In the spring of 2015, Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and musician Ed Roman and his wife, Kim, travelled to the island of Jamaica, to deliver humanitarian relief and teach music to the local kids. It’s no secret that the beautiful country holds a special place in Ed’s heart; he even wrote a song dedicated to the […]
CIA feeding intelligence information to rebel terrorists in Syria
It seems that American spy satellites have been listening in on communications from Syrian government forces and passing the intelligence to rebels through spies on the ground, according to various British media reports. The reports suggest that the American intelligence agencies has been vacuuming up large amounts of data through satellite eavesdropping, gone through and is […]
Farming the cities, feeding an urban future
Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. As people move from rural to urban settings in search of economic opportunities, urban agriculture is becoming an important provider of both food and employment, according to researchers with the Worldwatch Institute. “Urban agriculture is providing food, jobs, and hope in Nairobi, Kampala, Dakar, and other […]
Feeding Communities by Focusing on Women
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. In Washington DC last week at the House Hunger Caucus briefing, panelist, Cheryl Morden, Director of the North American Liaison Office of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), concluded that, in the global agriculture funding community’s struggle to alleviate hunger and poverty, there is a "big […]
Organizations turn to school feeding programs as enrollment incentives
Photographer: Raphael Surber Young children attend class at the School of Chibodia, in Udong, Cambodia. As different strategies for ensuring universal primary school enrollment continue to be explored, the World Bank and the UN World Food Program (WFP) believe that the implementation of free meal programs in schools is showing an increase in sustained enrollment. […]
Breast feeding leads to better IQ:Study
Scientists have identified a gene which leads children to have higher IQs if they are breastfed, according to a study. In this study scientists confirmed that intellectual development is influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. Researchers examined more than 3,000 breast-fed infants in Britain and New Zealand and found that the child’s IQ was […]
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