http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png http://io9.com/tag/food riots http://io9.com/tag/food riots Scientific American has a great article about how low rainfall means that Europe will be facing food shortages this summer. What's particularly interesting is that the water shortages will also affect energy production too, especially in France: More »
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Joe and Chris Miller, owners of a 600-acre farm near Denver, Colorado, decided to open it up to the public for a weekend of "gleaning" - the practice of letting neighbors help themselves to vegetables that remain in your field after harvest. Because their farm is so large, they expected a crowd of 5-10 thousand people, but they were shocked when 40,000 people showed up, waiting for hours in a long line of cars to reach the farm. More »
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At least two things happened in the world of science and science fiction last week. One was cool, the other was crap. More »
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Prices for cornmeal and rice have doubled in Somalia since January, and on Monday food riots wracked the Somalian city of Mogadishu. Thousands of people protested the insane prices for staple foods, and eventually police shot and killed two protesters. Earlier this year, food riots broke out in the African nation of Senegal as well. What's causing these conditions, which sound like the precursors to the apocalyptic food-shortage flick Soylent Green? More »
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