The New York Times has a series of excellent articles focused on issues related to food.  

Articles in the series include:

India’s Growth Outstrips Crops

By SOMINI SENGUPTA

India’s supply of arable land is second only to that of the United States, but when it comes to agriculture it must turn to international markets, exacerbating a global food crisis.

6/22

Worries Mount as Farmers Push for Big Harvest

By DAVID STREITFELD and KEITH BRADSHER

As the world clamors for more corn, wheat, soybeans and rice, farmers are trying to meet the challenge. But evidence suggests harvests will be average at best.

6/10

Food Is Gold, So Billions Invested in Farming

By DIANA B. HENRIQUES

Some private investors are starting to make long-term bets that the world’s need for food will increase.

6/5

World’s Poor Pay Price as Crop Research Is Cut

By KEITH BRADSHER and ANDREW MARTIN

Agricultural research is reduced even as the growth of the global food supply slows and the population increases.

5/18

Shortages Threaten Farmers’ Key Tool: Fertilizer

By KEITH BRADSHER and ANDREW MARTIN

Shrinking grain stocks and an increasing appetite for meat have collided with a shortage of fertilizer.

4/30

Environmental Cost of Shipping Groceries Around the World

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL

Never has food moved around the world at the speed or in the amounts it has over the last few years. Now, many say it is time to make shippers and shoppers pay for the resulting pollution.

4/26

Price Volatility Adds to Worry on U.S. Farms

By DIANA B. HENRIQUES

Wild swings in crop futures are damaging mechanisms that are supposed to cushion the jolts of farming.

4/22

A Drought in Australia, a Global Shortage of Rice

By KEITH BRADSHER

The collapse of Australia’s rice production may foretell some of the effects of global warming on agriculture.

4/17

As Prices Rise, Farmers Spurn Conservation Program

By DAVID STREITFELD

Farmers are taking their fields out of a government conservation program that pays them not to cultivate.

4/9

A Global Need for Grain That Farms Can’t Fill

By DAVID STREITFELD

When much of the country is contemplating recession, farmers are flourishing because of runaway demand.

3/9

A New, Global Oil Quandary: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories

By KEITH BRADSHER

Demand for biofuels has created tension between using land to produce fuel and using it for food.

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