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Foodgiver - Feeding the Hungry


Welcome to Foodgiver.


Learn More About Hunger

A great place to start learning is the hunger article on wikipedia.


Hunger Resources

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization - http://www.fao.org/
United Nations World Food Programme - http://www.wfp.org/

HungerWeb - http://nutrition.tufts.edu/academic/hungerweb/

Action Against Hunger - http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/

Bread for the World - http://www.bread.org/

The Hunger Project - http://www.thp.org/
World Hunger Education Service - http://www.worldhunger.org/
World Hunger Year - http://www.worldhungeryear.org/

The Hunger Site - http://www.thehungersite.com/


Agriculture

United States Department of Agriculture - http://www.usda.gov
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service - http://www.fas.usda.gov
National Grain and Feed Association - http://www.ngfa.org/



Kroger - http://www.kroger.com/
Safeway - http://www.safeway.com/
Supervalu - http://www.supervalu.com/
Waitrose - http://www.waitrose.com/
Whole Foods - http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/


Rice

(wiki) Rice

US Rice Producers Association - http://www.usriceproducers.com/
USA Rice Federation - http://www.usarice.com/
International Wild Rice Association - http://www.wildrice.org/
The Rice Association - http://www.wildrice.org/
Arkansas Rice Growers Association - http://www.arkansasricegrowers.com/
Reismuhle Brunnen - http://www.reismuehle.ch/



Cargill - http://www.cargill.com/
Monsanto - http://www.monsanto.com/
Deere - http://www.deere.com/

Sao Paulo Sugarcane Agroindustry Union - http://www.unica.com.br/

Thai Rice Exporters Association - http://www.riceexporters.or.th/

Gruma - http://www.gruma.com/
Equipos e Insumos para la Industria Alimenticia - http://www.eiiasacv.com.mx/

Swiss Mill - http://www.swissmill.ch/

Gold Mine Natural Foods - http://www.goldminenaturalfood.com/


Foodgiver News

2008

2008-05-01 - (b) - Haiti facing 'major food crisis'
2008-04-24 - (b) - Fuel crisis halts Gaza food aid
2008-04-08 - (ft) - Rice traders hit by panic as prices surge
2008-04-08 - (b) - Hungry mob attacks Haiti palace
2008-04-05 - (b) - Food riots turn deadly in Haiti
2008-04-04 - (ft) - Rice jumps as Africa joins race for supplies
2008-04-03 - (b) - Asian states feel rice pinch
2008-04-02 - (b) - Riots prompt Ivory Coast tax cuts
2008-04-01 - (ft) - Rush to restrict trade in basic foods
2008-04-01 - (b) - India introduces rice export ban
2008-03-26 - (f.) - Rice prices forcing cuts in refugee aid
2008-03-17 - (b) - Egypt army to tackle bread crisis
2008-03-11 - (b) - Egyptians hit by rising food prices
2008-03-11 - (b) - Australia's food bowl lies empty
2008-02-26 - (ft) - Why are food prices rising?
2008-02-25 - (ft) - Wheat prices in biggest one-day rise
2008-02-24 - (ft) - High food prices may force aid rationing
2008-02-22 - (b) - Food prices spur Indian inflation
2008-02-17 - (ft) - Wheat prices surge to new high
2008-02-14 - (ft) - Record cereal prices burden poor countries
2008-02-14 - (ft) - The next crisis will be over food
2008-02-12 - (ft) - Jump in prices of packaged rice is predicted
2008-02-11 - (ft) - Wheat and platinum extend record runs
2008-02-08 - (ft) - Grain prices whipped higher by supply fears
2008-02-07 - (ft) - Wheat and platinum at record highs
2008-01-31 - (b) - Food warnings amid China freeze
2008-01-29 - (ft) - Top-grade US wheat prices soar
2008-01-17 - (ft) - Wheat up on robust US exports
2008-01-15 - (ft) - Indonesia takes action over soyabeans
2008-01-11 - (ft) - US farms data feed cereal price hike fears
2008-01-09 - (b) - South Asia hit by food shortages
2008-01-09 - (ft) - Asia battles with surging food costs
2008-01-09 - (ft) - China vows to act on prices
2008-01-08 - (ft) - Squeezed food producers
2008-01-04 - (b) - Thais hold key to rice shortages
2008-01-03 - (b) - Bangladesh 'facing rice crisis'

2007

2007-12-19 - (ft) - Food prices threaten lean times at Eid
2007-12-17 - (ft) - Global hunger set to worsen says FAO
2007-12-17 - (ft) - World food price rises to hit consumers
2007-12-17 - (ft) - Food price inflation explained
2007-12-11 - (ft) - Concerns over food inflation as harvests fail
2007-11-28 - (ft) - Soyabeans to stoke food price inflation
2007-10-16 - (ft) - Wheat prices raise fear of supply crisis
2007-10-16 - (ft) - Wheat: the thirsty crop
2007-10-12 - (ft) - Grain stockpiles at lowest for 25 years
2007-10-10 - (ft) - Drought pushes wheat to 10-year high
2007-08-26 - (ft) - Wheat price surge bites baguettes
2007-08-07 - (ft) - Panic buying sends wheat price to new highs


Svalbard International Seed Vault

(wiki) Svalbard Global Seed Vault
(wiki) Spitsbergen
(wiki) Seedbank
(wiki) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6335899.stm
http://www.croptrust.org/main/arctic.php?itemid=211
http://www.livescience.com/othernews/ap_060619_strange_seeds.html
http://www.nordgen.org/ngb/


Also see Greenfarmer






Wheat Production in Stressed Environments
The Political Economy of Genetically Modified Foods
Sociology on the Menu
Climate Change and Global Food Security
Hunger Theory, Perspectives, and Reality
Population and Food
Micronutrient Deficiencies in Global Crop Production
Ethics, Hunger and Globalization
Villages in the Future