"One out of every 6 people on earth do not have access to safe drinking water.  Lack of safe water and sanitation is the world's largest cause of illness." - UNICEF Can one person really make a difference?  When Ryan Hreljac was a 6 year o...

I just went back to New Zealand (where I was born) for the first time in 10 years. Some of my best memories from down there as a kid were spending time fishing, either with my granddad or just surfcasting, so needless to say that was a big priority on th...

If we have the technology to move large quantities of liquid across millions of kilometers of land (eg: oil, natural gas), and the technology exists to change salt water into usable water; and the oceans are rising, then why can't the technologies be use...

WASHINGTON, July 25 For the many critics of farm subsidies, including President Bush and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, this seemed like the ideal year for Congress to tackle the federal payments long criticized as enriching big farm interests, violating trade ...

Critics say subsidies hurt small farmers and poor countries; the World Trade Organization may rule on the legality of U.S. tax exemptions on diesel fuel and gasoline as well.

The rush towards biofuels is theatening world food production and the lives of billions of people, the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser said yesterday.

A UN-sponsored study calls for changes in farming practices as food prices rise, threatening more poverty.

The head of the UN World Food Programme says the rise in basic food costs could continue until 2010.

HARARE, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, campaigning for upcoming elections, has signed a new law requiring foreign- and white-owned businesses to hand over 51% control of their operations to blacks, state media reported Sunday.

Rising prices and unavailability of basic foods may lead to civil unrest.