Control the oil and you can control entire Continents. Control food and you control people. former Secy. of State Henry Kissinger, 1974
HOLLY NOTE: I have not been able to confirm this widely reputed Henry Kissinger quote, but it may have been inferred through this document dated December 10, 1974: NSSM 200: Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas Interests, (472 kB PDF). A linked index version is available which makes it easier to find specific topics.
July 21
Unprecedented Demand Cleans Out Major Storable Food Supplier Through 2009
Mideast Facing Choice Between Crops and Water
Food Banks Struggling to Keep Up With Demand
US Food Groups Plan Hefty Price Rises
Mystery Plague Set to Wipe Out France's Crop of Baby Oysters
July 18
A Human-Made Disaster
EU Proposes $1.6B Fund to Help Ease Global Food Crisis
Still No Cause Known for Co-Op Elevator Explosion
July 17
Even Pharoahs Knew to Prepare for 7-Year Food Shortages
Freedom to Farm? Not Likely - flashback
July 16
Food Prices Could Double
E. Coli Linked to Beef in 5 States
USDA to Begin Naming Retailers in Meat Recalls
With the Cattle Industry Struggling, the Question Is, 'Where's the Beef?'
Processing Industry Slams Canada's Planned Label Changes
Turkey Loses HALF of Its Crops to Drought
The Next Market Crunch: Water
River Damming Leads to Dramatic Decline In Native Fish Numbers
July 14
Retailers Aren’t Required to Pull Most Expired Items From Their Shelves
Honey, They Shrank the Packets of Food
Pantries Scramble for Food
High Price of Hay Hits Horse Industry
Drought Down Under Threatens Grain Harvests: Warning that Principal Food-Producing Region is Being Affected By Climate Change
Drought Devastates Iraq's Wheat Crops
China Tries to Ease Olympic Worries About Tainted Food
July 12
World Bank's Zoellick Says Food Prices High Until 2012
July 11
Britain Urging Return to Wartime Food Frugality
Worsening Drought Threatens Australia’s “Food Bowl”
Will Food Prices Swallow School Lunch?
Salmonella Outbreak Highlights Bioterrorism Concerns
Today, Tomatoes. Tomorrow, Who Knows?
Man Injured in Iowa Triple Grain Elevator Explosions
Another Minnesota Grain Elevator Up in Flames
Get Ready - Meat Prices Rising
Plantings Ups, Yet Harvests Down
Australia Faces Food Crisis As Rivers Reach New Low
1 Million Indians Facing Famine After Rat Plague
Global Food Price Rises Exacerbate Famine in Ethiopia and Somalia
Chinese Corn Exports Plunge as Domestic Demand Soars
Drought Threatens Iraq's Crops and Water Supply
Dog Meat off the Menu During Olympics
China Approves Big Budget for GMO Amid Food Worries
July 9
Will Corn Be Next Year's Wheat?
July 8
As Food Costs Soar, It's Back to Basics for Meal Planners
Farmers Tell of Drought Devastation
High Food Prices May Cut Opposition to Genetically Modified Food
Food Finder: Hunting the Source of the Salmonella Outbreak Could Be a Lot Easier
Field Guide to Farmers and Ranchers
No Water, No Jobs
July 7
Britain Declares War on Food Waste: Campaign to Restrict Food Purchases as Part of a Global Effort to Curb Spiraling Food Prices
July 6
Secret Report: Biofuel Caused Food Crisis
Fuels Gold: Big Risks of the Biofuel Revolution - flashback
The Promise of Biofuels: a Lot of Hot Air? - flashback
Government Asks Stores to Stockpile Food
Australia's Agricultural Regions Face More Drought-Stricken Future Study
Drought, Locusts Threaten NSW Crops
More Feed Grain, Less Food Grain
Hungry? Maybe Not Yet-- But Millions Are and Soon We May Be Too
U.S. Inspectors Scour Mexico for Clues to Salmonella Outbreak
Farmers Face Sad Sights and Big Decisions
The End of Food: The Coming Crisis in the World Food Industry
Now Farming Freely, Iraqis Fear Drought
July 2
Surge in Oil Price Sparks Fears of Food Crisis
869 Sick From Salmonella: Tomatoes Not the Culprit?
July 1
Rains Decimates 1.2 Million Acres of Corn
America's Shrinking Groceries
14 Ways to Save at the Grocery Store
People Buy More Food As Prices Rise
Canada's Coming Food Price Crisis and the Fear Hoarding it May Create
In Food Crisis, Asians Look to Agriculture
NBC National News coverage: of the Grain Elevator Explosion - video