One of the premises of this blog is that there's a deep connection between food and poverty. So it's not too much of a tangent to start talking about poverty directly.

The question asked by my friend Dan Moshenberg, who's guest blogging with this wee article, is this: how are the poorest treated in the world's richest country and the world's most impoverished? The answer: almost the exactly same.

Here's his striking analysis, comparing the Zimbabwean Operation Murambatsvina with Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans three years ago... ... read more »

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Posted on 28 August, 2008 - 20:37