Mankind's awareness of our food supplies has been heightened by massive crop failures due to millennial level floods, protracted droughts, and numerous food-borne disease outbreaks caused by microbes such as salmonella, E. coli strain 0157, toxoplasma and listeria.
North Korea can rest easy: America comes off looking at least as bad as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in The Interview, an alleged satire that's about as funny as a communist food shortage, and just as protracted.
Vulnerable and food insecure people living in protracted crisis situations deserve fewer words and more action.
The protracted animal testing of multiple combinations of food and irradiation dose, despite clear evidence of a lack of need, and utility of, such studies provides a close parallel to the current situation with data requirements for GM crops in some jurisdictions.
Ukraine has also become an important partner on a number of pressing global and regional issues, from nuclear nonproliferation to food security and the settlement of protracted conflicts.
The protracted nuclear crisis has spurred concerns about the safety of food and water in Japan, which is a prime source of seafood for some countries.
The development of food production in Mesoamerica was a complex and protracted process.
Once confidence in food safety is lost, recovery time may be protracted (28).
The scene in Zuccotti Square is radically democratic -- different teams have autonomy to manage food, sanitation, media, comfort, and other tasks necessary for a protracted stay.
The proposals kicked off a protracted political process and a furious lobbying campaign on both sides, with the food trucks forming their own association, campaigning on Twitter and even buying advertising space on buses.
