17
SEP
2013

North American Civil Society Mechanism Meets at Washington College of Law

On Monday, September 16th, representatives from more than a dozen civil society organizations based in the U.S. and Canada met at American University’s Washington College of Law to discuss the pending Zero Draft of the Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment...
07
AUG
2013

Hunger: A state of mind or a globally conceptualized definition

In a globalized world where language and technology are becoming standardized, we, as a global community, have also attempted to standardize the meanings of concepts so complex that they cannot be so easily defined.  Examples of this include the inception of global definitions...
10
AUG
2012

FAO Food Price Index for July Suggests Trouble Ahead

Earlier this week, the UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) released its Food Price Index numbers for July 2012. The numbers are not good, with the index reporting a rise in global food prices. “The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 213 points in July 2012, as...