Posts Tagged ‘famine’

Are They Crazy & Heartless?

September 9, 2011 by Keith Kloor | Filed in East Africa, GMOs, Greenpeace | 15 comments

Never mind that East Africa is reeling from drought and famine, if you’re with Greenpeace and you have an anti-GMO tic, this is what you worry about: Olivia Langhof of Greenpeace Africa, based in Johannesburg, echoes the concerns of other critics in saying that even in the face of a dire need to feed human beings,…Continue Reading…

Climate Change & Famine

August 8, 2011 by Keith Kloor | Filed in famine | 65 comments

A Guardian blog called “Poverty Matters” carries a headline that I find obscene: Is Climate Change to blame for the famine in the Horn of Africa? I might have taken a charitable view towards this provocative headline if the actual post included discussion of Somalia, where the famine is hitting hardest.  You probably have seen…Continue Reading…