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Higher Carbon Levels May Harm Nutrition, Report Says

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Sep 6, 2018 With an estimated 2 billion people already affected by hunger or malnutrition, the results of a recent study raise an alarming prospect. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Scientists Seek to Slice Bread’s Climate Impact

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Mar 6, 2017 From cultivating the soil to transporting flour, everything about bread has helped warm the globe and change the climate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Monsanto Baffled About GMO Wheat Survival

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 5, 2013 Agricultural Goliath Monsanto says it doesn't know how an herbicide-resistant strain of wheat it supposedly stopped researching in 2004 made its way onto an Oregon field. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

High Food Prices Drive Unrest, Study Says

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2011 An old argument says that full or empty bellies lead to contentment or revolt. Recent research supports that claim, showing that spikes in global food prices have coincided with the surge of social unrest and political instability seen recently in North Africa and the Middle East. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Food, Not Bombs

Staff / Truthdig Jun 30, 2008 Remember when North Korea loomed menacingly as the next big nuclear threat on the world stage, with cognac-swilling Communist Kim Jong Il starring as the latest dictator du jour? What a difference a few years can make: The North Korean government has now demonstrated its willingness to halt the country's nuclear weapons program and has begun accepting food shipments from the U.S. and increased aid from the World Food Program. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )