Asinus Asinum Fricat on May 25th, 2008

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Outlook report published a couple of days ago confirms that wheat prices should decline in the new season. I thought to myself: Wow! That’s great news! I promptly logged onto the FAO site (I’m a regular there) and I got this: International prices of most agricultural commodities have [...]

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Asinus Asinum Fricat on May 17th, 2008

On the Project Concern site, there’s this message: Here is a challenge to consider: tonight – for just one night – go without dinner; go to bed hungry. This act of conviction serves to remind each of us of the global emergency that is currently being described by the World Food Program as the “silent [...]

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