Online Resources »

What to Read on Foreign Aid

John Gershman, Clinical Associate Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Programs at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service offers a detailed list of books and websites to further examine the challenge of foreign aid delivery and its results.

National Opinion Ballot Report 2009

Opinion ballots have been included with the Foreign Policy Association's Great Decisions since 1955 to enable participants to make their views known. Each year FPA sends the National Opinion Ballot Report to the White House, the departments of State and Defense, members of Congress, the media and concerned citizens.

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2009

The joint report of the FAO and World Food Programme looks at the convergence of the global economic crisis and global food crisis to measure the impact on global hunger. The report offers case studies of developing countries affected by the crisis, as well as both short-term and long term policies that ensure greater food security.

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Quizzes »

Great Decisions 2009 Fall Quiz Series - Global Food Crisis

Test your knowledge of recent news on the Global Food Crisis by taking a quiz based on the Great Decisions 2009 Fall Updates!

Great Decisions 2009 Spring Quiz Series - Global Food Crisis

Online topic quizzes are an ideal test of readers' knowledge of the Great Decisions 2009 articles and Spring Updates.

Great Decisions 2009 Winter Quiz Series - Global Food Crisis

Online topic quizzes are an ideal test of readers' knowledge of the Great Decisions 2009 articles.

In the Classroom »

Sustainable Harvest International Educators Workshop

Sustainable Harvest International invited educators to apply for their Educator Workshops in Central America to help engage in dialogue about community-based service-learning involving concepts of sustainability, organic agriculture and environmental restoration.

Advanced Summer Institute

The Cloud Institute's annual Advanced Summer Institute is designed for faculty teams, curriculum supervisors and their teams and individuals who are interested in designing curriculum units that educate for sustainability.

ING Unsung Heroes

For more than 10 years ING Unsung Heroes has awarded $3.0 million in grants to educators with a class project that is short on funding but long on potential. Apply for the 2010 awards.

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Recommended Readings »

Great Decisions 2009 French Language Edition [Download or Print]

In partnership with Alliance Francaise USA, FPA presents the French language edition of the Great Decisions 2009 briefing book which features impartial, thought-provoking analyses on four issues of concern to U.S. policymakers today and that represent our foreign policy challenges of tomorrow.

Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System

Half the world is malnourished, the other half obese—both symptoms of the corporate food monopoly. To show how a few powerful distributors control the health of the entire world, Raj Patel conducts a global investigation, traveling from the “green deserts” of Brazil and protester-packed streets of South Korea to bankrupt Ugandan coffee farms and barren fields of India. What he uncovers is shocking—the real reasons for famine in Asia and Africa, an epidemic of farmer suicides, and the false choices and conveniences in supermarkets. Yet he also finds hope—in international resistance movements working to create a more democratic, sustainable, and joyful food system.

A Nation of Farmers: Defeating the Food Crisis on American Soil

Once we could fill our grocery carts with cheap and plentiful food, but not anymore. Cheap food has gone the way of cheap oil. Climate change is already reducing crop yields worldwide. The cost of flying in food from far away and shipping it across the country in refrigerated trucks is rapidly becoming nonviable. Cars and cows increasingly devour grain harvests, sending prices skyrocketing. More Americans than ever before require food stamps and food pantries just to get by, and a worldwide food crisis is unfolding, overseas and in our kitchens. A Nation of Farmers examines the limits and dangers of the globalized food system.

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Program Materials

Great Decisions 2009

Order your copy of the Great Decisions 2009 briefing book today! Great Decisions 2009 features impartial, thought-provoking analyses on eight issues of concern to U.S. policymakers today and that represent our foreign policy challenges of tomorrow.

Featured topics: U.S. & rising global powers, Afghanistan/Pakistan, energy & the global economy, the Arctic, U.S. & Egypt, global food supply, Cuba after Castro, and universal human rights. ($18, plus S&H)