[v911t] BILL MOYERS JOURNAL: Global riots erupt over soaring food prices
 
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Bill Moyers Journal . Newsletter | PBS Globalization of Starvation
and Terror

NEWSLETTER - Friday, April 11, 2008

"A child told me a story recently. She said, 'Well, when my mother
prepares food, we get such a small amount, but then there is some
left.

And I would ask for more, and she would tell me, "You cannot have
anymore, because what is left is for tomorrow, and if you eat it
today, you will go hungry tomorrow."'"

- Reverend Melony Samuels, Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger

This week on BILL MOYERS JOURNAL (check local listings)

a.. As food prices go sky high and millions go hungry in America,
why are tax dollars being spent on farmers who don't farm? BILL
MOYERS JOURNAL teams up with the PBS series EXPOSI: AMERICA'S
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS to follow the trail of WASHINGTON POST reporters
who uncovered more than $15 billion in "wasteful, unnecessary, or
redundant expenditures" that have flowed from Washington to America's
farmers.

b.. Then, the JOURNAL looks at shortages in America's food banks.

c.. And, Bill Moyers talks with David Beckmann, president of Bread
for the World, about challenges of combating hunger and the new
farm bill being negotiated in Congress.

On THE MOYERS BLOG

a.. Read more from David Beckmann on "A Chance to Help Those Who
Need it Most."

b.. Take our poll on government oversight and farm subsidies.

c.. Learn how you can support your local food pantry, and find your
local food bank.

d.. Bill Moyers Rewind: Life on Edge (2002) - a report on hunger
in Oregon.

Each week, video, transcripts, and further resources and investigations
from BILL MOYERS JOURNAL are available online at www.pbs.org/moyers.

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