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13 Jan 2011IPS

In corrupt global food system, farmland is the new gold

"We have set up a global food system that supports speculation. And with [such] markets, we can't get speculators out of the food business," said Lester Brown, an agricultural policy expert and founder of the Washington-based Earth Policy Institute.

14 Sep 2010Christian Science Monitor

Corporate land grabs threaten food security

There is too much at stake when governments give up land, water, and livestock to large-scale foreign investment. NGOs and funders have to listen and respond to the needs and accomplishments on the ground, and keep local food systems truly local.

05 Aug 2010Huffington Post

Innovations in access to land: Land grab or agricultural investment?

A four-part piece about the increasing prevalence of large-scale land acquisition or "land grabs" in Sub-Saharan Africa from the Worldwatch Intitute.

14 Jul 2010Treehugger

The emerging politics of food scarcity

Growing world food insecurity is ushering in a new geopolitics of food scarcity, one where competition for land and water is crossing national boundaries.

08 Jul 2009Christian Science Monitor

G8: Does world need new rules on food security?

Lester Brown, the president of the Washington-based Earth Policy Institute, says even if the investor comes in wielding impressive, shiny new technology, it will be of little benefit to the small farm holder.

11 Feb 2009Der Spiegel

Worldwide crisis: The geopolitics of food scarcity

Food import anxiety is spawning an entirely new genre of trade agreements as food-importing countries seek to buy or lease large blocks of land to farm in other countries, writes Lester Brown.

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