Tag Archives: Food
Grassroots Peacebuilding: Palestinian, Israeli Youth Turn To Sports
May 20, 2013
Since the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords, Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations have remained at a standstill. Illegal settlements are popping up throughout the West Bank and the 1.7 million living in Gaza remain under strict military blockade.
Peacebuilding...
Organic Industry Clout Grows With Consumer Demand
By The Associated Press
The organic food industry is gaining clout on Capitol Hill, prompted by rising consumer demand and its entry into traditional farm states. But that isn’t going over well with everyone in Congress.
Tensions between conventional and organic agriculture boiled over this...
Altruistic Kidney Donation: Going Under The Knife To Save A Life
By Carissa Wyant
Would you donate your kidney to a complete stranger? What would motivate someone to undertake such a random and extraordinary act of kindness?
This week Mint Press News spoke with one such person – Maryann Ford, a 45-year-old woman from New York City who has made the...
Want To Boycott Monsanto? There’s An App For That
By Trisha Marczak
A new smartphone app is allowing consumers to take a stand against biotech giant Monsanto and the Koch brothers through barcode reading technology that alerts users when a product is associated with either organization.
The Buycott app is the answer to the prayers of food...
Deep Divide In Congress Over Domestic Food Aid
By The Associated Press
The House and Senate Agriculture Committees have laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm bills that would shrink the food aid and alter the way people qualify for it.
The two chambers are far apart on how much...
House Committee Set To OK Cuts To Food Stamp Funding
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The House Agriculture Committee is set to consider small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program in an effort to appease conservatives who say the food aid has become too expensive.
The cuts are part of a massive five-year farm bill that costs almost...
The 182 Percent Loan: How Installment Lenders Put Borrowers In A World Of Hurt
By Paul Kiel
One day late last year, Katrina Sutton stood at a gas pump outside Atlanta and swiped her debit card. Insufficient funds. But that couldn’t be. She’d been careful to wait until her $270 paycheck from Walmart had hit her account. The money wasn’t there?...
Bangladesh Government Announces Plan To Reform Workers’ Rights
By Katie Rucke
On Monday the government of Bangladesh announced it had agreed to allow the country’s garment workers to form trade unions without first getting permission from factory owners.
The announcement came after an eight-story garment factory building — which housed five...
UN Says: Why Not Eat More Insects?
By The Associated Press
The U.N. has new weapons to fight hunger, boost nutrition and reduce pollution, and they might be crawling or flying near you right now: edible insects.
The Food and Agriculture Organization on Monday hailed the likes of grasshoppers, ants and other members of the insect...
Tsarnaev Brothers: Mounting Evidence Of Triple Murder Connection
By Alexander Besant
Authorities say there is “mounting evidence” that the Tsarnaev brothers may have been involved in an unsolved triple murder in 2011.
Massachusetts law enforcement told ABC News that there were “forensic hits” that show potential involvement of Tamerlan...
