Food and health

Betting Against Food Security: Futures Market Speculation

A fact sheet on the role of speculation in threatening global food security.

Mobilizing Political Will to Eradicate Hunger

Not So Sweet: Missing Mercury and High Fructose Corn Syrup

Mercury is a potent brain toxin and for decades high fructose corn syrup, an increasingly common ingredient in processed foods, has been made using mercury caustic soda. This study looks at the mercury content in foods that list high fructose corn syrup as a main ingredient.

Table A: Total Mercury Detected in 55 Brand-Name Foods and Beverages High in HFCS

Table A

Especulaci�n en las bolsas de materias primas: riesgos a la seguridad alimentaria y la agricultura

Resumen del estudio, �Especulaci�n en las bolsas de materias primas: riesgos a la seguridad alimentaria y agricultura.�2 Conjuntamente con algunas reflexiones sobre medidas propuestas para reglamentar el mercado oculto (shadow market) de especulaci�n.

Tackling the Toxic Table in a Global Economy

Public confidence in our food system has been shaken as people become more aware of the damage our industrialized food system causes, both to human and environmental health. To steer our global food system in a more favorable direction, these two fact sheets list ten steps we can all take to help make this a reality.

Commodities Market Speculation: the Risk to Food Security and Agriculture

 Excessive speculation in agriculture commodity markets has played a major role in the rapid rise and fall in global food prices, contributing to a massive increase in undernourished people and commodity market instability, according to this report by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

A viable U.S. Response to the Food and Energy Crisis: Finding Sustainable & Balanced Solutions

From the natural gas for manufacturing synthetic fertilizers to the intensive energy for food processing and commodity shipping, rising food prices have recently exposed the unwise dependency of our industrial food system on fossil fuel inputs.

A Viable Response to the Food and Energy Crisis

An analysis of the links between the food and energy crises with a discussion of solutions.

Smart Guide on Sludge Use and Food Production

Several million dry tons of sewage sludge, also known as biosolids, are used as fertilizer on agricultural lands and given away or sold for use by homeowners and landscape contractors annually in the United States. Currently, there are no labeling requirements for food produced on land treated with sewage sludge.