Rich countries once used gunboats to seize food. Now they use trade deals

"In a recent report on this pillage, ActionAid shows that fishing families that once ate three times a day are now eating only once or twice. As the price of fish rises, their customers also go hungry. The same thing has happened in all the west African countries with which the EU has maintained fisheries agreements. In return for wretched amounts of foreign exchange, their primary source of protein has been looted."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/26/food.eu

Peter Melchett: Don't believe the GM apologists

Arguments about genetic modification, often wrongly characterised as science versus irrational nature-worshippers, have lost none of their passion.

(article from UK Independent)

Maybe the answer to global warming is genetic modification ?
We can modify ourselves to survive higher (or lower) temperatures, lack of food, rising sea levels.

UK adds to drain on global water sources

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/20/water.food

"Water, or lack of it, has moved rapidly up the agenda for British businesses. A report published today by the environmental group WWF highlights why the issue is suddenly being taken so seriously. UK Water Footprint calculates for the first time how much water British consumers use, not just directly, but also indirectly due to the large volumes required to produce the globally-sourced, all year round foods and textile fibres which we now take for granted. According to WWF, each UK resident uses 4,645 litres of the world's water every day, compared to people in poor countries who subsist on 1,000 litres of "virtual water" a day."