Blogs about: Subsidies

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Food For Biofuel? Wrong.4 comments

alison13 wrote 2 days ago:  While President Bush and the biofuel industry are happy with the growth of biofuel, Columbia econ … more »

Tags: Biodiesel, consumption, Economics, Energy Conservation, Environment, Food, Global Warming, Hybrids, Life

A private farce

aristotlethegeek wrote 3 days ago: Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries has shut down its gas stations because it couldn’t s … more »

Tags: Economics, Politics

If We Really Want to Stick It to the Oil Companies

jeremybeales wrote 4 days ago: As much as I can understand the impulse to stick it to the oil companies, a windfall profits tax wou … more »

Tags: Politics

Make some popcorn and watch King Corn

Daniel wrote 4 days ago: Corn is the 800 pound gorilla of U.S. agriculture. It essentially runs amok. If you have read Michae … more »

Tags: Books & Films

US president, Indian middle class and food scarcity3 comments

keralaviews wrote 5 days ago: The U. S. President George Bush’s statement that prosperity of Indian middle class has led to spir … more »

Tags: governance, Kerala

Quickie - Food Politics

solarious wrote 6 days ago: Here’s a link to a good article about what’s happening to our global food supplies, and … more »

Tags: Analysis, corporate facts, Garden, gardening

Stars in Their Eyes? Cost of State Film Subsides Soar, Along with Concern

Jeff McCourt wrote 1 week ago: After decades of taxpayer-funded “smokestack chasing”, many states are now trying to lure Hollyw … more »

Tags: Illinois, New York

Straight talk lives!

John wrote 1 week ago: As I said here, it seems to me that federal subsidies of ethanol fuel are every bit as dumb of a fed … more »

Tags: conservatism, Politics

Caruba: Ten Simple Truths About Oil

Alan Caruba wrote 1 week ago: By Alan Caruba Having written about the energy industry and issues now for a long time, I hope I ca … more »

Tags: Economics, Economy, Alan Caruba, Energy, Oil

Indian Milkmen and Public School Administrators9 comments

Barry Brownstein wrote 1 week ago: Recently the Wall Street Journal told the tale of former Indian milk deliveryman D.T. Walkar who fai … more »

Tags: Business, monopoly, Politics, Public Schools, World

cashing in on the food crisis - the US Farm Bill1 comment

Jeremy wrote 1 week ago: Just a quick note on a political matter in the States right now. Congress is currently putting the f … more »

Tags: activism, Business, Current Affairs, Economics, Exploitation, Fair Trade, Food, Politics

Corporate Vultures Lurk Behind the World Food Crisis

balkan wrote 1 week ago: UN agencies are meeting in Berne to tackle the world food price crisis. Heads of International Finan … more »

Tags: Food, News, biofuels, Hunger, ethanol, Prices, Agriculture, Globalisation, Famine

A note on the politics of food and farming1 comment

John wrote 1 week ago: Clark Stooksbury is right: the question of whether deindustrialized farming practices can be “ … more »

Tags: conservatism, Economics, Environment, Food, Government

Workers Need a Level Playing Field

Guest Blogger wrote 1 week ago: Today’s guest blog is by Mary Beth Maxwell, executive director of American Rights at Work and spea … more »

Tags: Jobs, Unions

The US Role in Haiti’s Food Riots- GM WILL NOT SOLVE WORLD HUNGER2 comments

Lorina Coble wrote 1 week ago: Amy Goodman from Democracy Now has an interview with human rights lawyer Bill Quigley. He talks abou … more »

Tags: Uncategorized

Trade war brewing over US biofuel subsidies

balkan wrote 1 week ago: Guardian European biodiesel producers triggered a fresh transatlantic trade war yesterday by urging … more »

Tags: News, biofuels, ethanol, Globalisation, Politics, climate change, Environment, Global Warming, Economy

Reviving Haiti's agriculture is a long-term effort

balkan wrote 2 weeks ago: Here. … more »

Tags: News, Agriculture, Globalisation, poverty, Politics, Food crisis, extreme poverty, farming, export subsidies

EUROPE: Subsidies Feeding Food Scarcity

balkan wrote 2 weeks ago: European subsidies for agriculture are contributing to rapidly rising food prices and the destructio … more »

Tags: Agriculture, Corn, Dairy Products, Economy, *EDIBLE OIL, farming, Food, food shortage, Globalisation

The Government-Induced Food Crisis

Josh wrote 2 weeks ago: Today’s pictures are different. “This is a silent tsunami,” says Josette Sheeran of the Wo … more »

Tags: Uncategorized


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