Empty food pantries – a current local problem - Case needs to be written

Bt and other genetically engineered crops and their impact on pesticide use

(there is tons of info on this one, I have a short case at http://bioquest.org/llsummer00/sue2.html  also http://bioquest.org/llsummer00/starlink2.html 

GM crops in general

erosion/ soil control  Case needs to be written

food distribution, Food insecurity

Hunger in the US - a case with questions and links

http://miavx1.muohio.edu/~kaufmadg/hunger.html

Hunger/Famine

Farming methods

http://www.cals.cornell.edu/global/1999OUCase%20Study.htm Novel food proteins

http://www.cals.cornell.edu/global/1999UUCaseStudy.htm Two lives in a global neighborhood "In what follows I will tell the life histories of two persons who live in Karatu district, a densely populated area in northern Tanzania. I will reconstruct their histories by putting together pieces of global and national history with their personal narratives. This reconstruction should hopefully elucidate how seemingly impersonal forces such as colonialism, the world market, socialism etc come to bear on the lives and destinies of real people. Special, but not exclusive, attention will be focused on the relations between population and food." from the introduction

http://www.fao.org/ Food and Agricultural organizations of the United Nations. Good info, lots of background

http://www.fao.org/FOCUS/E/SOFI00/sofi001-e.htm Info about the extent of hunger, from FAO- UN.

http://www.agr.ca/cb/fao/fsap/fsape.html  Canada’s action plan for food security. Lays out major components of a secure food system.

http://www.reeusda.gov/food_security/foodshp.htm  USDA community food security initiative home page

http://www.ers.usda.gov/epubs/pdf/fanrr8/ most up to date information on food insecurity in the USA.

http://www.ers.usda.gov/epubs/pdf/fanrr2/index.htm State by state report of food insecurity, USDA

http://www.house.gov/tonyhall/pr49.htm  Empty Shelves: Report on state of America’s food banks based on a survey of 200 food banks, 1999

http://www.secondharvest.org/  "Second Harvest is the nation's largest domestic hunger relief organization. Through a network of over 200 food banks and food-rescue programs, we distribute food to 26 million hungry Americans each year, eight million of whom are children."

http://www.environment.about.com/newsissues/environment/cs/gmfoods2/index.htm GM food (agricultural biotechnology) links

http://oxfam.org.uk/policy/papers/gmcrop.htm  Oxfam International’s position paper on GM foods (against)

http://www.oxfamamerica.org/  "Oxfam America is dedicated to creating lasting solutions to hunger, poverty, and social injustice through long-term partnerships with poor communities around the world. As a privately-funded organization, we can speak with conviction and integrity as we challenge the structural barriers that foster conflict and human suffering and limit people from gaining the skills, resources, and power to become self-sufficient"