Food and Hunger

Corporate Power vs. Animal Rights: #DeOccupyAETA (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “We know we cannot be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them -- exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting animals in the name of fashion, and yes, exploiting animals in the name of food.” --César Chávez Feb. 15, 2012 -- If anyone requires proof that dark green ethics and radical earth defense are becoming m...

PILLOW TALK: Hollandazed (Deborah Goodwin)

A blog by ShapeShiftas' designer Deborah Goodwin Feb. 1, 2012 (ShapeShiftas) -- I made a perfect hollandaise for the broccoli the other night, inspired by Suzanne's beautiful eggs. (OK, S...
PILLOWTALK: How Hard Could It Be? (Deborah Goodwin)

"Our Simple Pumpkin, Halloween 2011" courtesy of Jackie Knoch Shitemi Nov. 1, 2011 (ShapeShiftas) -- I was missing good bread, bakery bread, chewy "artisan" bread, baguettes i...
The World After Industrial Civilization Goes (Jan Lundberg)

Usher in the "new" economics of local self-sufficiency and community cooperation Imagine no possessionsI wonder if you canNo need for greed or hungerA brotherhood of man*- Imagine, John Len...
Ground Your Warplanes, Save the Horn of Africa (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 21, 2011 --“When you are hungry, cold is a killer, and the people here are starving and helpless.” Not many of us can relate to such a statement, but millions of...
Dante’s Slope (David Glenn Cox)

David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust July 17, 2011 -- I have been at loose ends now for two, could it be going on three years? Without a phone or an address to call my own, I have access to these thi...
Why the revolution must start in America (Chris Hedges)

Tyler Hicks / Redux / The New York Times Audio version read by George Atherton –Right-click to download June 16, 2011 (AdBusters) -- The unrest in the Middle East, the convulsions ...
Deus ex Machina: Will economic collapse save us from climate catastrophe? (Dan Allen)

June 17, 2011 (Energy Bulletin) -- “I don’t think the American public has gripped in its gut what could happen.... We’re looking at a scenario where there’s no more agriculture in California.” --Stev...
Inflation Hits Money and Lies (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Apr. 16, 2011 --How do the powerful keep the U.S. population dumb and distracted? A key tactic has been using methodologies that produce totally misleading underestimates of key economic factors. Fir...
Emotional Resilience In Traumatic Times (Carolyn Baker)

Apr. 15, 2011 (Speaking Truth To Power) --While mainstream media have been encouraging collective dithering over a possible U.S. government shutdown, the chilling realities of off-the-chart levels of ...
Japan’s ‘BP Moment’ Troubles Global Economy (William Pesek)

Mar. 20, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- You never want to kick a nation when it’s down. It’s time, though, to consider the depth of Japan’s coming recession. A week ago, before radiation fears prompted a mass e...
US Wholesale prices up 1.6 pct. on steep rise in food (AP)

Wholesale prices rise 1.6 pct. due to biggest jump in food costs in more than 36 years Mar. 16, 2011 -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wholesale prices jumped last month by the most in nearly two years due to hi...
Humanitarian crisis deepens in Japan (Yoko Kubota)

Millions of people in Japan are spending a fourth night without water, food or heating, as tens of thousands of rescue workers struggle to reach them Mar. 15, 2011 -- RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (Re...
Till September: The PA’s Meaningless Deadlines (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 25, 2011 --Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his supporters in the Fatah party want us to believe that dramatic changes are underway in the occup...
Researcher: Roundup or Roundup-Ready Crops May Be Causing Animal Miscarriages and Infertility (Dr. Don Huber)

(farmandranchfreedom.org) -- One of the nation’s senior scientists alerted the federal government to a newly discovered organism that may have the potential to cause infertility and sponta...
Next (James Howard Kunstler)

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Feb. 14, 2011 -- For a month, Egypt has been a magic mirror for America to behold its own wonderfulness, like a diorama of "Freedom and Democracy"...
The Guiding Principle (David Glenn Cox)

David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Jan. 31, 2011 -- It has been about a month since my rescue from the street. I quickly became sissified, sanctified, civilized and satisfied. I am plagued thoug...
'We need to stop this culture before it kills the planet': A Conversation With Derrick Jensen (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. and Derrick Jensen Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 23, 2011 --As you begin reading this interview, take a look at the nearest clock. Now, dig this: Since yesterday at the same ex...
The Ultimate Oxymoron: Industrial Civilization And Mental Health (Carolyn Baker)

Industrial civilization does not occur among healthy people. ~Ken Carey,Return of The Bird People~ Jan. 11, 2011 -- In the days following the tragic Tucson massacre where Congresswoman Gabrielle ...
Planet Overkill (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust "Everything in excess is opposed to nature." --Hippocrates Jan. 14, 2011 -- Back in the Cold War days, a useful myth was that of extreme Soviet supremacy. ...
Ain't That America (David Glenn Cox)

David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Jan. 12, 2011 -- I've heard through the grapevine that the media feeding frenzy is in full swing. The shooting. The shooting! The shooting. But the shooti...
Declaring Palestine: Revisiting Hope and Failure (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 8, 2011 -- When late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat read the Declaration of the Palestinian Independence just over 22 years ago, Palestinians everywhere wer...
Once Upon a Time (David Glenn Cox)

David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Jan. 2, 2010 --As we approach the new year we must reflect, times are hard. The wars go on unabated, our people struggle unassisted, Wall Street continues on unm...
The Collapse Of Human Civilization As We Know It -- Scenarios And Potential Solutions (Dale Tavris)

Dale Tavris -- World News Trust Dec. 1, 2010 -- Human civilization as we know it will come to an end in the foreseeable future. We don’t know exactly when or how. It may be soon. It will most certain...
Hope in 2011: Peoples, Civil Society Stand Tall (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 30, 2010 -- When the Iraqi army fell before invading U.S. and British troops in 2003, the latter’s mission seemed to be accomplished. But nearly eight years af...