Anti-poverty campaigners

Ontario poverty reduction sluggish: report

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

Anti-poverty campaigners say Ontario risks missing its target just one year into its plan to reduce child poverty by 25 per cent by 2013.

Ontario risks missing poverty reduction targets: report

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

Anti-poverty campaigners say Ontario risks missing its targets just one year into its plan to reduce child poverty by 25 per cent by 2013.

The fight over the future of food | U.S. | Reuters

South by Southwest (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009

... to end hunger, but just how to do so is a divisive question that pits environmentalists against anti-poverty campaigners, big business against consumers and rich countries against poor. via reuters.com After bountiful Thanksgiving repasts in the U.S., we might want to talk about food today. This article is a special feature that is timely reading for all eaters. Actually food...

The fight over the future of food | U.S. | Reuters

MAKING GOOD MONDAYS (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009

... to end hunger, but just how to do so is a divisive question that pits environmentalists against anti-poverty campaigners, big business against consumers and rich countries against poor. via reuters.com After bountiful Thanksgiving repasts in the U.S., we might want to talk about food today. This article is a special feature that is timely reading for all eaters. Actually food...

• The fight over the future of food | U.S. | Reuters - South by Southwest

Bono and Geldof laud Queen's speech

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Anti-poverty campaigners praise the government's promise to eshrine its international development spending in law He may have been showered with cries of electioneering from opposition parties and a mixed bag of reactions from unions, but Gordon Brown managed to get the thumbs up from Bono and Bob Geldof for including a "wonderful thing" in his last batch of bills...

Peter Townsend memorials

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

There will be two memorial events to celebrate the life of one of this country's greatest social scientists and leading anti-poverty campaigners, Peter Townsend ( Obituary, 9 June ), described by a Guardian leader in 1975 as the third of the "big Ts" after Tawney and Titmuss. Memorial Service: Thursday 19 November, 11am, St Martins-in-the-fields, Trafalgar Square, London...

Global Warming: Future Food Fight

Italy Down Under (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

The Italian farmer and the U.S. multinational represent the two extremes in an increasingly acrimonious debate over the future of food . Everybody wants to end hunger, but just how to do so is a divisive question that pits environmentalists against anti-poverty campaigners, big business .... Monsanto launched the world's first genetically modified crop in 1996 and GM crops are...

UN food summit opens in Rome

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

Government leaders and officials meet in Rome today for a three-day UN summit on how to fight global hunger, but anti-poverty campaigners are already writing off the event as a missed opportunity.

G-8 leaders skip UN hunger summit; draft dilutes targets

Indian Express (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

Government leaders and officials meet in Rome on Monday for a three-day UN summit on how to fight global hunger, but anti-poverty campaigners are already writing off the event as a missed opportunity.

• UN food summit opens in Rome - ireland.com

EndrTimes: The fight over the future of food

Italy Down Under (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

The Italian farmer and the U.S. multinational represent the two extremes in an increasingly acrimonious debate over the future of food . Everybody wants to end hunger, but just how to do so is a divisive question that pits environmentalists against anti-poverty campaigners, big business .... Monsanto launched the world's first genetically modified crop in 1996 and GM crops are...

Farming battles and the future of food

Environment (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Everybody wants to end hunger, but just how to do so is a divisive question that pits environmentalists against anti-poverty campaigners, big business against consumers and rich countries against poor.

Hunger summit

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

Government leaders and officials met in Rome for a three-day UN summit on how to help developing countries feed themselves, but anti-poverty campaigners were already writing off the event as a missed opportunity.The sense of scepticism deepened at the weekend, when US president Barack Obama and other leaders supported delaying a legally binding climate pact until 2010 or even later.Brazil's...

Hunger summit

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

Government leaders and officials met in Rome for a three-day UN summit on how to help developing countries feed themselves, but anti-poverty campaigners were already writing off the event as a missed opportunity.The sense of scepticism deepened at the weekend, when US president Barack Obama and other leaders supported delaying a legally binding climate pact until 2010 or even later.Brazil's...

Stabroek News – The fight over the future of food

Italy Down Under (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

The Italian farmer and the U.S. multinational represent the two extremes in an increasingly acrimonious debate over the future of food . Everybody wants to end hunger, but just how to do so is a divisive question that pits environmentalists against anti-poverty campaigners, big business .... Monsanto launched the world's first genetically modified crop in 1996 and GM crops are...

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World Food Summit opens

Ansa (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

... agricultural systems.That would mean a rise in the share of aid from the present 5% to 17%.Anti-poverty campaigners have warned that the summit is unlikely to make much headway.A published draft of the final declaration reportedly does not include targets or time frames. After Diouf, the pope is one of the most keenly awaited speakers.photo: Ban