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Food (in)security April 2024-
WFP HungerMap Live (UN World Food Programme WFP) Near real-time monitoring of food security situation in more than 90 co ...
Food (in)security February 2023- April 2024
The Global Food Institute, George Washington University Black Sea Grain Initiative UN Joint Coordination Centre World Fo ...
Food (in)security 2022
UN World Food Program Hunger Pains: the growing global food crisis Best of Quirks & Quarks – Feeding the Futur ...
Agriculture, food & climate change
Lessons from the Green Revolution ; Green Revolution: Curse or Blessing? ; Agriculture & Food ; (International Food ...
Food Security
Salt-Resistant Rice Offers Hope For Farmers Clinging To Disappearing Islands (NPR) Many of the 4 million people who live ...
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
Unhealthy Fixation (Slate) The war against genetically modified organisms is full of fearmongering, errors, and fraud. L ...
Food and Hunger
New rice variety could feed the planet without warming it (Science) A new type of genetically modified (GM) rice might s ...
Biofuels & the energy crisis
More on Biofuels and clean energy Advantages and Disadvantages of Biofuels Since the term “biofuel” first en ...
Fisheries
The End of the Line (Babelgum) Endorsed by and with major marketing support from National Geographic, Greenpeace and the ...
World Hunger 2011
AGRA works to achieve a food secure and prosperous Africa through the promotion of rapid, sustainable agricultural growt ...
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Democrats/progressives – July 2025
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Hungary 2023-
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Wednesday Night #2260
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U.S. – Israel/Gaza June 2025
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Israel, Palestine/Gaza February – July 2023
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Climate change, uncertainty & security February 2021- May 10, 2023
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SCOTUS & the US courts December 2020- May 2022
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Middle East & Arab World: Saudi Arabia August 2023-
May 14, 2025, Comments Off on Middle East & Arab World: Saudi Arabia August 2023-
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…
This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…
Johannah Bernstein post: "eternally proud of my father’s extraordinary aeronautical engineering. legacy. here is a photo of the Canadair Water…