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Perhaps it is truly time for governments to stop shopping for wars in foreign lands and get back to doing what they are paid to do: governing. Photo: Empty shelf where baby formula should be 23 May 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News by James Porteous Who is to blame for the inability…
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“When war is waged, people go hungry.” Secretary-General António Guterres. It is surely time to stop both of these things. Photo: Woman and her daughter visit food bank in Osage, Iowa. PHOTOGRAPHS BY AMY TOENSING 21 May 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News You probably did not hear about the ‘Open debate in…
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The US is working to find ways to offset the sanctions that continue to impede reconstruction and world food supplies Photo: Ears of wheat are seen in a field near the village of Zhovtneve, Ukraine, July 14, 2016. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko U.S. backs U.N. push to get Ukraine grain back to global market 16 May 2022…
Michael Kotutwa Johnson knows the Hopi Native American land practices can provide lessons for growing food and sustaining the Earth. Photo: Hopi farmer Michael Kotutwa Johnson in his corn field in northeastern Arizona [Courtesy of Michael Kotutwa Johnson] 15 May 2022 | Jane Palmer | Al Jazeera English Arizona, United States – Michael Kotutwa Johnson scans…
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We have marched from The Fog of Covid into the Fog of War and leaders are sending lawyers, guns and money and telling us to ignore the food and fuel crisis Photo: Sky News 21 April 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News From the Fog of Covid to the Fog of War by…
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We are all facing immediate food, fuel, and climate problems and your government leader is likely busy talking tough about Russia. 05 April 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News With all eyes on Ukraine, the so-called ‘cost of living crisis’ and food shortages are progressing with virtually no government intervention. And you might…
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A curated collection of videos and stories exploring the role women -and children- are forced to play in the endless male conflicts, most recently in Ukraine. Photo: A woman hugs a child as refugees, mostly women with children, arrive from Ukraine at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, March 6, 2022 (AP photo by Visar…
“I just this morning got a message from our agricultural association that Ukraine farmers need 200,000 tons of diesel to do the spring wheat planting.” 14 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News THE STARK REALITY OF FARMING IN UKRAINE DURING THE WAR Russia-Ukraine war: Egypt bread prices soar as conflict disrupts wheat…
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After almost two years of government incompetence and mayhem, the corporations are telling us what the new normal will look like. It is here. Now. We should listen. Photo: Air pollution from fossil fuels accounted for 8.7 million deaths globally in 2018 alone. HINDUSTAN TIMES VIA GETTY IMAGES 24 October 2021 | James Porteous |…
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The UN says an additional 18 million people are also facing a humanitarian disaster as money either promised or frozen in the US remains out of reach. Photo: Volunteers label a shipment of humanitarian aid to be sent to Afghanistan at Bahrain international airport. There are hopes Kabul airport will reopen soon. Photograph: Mazen Mahdi/AFP/Getty Images…
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