylvania Federal Court, which consolidates around 80 separate cases alleging…
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USDA 2012 Food Assistance to Benefit Nearly 10 Million Worldwide
from usda.gov: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that international food assistance in fiscal year 2012 will benefit more than 9.7 million people worldwide under USDA’s Food for Progress and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition programs. “These two international food assistance programs are important tools in the U.S. effort to…