Bread Riots. Again. This Time the Middle East.
Of the top 20 wheat importers for 2010, almost half are Middle Eastern countries. The list reads like a playbook of toppled and teetering regimes: Egypt (1), Algeria (4), Iraq…
Read moreAnother way to look at farm subsidies
It’s a cliché that farm subsidies benefit large farmers at the expense of small farmers. Now along comes Mike Smith of Truth in Food to offer a new way of…
Read moreTamales for Candelaria in Mexico
It’s Candelaria. The 2nd of February. The midpoint between the winter equinox and the spring solstice. Originally known as Candlemas in English, for the blessing of candles in the church,…
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