Cuba bolsters food rations to counter shortages

Fruits and vegetables are getting hard to find across Cuba after hurricanes wiped out crops, but the government is tapping food reserves to bolster the monthly food ration that Cubans have received for decades. Click here for full story

Leafy greens are a health risk?

The group that dubbed fettuccine alfredo ``a heart attack on a plate'' is now sounding alarms about some healthy foods.

The latest report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a not-for-profit consumer advocacy organization, concerns the safety of our food supply.

The headline on the center's press release warned of the 10 ``riskiest'' FDA-regulated foods. The point was to prod the Food and Drug Administration to improve oversight of food safety.

Hunger deepens despair in Haiti

Georges Jean Wesner gets up at 4 each morning to walk two hours to a charity food kitchen where he fills two small pails with rice and beans, the only food his six children have eaten for weeks. Click here for full story

Cuba faces food shortages after hurricanes

Cuban markets offered a dwindling selection of food and a growing expanse of empty shelves on Wednesday as food shortages the government warned about after hurricanes Gustav and Ike became increasingly evident. Click here for full story

In 'eat local' movement, Cuba is years ahead

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Cuba planted thousands of urban cooperative gardens to offset reduced rations of imported food. Click here for full story