AUTHOR
Rachel Zedeck
Articles
Opinion: Stop land grabs
June 22nd, 2010
More than 124 million acres of land has been acquired by foreign investors responding to global food shortages, fluctuating oil prices and growing water shortages. The phenomenon is being exacerbated by the EU’s mandate that 10 percent of all transport fuel should be sourced from plant-based biofuels by 2015. But land grabs and food aid … Read more
Rachel Zedeck
Opinion: Stop land grabs
June 22nd, 2010
More than 124 million acres of land has been acquired by foreign investors responding to global food shortages, fluctuating oil prices and growing water shortages. The phenomenon is being exacerbated by the EU’s mandate that 10 percent of all transport fuel should be sourced from plant-based biofuels by 2015. But land grabs and food aid … Read more