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Scientists Work on New 'Green Revolution'

Paul Stinson — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:00:00 CDT

Food scientists are plotting a new "green revolution" to solve a growing food crisis, LiveScience reports. Facing what a World Food Program official called a “silent tsunami” of world hunger, researchers are working on a sequel to the first "green revolution" of the mid-20th century, whose innovations included the fertilizers,...

35.5 Million Americans Going Hungry

Amanda Hughes — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:50:00 CST

US programs failed to make a dent in the number of Americans going hungry last year, and activists warned that rising costs and stagnant wages threaten to increase the army of citizens struggling to put food on the table. Nearly 13 percent of households—35.5 million Americans, with 12....

Kim Jong-Il Ate My Giant Bunnies!

Sam Gale Rosen — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:24:57 CDT

Karl Szmolinsky sent giant rabbits to North Korea to alleviate hunger, and Kim Jong-Il ate them. The German rabbit farmer suspects that the twelve "German Grey Giants" he sent to the country were eaten at a birthday banquet for the dictator instead of being used in a breeding program as...