According to Vaclav Smil, the problem in much of the world is not too little food but too much, which leads to high rates of ...

Palestinians feared hunger and increased food prices after Israel stopped the entry of all goods and humanitarian assistance ...

A vital, US-run monitoring system focused on spotting food crises before they turn into famines has gone dark after the Trump ...

But it is the mischievousness of the Irish spirit and wit — the “hard-boiled, darkly humorous, racetrack-bitten” language of the Irish — that has really benefited America. Irish spirit and wit were ...

NORTH KINGSTOWN − Despite assurances from White House Senior Advisor Elon Musk that its contract had been restored weeks ago, ...

The latest round of Israeli violence was accompanied by warnings about the spread of famine in the Gaza Strip.

Here is a look at famine, a severe and prolonged hunger in a significant portion of a region or country’s population that results in malnutrition and death by starvation and disease. To assess a ...

By 1845, one-third of U.K. residents lived in Ireland and nearly all of them relied on a single potato strain—a disaster ...

In the Darfur region, largely controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, hunger is taking a devastating toll.

A guide to Boston's Irish Heritage Trail and a look at the five new stops being added along the 2.8-mile trail this summer.

In the first act of the wittiest Irish play of the nineteenth century, Oscar Wilde’s “Importance of Being Earnest,” there is much ado about a shortage of food. The fearsome Aunt Augusta is ...

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors drought, crop production, food prices and other indicators in order to forecast food insecurity in more than 30 countries. Funded by ...