The New England Complex Systems Institute, that has developed a quantitative model able to very closely predicted the FAO’s food price index, released a new report predicting sharply higher food prices due in part to…
Debate over the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, signed into law by President Obama on July 21, has focused on the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that will bring notable improvements for U.S. consumers. But the more obscure derivatives section of the law contains reforms that will help stabilize global food and energy prices–changes that will especially benefit the poorest communities around the world.
Editor’s Note: The Pesticide Action Network and People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty declared October 16 "World Foodless Day" (http://www.panap.net/313.0.html) instead of World Food Day. No wonder. More than three billion people on the planet live…