Energy and the Food Crisis
Learn more about the Global Food Crisis by exploring these topics:
Agrofuels Critics
Stress Testing Biofuels: How the Game Was Rigged
[TIME — United States]
This is why Congress included the stress tests along with a huge biofuels mandate in its 2007 energy bill.
Agrofuels and the Environment — Spanish and English (3:55)
Alberto Gomez of Via Campesina (Mexico) speaks at a public forum organized by USC and its Canadian partners. The message from the forum was clear: our global agriculture is already stretched to the limit and not producing enough food. Biofuels (also known as agrofuels) production is simply making hunger worse. Watch this video.
Agrofuels Proponents
Agrofuels in Virginia — Virginia Farm Bureau (2:33)
Sherri McKinney explains why Virginia farmers would like to see more incentives for biofuels from the next Virginia General Assembly. Watch this video.
Climate change and the food crisis
Lessons from Northeast Brazil: "You can’t fight the environment"
From Grassroots International
Climate Justice Now!
From Grassroots International
Climate Change and our Wacky Food System
Workshop Presentation by Andrew Kang Bartlett for Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary “Mending Our Earth” Teach-In, 2007
