Worst Year On Record…So Far
The shift in weather patterns toward the extreme is being noted worldwide and occurring at an alarming rate. A recent article in the Washington...
Sudan Civil War Hits 100 Day Milestone
The civil war in Sudan has now surpassed 100 days in duration. If you missed this milestone, it is no surprise. The violence occurring...
Domestic Threat Emergency in Israel
Months-long protests and heated divisions will come to a head in an Israeli Knesset vote that has triggered a domestic threat emergency in Israel.
The...
The Green Revolution – Food Crisis Part 7
After the unique economic factors (see yesterday's post), the second solution to the crisis of these debtor nations in the early 1980s is known...
The Borrowers Become Servants to the Lenders – Food Crisis Part 6
In our last post in this series, we looked at how benevolent aid became dysfunctional politics and began reshaping the global food system in...
Benevolent Aid Becomes Pragmatic Economics – Food Crisis Part 5
By 1956, food aid accounted for half of all US economic aid throughout the world. From the 1950s onward, food became a central piece...
How We Ruined the World – Food Crisis Part 4
The end of World War II resulted in the near total destruction of Europe’s powerful nations and the global complex of colonialism they erected...
How We Saved the World – Food Crisis Part 3
Human civilization’s relationship to food supply has always been a relatively tense one. A delicate balance between food supply and growing population demand marks...
The Lands of Excess – Food Crisis Part 2
While famine rages in one part of the world, in other parts obesity is climbing to record rates. The Centers for Disease Control and...
Food Crisis Overview – Part 1
In early 2017, the Secretary General of the United Nations warned that 20 million people were at risk of famine, including 1.4 million children...