World hunger

The Big Question: Is changing our diet the key to resolving the global food crisis?

People are dying because of the global food shortage, which has sparked a sudden surge in food prices. The global food bill has risen 57 per cent in the last year, the price of rice is up by three quarters, and wheat has more than doubled. The head of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, Jacques Diouf, warned this week that riots in Egypt, Cameroon, Haiti and Burkina Faso over soaring prices could spread.

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Soaring world food prices: China's Growing Thirst for Milk Hits Global Market

"I have a dream," Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China once said. But his dream wasn't about civil rights for all or racial harmony. It was about a future where every Chinese child would have enough milk to drink — a half-liter a day for each child, to be exact.

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FAO: Urgent measures required to reduce impact of high food prices on the poor

UN agency chiefs highlight role of agro-industries

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Climate Change - What to do?

Swamiji: Go Veggie! When? Now

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See also:

Can People Have Meat and a Planet, Too?

The world has seen the first international conference on manufacturing meat. This is the process, tested so far only at laboratory scale, of growing pork, chicken, or beef through cell culture in vats instead of raising and slaughtering animals(...)

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Vegetarian diet can save the climate

On Earth Day, eat, greet but no meat

Statistics like this were presented at last night's "Eat and Greet (Minus the Meat)" event sponsored by NYU Earth Week and the Earth Matters club to promote sustainable living.

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Top 10 Reasons Why It's Green to Go Veggie

The UN United Nations and many leading environmental organizations...have recognized that raising animals for food damages the environment more than just about anything else that we do

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McCartney Urges Vegetarianism To Fight Climate Ills

Former Beatle Paul McCartney is urging the world to go vegetarian in a bid to fight global warming and is surprised more green groups don't promote it.

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Factory farms hurt the environment

Earth Day is April 22, and the whole month of April is Animal Cruelty Prevention Month. Factory farming joins the two issues

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Animal protection

New PETA Netherlands ad says eating animals is like cannibalism

The Hague - Beginning with a haunting description of what happens to a living being - any living being - who is tormented and killed for food, a new ad from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Netherlands will run in NRC Handelsblad.

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see also: PETA: 1 million for fake meat

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants to pay a million dollars for fake meat even if it has causes a "near civil war" within the organization.

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When we abuse animals we debase ourselves

Moving a cow by chaining it to a tractor and dragging it by its leg says a lot about how we perceive and value animals. When the Humane Society video that showed this and other brutal slaughterhouse treatment made the rounds on the Internet a few weeks ago, it caused public shock and led to a federal investigation. But there's a deeper lesson that all of us – whether or not we eat meat – need to take to heart: we degrade ourselves when we degrade animals.

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USA/California: Groundbreaking Animal Cruelty Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot

Collecting over 100,000 valid signatures more than necessary, the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act today qualified for the November 2008 ballot. This is welcome news for all Californians who consider compassion a California value.

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Health

Eating Soy Foods In Puberty Protects Against Breast Cancer, Evidence Now Suggests

Evidence is growing from animal and human studies that genistein, a potent chemical found in soy, protects against development of breast cancer - but only if consumed during puberty, says a Georgetown University Medical Center researcher in the British Journal of Cancer.

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USA: Living strong - Longevity book puts light on Loma Linda

...Author and explorer Dan Buettner uncovers the secrets of the Blue Zones - four geographic regions where small populations are living remarkably long, full lives.

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) Heart Tip: Try Gluten-Free Vegan Diet

Research Shows That a Strict Diet Could Lower Heart Disease Risk in People With RA

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The relative impact of a vegetable-rich diet on key markers of health

in a cohort of Australian adolescents

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Vegetarian issues

USA: Kids adopting meatless diets for a variety of reasons

Most days at lunch, Burson Sprague finds the selections in the school cafeteria tough to swallow. The sixth-grader from Milford Center isn't a picky eater. He's a vegetarian. The 11-year-old doesn't eat beef, fish or poultry.

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India: Thousands of animals being mercilessli killed during soap manufacture

Millions of rupees are spent in the advertisements of soaps in newspapers, magazines and T.V. media, each of their brands claiming to make the skin soft, fair and beautiful. However, very few people are aware as to how these soaps are manufactured.

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Mastering Russian Veggies

Contrary to Popular Belief, Meat Is Not a Central Ingredient in Genuine Russian Cuisine

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Good news

Animal Friends Croatia: We announce that the V-label finally came to Croatia

More than 160,000 vegetarians are living in Croatia, according to the public opinion survey carried out by SPEM Communication Group.

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UK: Launch of a new charity to support older vegetarians

Vegetarian for Life - Press Release

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Vegetarian Times Study Shows 7.3 Million Americans are Vegetarians

Additional 22.8 Million Follow a Vegetarian-Inclined Diet

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