http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/taxonomy/term/345/feed The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/node/293 <p>The Financial Times again distinguishes itself by being the only major newspaper to take the global food price rises at all seriously. On Monday, front page above the fold, an article on the <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8946e8fa-f942-11dc-bcf3-000077b07658.html">UN's call for $500m in food aid</a> to avoid famine. Yesterday, on <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/20ef8aea-efd9-11dc-8a17-0000779fd2ac.html">rice rationing in the Philippines</a>. Today, front page again, the announcement that <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/425a0e2e-fc6a-11dc-9229-000077b07658.html">the price of rice, a staple for over 2.5 billion people, rose 30% in a single day</a>.<span class='read-more'><a href="http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/node/293"> ... read more &raquo;</a></span></p> http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/node/293#comment Ch.4. Trade Agreements, Imperialism, Working Poor, Cold War agflation Ch. 10. Food Sovereignty Japan Philippines Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:51:32 -0600 Raj 293 at http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal