At a time of drought, skyrocketing food prices, crippling inflation and intensifying street fighting, many of the aid workers whom millions of Somalis depend on for survival are fleeing their posts or, in some cases, the country. ...more

July 20, 2008

President Raul Castro continued his rollout of changes in Cuba on Friday with the start of a plan to boost the island's sluggish food production by granting private farmers access to up to 99 acres of unused government land. ...more

July 19, 2008

With skyrocketing food prices and shipping costs, Lester Cypher is about ready to test his green thumb. ...more

July 19, 2008

Worried about rising inflation, Federal Reserve officials at their meeting in June thought the Fed's next move on interest rates was likely to be up. ...more

July 17, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist said the property tax breaks that voters adopted in January would "fire up" the state's economic engine. ...more

July 17, 2008

With the unveiling of the county's 2009 budget, it is apparent that there is a need for all of Hernando County's constitutional officers and county commissioners to work in cooperation with one another. ...more

July 17, 2008

We no longer have to worry about gas prices, food prices, medical care or losing our homes. ...more

July 16, 2008

It's either me or ...? I never thought it would come to this but it has. Just like Sen. Barack Obama saying that his relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright has changed, so has my connection to most things sacred in society, namely my car and food. Like most of you, it will be a battle of will or reasonable facsimile that may decide the outcome. It is man against machine; man against the beast. It is a strange dichotomy. I can choose to feed my family or have nothing to feed them. ...more

July 12, 2008

Under pressure from farmers, livestock producers and soaring food prices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is weighing a proposal that could lead to the plowing of millions of acres of land that had been set aside for conservation. ...more

July 11, 2008

SEBRING — Progress Energy residential utility bills are going up in August. Cherie Jacobs, Progress spokeswoman, blamed higher coal and oil prices for the 2-percent net increase in bills. Monday, Chad DeMeere, of Sebring, was reconciled to paying more. ...more

July 7, 2008