Tag: food shortage
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Maple Syrupocalypse Arrives 20 Years Early
Maple syrup farmers have “never seen a season like this,” and as a result, maple syrup production has cratered. If you like the stuff, it’s time to start stockpiling it.
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north korea vows fight against ‘burning issue’ of food, power shortages
from bloomberg: North Korea said solving food and power shortages are urgent goals in 2012, and called on its people to defend Kim Jong Un, who inherited control of a country struggling to feed itself after 60 years of totalitarian rule. “The food problem is a burning issue in building a thriving country,” an annual…
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As Oil and Food Prices Rise, Arab States Buy Up Farmland In Africa
In response to the recent food riots in Algeria and Tunisia, and to rising oil prices (the price/barrel of crude is, once again, nearing $100) some Arab states (including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) have been buying-up farm land in parts of Africa.