PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 12 January 2012 From: Friends of the Earth Europe NEW REPORT: EUROPEAN BANKS FUELLING FOOD PRICE VOLATILITY AND HUNGER European banks, pension funds and insurance companies are increasing global hunger and poverty by speculating on food prices and financing land grabs in poorer countries, according to a …
A simple step to help end world hunger
Twelve million people are facing a hunger crisis and nearly a half million children are at risk of dying from malnutrition and disease in the Horn of Africa famine. And yet, there has been, and continues to be, almost NO coverage of this humanitarian crisis in the mainstream news. That’s …