South Korea Researches Vertical Farming for Food Security Agriculture in high-rise buildings is the dream of some scientists and architects around the globe. But it soon could be reality. Just outside of Suwon, a city 30-kilometers south of the capit...
Report: Africa Agricultural Reforms Could Ensure Food Security Experts say Africa needs agricultural market reforms if its going to overcome food shortages and high prices. A new report outlines what it calls high payoff, low-cost solutions. The Alli...
N. Korea to End Nuclear Tests for Food Aid The announcement came just a little more than two months after the death of the secretive communist state's supreme leader Kim Jong Il. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that while there still are...
BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities severely punished criminals violating food safety laws in 2011, according to new figures. Sources with the State Council's Food Safety Committee said on Thursday that a total of 286 people in more than...
Rumi: Im as sick as a dog! Hugo: It serves you right. I warned you not to eat food sold by food vendors on the street. Cleanliness is not a priority at some of those food stands. Rumi: Im not one to turn up my nose up at street food. On the street is...
Aquaponics Could Signal Future of Food Imagine growing vegetables and fish in the same space. Thats the idea behind aquaponics, a marriage of fish farming and soil-less plant cultivation in a single, sustainable closed system. Supporters believe aqua...
Americans Pick Junk Food Over Veggieburgers Drive across America, and youll see one fast-food restaurant after another: McDonalds. Burger King. Sonic. Taco Bell. KFC. Wendys. Hardees. Long John Silvers. Dairy Queen. Arbys. Jack in the Box. Popeyes. S...
Aid Agency Warns of West Africa Food Crisis A humanitarian agency warns that millions of people in West Africa are facing a food crisis. Oxfam is calling on donors to take immediate action. Oxfams regional humanitarian coordinator, Nahuel Arenas, say...
Technology Report - A Cool Way to Keep Food From Spoiling 科技报道 - 罐中罐食物保鲜系统 This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 A few degrees can make a big difference when it c...
A United Nations agency says more than one million people in Zimbabwe are in urgent need of food aid. The World Food Program says about $42 million is needed to get people through the lean season until the March harvest begins. The agency said Monday...
