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- 2007–2008 world food price crisis - "The years 2007–2008 saw dramatic increases in world food prices, creating a global crisis and causing political and economical instability and social unrest in both poor and developed nations. Systemic causes for the worldwide increases in food prices continue to be the subject of debate." - Wikipedia
- Global food prices: How pension funds can leave poor people hungry - video - "Spread betting on the future price of food by large western investors could potentially be raising the real price of food for people in the third world" - guardian.co.uk - June 1, 2011
- World Bank Discusses High Food Prices - "Global food prices have risen by 36 percent in the past year, according to figures released this week by the World Bank... the number of chronically hungry people in the world today... tick up toward one billion" - With video - VOA - April 16, 2011
- A World Going Hungry - "More than one billion people, a sixth of the world's population, now face chronic hunger and the situation is likely to worsen this year..."- IPS - Feb 13, 2011
- Rising world food prices may soon hit Africa hard, but could be a future boon - "Global food prices are rising to dangerous levels and threaten tens of millions of poor people around the world" - The Christian Science Monitor - Feb 16, 2011
- World Bank: Food prices at "dangerous levels" - "Global food prices have hit "dangerous levels" that could contribute to political instability, push millions of people into poverty and raise the cost of groceries..." - Yahoo News - Feb 15, 2011
- Kripke Says Land Grabbing a `Quickly Growing Problem' - "Gawain Kripke, research director at Oxfam America, talks about the acquisition of farmland in developing countries by other countries seeking to ensure their food supplies. He speaks with Mark Crumpton on Bloomberg Television's "Bottom Line."" - Bloomberg video - Feb 10, 2011
- Food Crisis 2011? 14 Disturbing Facts That Make You Wonder If The Coming Global Food Shortage Has Already Begun - Feb 10, 2011
- Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, discusses the outlook for global food production and potential implications for the world's population - video 7:26 min - Feb 9, 2011
- World food prices hit record high: UN agency - "World food prices reached their highest level ever recorded in January and are set to keep rising for months..." - Breitbart - Feb 3, 2011
- Steep Oil Prices, Food Shortages Will Likely Spark Deadly Riots This Year - AlterNet - Jan 23, 2011
- In Corrupt Global Food System, Farmland Is the New Gold - "Famine-hollowed farmers watch trucks loaded with grain grown on their ancestral lands heading for the nearest port, destined to fill richer bellies in foreign lands. This scene has become all too common since the 2008 food crisis." - IPS - Jan 13, 2011
- World Food Prices Near Crisis Levels - "World food prices continued to rise drastically in December and are still escalating thus far in 2011, with no end in sight. According to the United Nations, the prices are now close to the crisis levels of 2007." - Jan 7, 2011
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