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Sometimes climate change appears where you least expect it — like the grocery store. Food prices have climbed 25 percent over the past four years, and Americans have been shocked by the …
Extreme heat drives up food prices. Just how bad will it get? Read More
Sarah McKinley beats the drum for Community Wealth Building. As I write, 1,200 farmers and their tractors have occupied the centre of Brussels where I live. Their synchronised horn blasts …
Healthy, wealthy and wise Read More
The agriculture sector holds a lot of power within the European Union, receiving around one-third of the bloc’s total budget. But, amid rising production costs and lower incomes, farmers have …
Q&A: The impact of farmer protests on the EU’s upcoming parliamentary elections Read More
When Almudena Fernández saw the final result of the numbers she had been calculating, her jaw dropped. The chief economist for Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations …
Poor nutrition and fewer savings: The price Latin America and the Caribbean are paying as the world’s most volatile region Read More
KYIV/LONDON, Feb 29 (Reuters) – German supermarket chain Metro (B4B.DE), opens new tab and its 3,400 employees in Ukraine have worked hard to get their business back to where it was …
Companies in Ukraine see problems pile up, but most tough it out Read More
The streets of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, are packed with angry demonstrators calling to “end hardship now!” amid the West African country’s worst economic crisis in more than two decades. The protests kicked off …
Many Nigerians struggle to afford food amid record inflation Read More
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Nine days after a slick was first spotted by Trinidad and Tobago’s Coast Guard, an oil leak from a capsized barge remains unplugged, according …
Tobago’s tourism, fishing hit as oil slick spreads across Caribbean Read More
Germany’s largest opposition party, the conservative CDU, blocked a decisive vote on parts of the annual budget scheduled for Friday (2 February), leaving unresolved the feud over agricultural subsidies that …
German budget blocked again, leaving subsidy feud with farmers unresolved Read More
Romanian farmers and truckers resumed protests Monday after negotiations with the government failed Sunday, mirroring similar demonstrations in Germany. The protests, which began on January 10, have disrupted traffic in several cities, …
Romanian farmers, truckers resume protests after government talks fail Read More
Aidee Guzman, 30, grew up the daughter of immigrants in California’s Central Valley, among massive fields of monocrops that epitomize intense, industrial agriculture. Her parents were farmworkers, and despite spending …
Soil Builds Prosperity From the Ground Up Read More