Walker's World: New food crisis looms


	Walker's World: New food crisis looms

JICWyllie

4-15-2009 1:27 PM

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1-climate change, 1-debt, 1-losses, 1-starvation, 2-consequences, 2-increase, 3-forecast, 4-intl

JICWyllie says:

The word famine is not yet being used. What kind of ethics do we need when there is not enough food to go around?

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4-15-2009 2:04 PM

tidbit2

needs alternative solutions thinking
will encourage people to grow their own food and waste less food

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