From $180 a kg of tomatoes to $60 a kg of sugar, Al Jazeera examines the cost of basic food items as Israel’s assault on Gaza continues. Deir el-Balah, Gaza – For more than two weeks now, Israel has blocked nearly all food aid from entering northern Gaza, leaving some 400,000 Palestinians living there facing starvation, … Read more
Celeste Smith, Dolan Reynolds, and Emily Mikkelsen 18 hours ago KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — Kernersville police still haven’t said what they think led up to a shooting at a Food Lion on Union Cross Road on Wednesday morning. Investigators say Marco Antonio Vargas Arellano, 40, of Burlington, was found shot inside that store. Dillon Kiger, 38, … Read more
Disruption to food supplies hits both wealthy and poor nations. Climate change is disrupting food production and supply worldwide. Crops, fruit, livestock and transport are all affected. It could lead to higher inflation, as well as food security threats. What are the implications for people around the world? Presenter: Elizabeth Puranam Guests:George Monbiot – Environmental … Read more
New report warns that 282 million people faced acute hunger last year. Hunger around the world has reached alarming levels, according to a new multi-agency report on global food insecurity. For the fifth year, acute food insecurity has increased, impacting hundreds of millions of people. The issue is posing a major challenge to the United … Read more
Israel’s assault on Gaza has left hundreds of thousands of Palestinian residents facing catastrophic food insecurity. More than half a million people in Gaza are facing catastrophic food insecurity amid Israel’s war on Gaza, according to the World Food Programme and other UN agencies. Is Israel using food deprivation as a tactic of war? Presenter: … Read more
Food aid is due to stop in January in a country taking in hundreds of thousands of refugees from Sudan’s war. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says food aid to 1.4 million people in Chad, including newly arrived refugees fleeing violence in Sudan’s Darfur region, will end in January because of a shortage … Read more