G8 nations to tackle global food crisis: Merkel (AFP via Yahoo! News)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the G8 group of top industrialised nations at next week's summit will take measures to fight the soaring price of food, in an interview with a German newspaper.
Climate Change, Food Crisis Linked, Says U.N. Chief (Wired News)
The U.N. climate chief says climate change will cause the global food crisis to worsen. He is urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon emissions within the next dozen years.
Search for food scalding suspects (BBC News)
Police in Guernsey say they have not yet identified two men in connection with a food scalding incident.
Food shelf seeks home where rent doesn't eat up everything (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
The North Anoka County Emergency Food Shelf can afford $3,000 a year, but many landlords want about that every month.
THERE SHOULD BE A LIMIT TO HIGH FOOD PRICES, SAYS CHOWDHURY (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 (Bernama) â€- Bangladesh feels there should be a limit to the extent of high food prices influenced by the surge in demand for biofuel, Foreign Minister Dr Ifthekar Ahmed Chowdhury says.
G-8 blamed for global warming, surge in food and fuel prices (GMA News)
SAPPORO, Japan - A gathering of indigenous peoples on Friday blamed the Group of Eight's economic agenda for global warming and rising food and fuel prices - the very problems the G-8 leaders plan to tackle at their summit next week.
Fast food limits (The Star)
Navigating the path to your child’s dietary health can be tricky when so many fast food traps line the way. Here are some strategies to help you chart a nutritionally safe course.
Food and fuel costs are not the only prices skyrocketing (WHAS TV11 Louisville)
WHAS11 has told you a lot about the rising price of food nowadays, particularly corn that costs more because of ethanol production, gas prices and flooding.
Government asks stores to stockpile food to overcome hauliers strike (Times Online)
Ministers are in talks with supermarkets about emergency food reserves in case fuel protests lead to shortages at shops.
Long queues and high prices sees children shun school canteen for cheap junk food (Evening Standard)
Secondary school pupils are shunning the queues and expense of the school canteen in favour of cheap junk food from local shops, according to new research.
