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A variety of drought-stressed wheat grown by researchers near Obregón, Mexico.
Trying to tap into the best thinking about the future of global agriculture, as I have tried to do in my work as a reporter, can be an exercise in frustration. Many groups and many bright people go at the problem, but not many of them go at it in a holistic way.
Vegetables are seen in a market stall in Khartoum, Sudan. The head of the world’s …
The head of the world’s biggest food company Nestle said on Friday that rising food prices have created conditions “similar” to 2008 when hunger riots took place in many countries.
FORT MYERS – There is a major drug shortage across the country and hospitals are running dangerously low on life-saving medications. Southwest Florida is not exempt, but doctors here say they’re prepared to handle it.
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“…upon the earth distress•Strongs 4928: sunoche, soon-okh-ay´; from 4912; restraint, i.e. (figuratively) anxiety: — anguish, distress. of nations, with perplexity•Strongs 640: aporia, ap-or-ee´-a; from the same as 639; a (state of) quandary:—perplexity.
•Strongs 639: aporeo, ap-or-eh´-o; from a compound of 1 (as a negative particle) and the base of 4198; to have no way out, i.e. be at a loss (mentally):— (stand in) doubt, be perplexed….”
—Luke 21:25
“But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom•Strongs 932: basileia, bas-il-i´-ah; from 935; properly, royalty, i.e. (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively): — kingdom, + reign. divided•Strongs 1266: diamerizo, dee-am-er-id´-zo; from 1223 and 3307; to partition thoroughly (literally in distribution, figuratively in dissension): — cloven, divide, part. against itself is brought to desolation•Strongs 2049: eremoo, er-ay-mo´-o; from 2048; to lay waste (literally or figuratively): — (bring to, make) desolate(-ion), come to nought.; and a house divided against a house falleth.”
—Luke11:17
“Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.”
—Isaiah 1:4
“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines•Strongs 3042: limos, lee-mos´; probably from 3007 (through the idea of destitution); a scarcity of food:—dearth, famine, hunger. and troubles•Strongs 5016: tarache, tar-akh-ay´; feminine from 5015; disturbance, i.e. (of water) roiling, or (of a mob) sedition:—trouble(-ing). these are the beginnings of sorrows•Strongs 5604: odin, o-deen´; akin to 3601; a pang or throe, especially of childbirth:—pain, sorrow, travail.
•Strongs 3601: odune, od-oo´-nay; from 1416; grief (as dejecting):—sorrow..”
—Mark 13:8
Hospitals are experiencing some of the worst drug shortages in modern times. And there are several reasons why, according to John Armistead – who oversees all of the pharmacies within Lee Memorial Health Systems.
“What happens is some of those manufacturer’s have dropped out of the market leading in part to that shortage,” he said.
He says the economy has played a role in the shortage of 150 drugs – like electrolytes, antibiotics, and chemo treatments.
“In our regional cancer center, we’ve experienced some shortages in which we’ve had difficulty in getting the products. In some cases we’ve had to change patients over to other therapy regimens,” Armistead said.
And he adds there have been no deaths locally because of the shortage. To handle it, Armistead says they keep track of the drugs they think they might run out of.
It requires pharmacists to keep doctors in the loop so that a patient’s treatment can stay on track.
“We’re finding that we’re spending a lot more time trying to acquire the drugs and trying to come up with alternate regimens for patients,” Armistead said.
And in some cases, he says, they had to reserve treatments for high priority patients.
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) on the challenges in reining in government spending.
When food shortages and rising prices drive people to desperation, social unrest soon follows. It’s as true today as it was in 18th-century France. According to a new analysis of food prices and unrest, the 2008 global food riots and ongoing Arab Spring may be a preview of what’s coming.
By Mark Kegans for USA TODAY
Thieves made off with $11,000 worth of meat from Sedlacek’s Wholesale Meat Co. in Melbourne, Iowa, in February. Owner Barry Sedlacek came in to find his cooler door open and 2,500 pounds of top-quality meat missing.
Take care the next time you order high-quality meat at a lower-than-possible price. With food prices escalating, meat thieves — organized groups who target steaks and high-end cuts at supermarkets for resale to unscrupulous restaurants and markets — are a growing problem. They’re also hitting meat lockers, cattle pens and even 18-wheelers.
World food prices that rose 37 percent in a year, driving 44 million more people into poverty, are a “plague” that need action from world leaders now, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said.
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Spanish farmers throw fruit and vegetables outside the German consulate in Valencia, Spain, to protest against the initial accusations by Hamburg authorities that Spanish cucumbers were the source of infection of the E. coli bacteria outbreak.
The strain of Escherichia coli bacteria responsible for an outbreak that has left 18 dead, sickened hundreds and sparked economic and diplomatic disruptions across Europe is a lethal strain that has never been behind a human outbreak and may be causing an unusually large number of severe illnesses, health officials said Thursday.
MINAMISANRIKU, Miyagi Prefecture—When a giant tsunami of more than 10 meters high crashed into the shores of this quiet fishing village Friday, hundreds, if not thousands, of its residents were swept away.
The mysterious collapse of honey-bee colonies is becoming a global phenomenon, scientists working for the United Nations have revealed.
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