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We’ll Need 70 Percent More Food

Staff / Truthdig Oct 13, 2009 Global population is expected to hit 9.1 billion in the next 40 years, causing demand for food to double. The U.N. says we will need to produce 70 percent more food by 2050 or risk starving hundreds of millions of people. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

World Bank Finds Itself Wanting

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2008 The World Bank is being criticized for a persistent lack of environmental focus in an internal review of its lending activities. The new report rails against the environmental degradation caused by many bank-funded projects in poor countries that harm local communities in the name of "development." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Selective Charity

Staff / Truthdig Nov 2, 2007 The Onion targets religious hypocrisy with this satirical interview with the head of a mock Christian charity that provides relief to heterosexual Africans: "As long as you're not gay, we welcome you with open arms." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Food Shortages Put Millions of Kenyans in Peril

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2006 The poorest parts of the country can't even buy food surpluses from Kenya's own farmers. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )