• Food Protests in Senegal
• Paraguayans Paying the Real Price of Soy
• Changes to GI Bill
• London's St. Agnes Rasta Colony Forever Changed
• A Look at "King Corn"

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Food Protests in Senegal

Food price hikes in West Africa have caused protests in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Mauritania and Senegal. So-called "hunger riots" have led to deaths in Mauritania and Côte d'Ivoire, as the price of rice and wheat have bolted on the international market. In Senegal, protest marches have been held, followed by a range of government-proposed solutions – but as FSRN's Ndiaga Seck reports, the population continues to suffer.

Paraguayans Paying the Real Price of Soy

Those of us feeling pinched at the pump may be encouraged at the rise of alternative energies such as ethanol and biodiesel, which may soon help substitute the world's quickly depleting fossil fuels. But the massive growth of the soy industry, from which some biodeisels are derived, is wreaking its own devastating havoc across South America's Southern Cone. FSRN's Mike Fox has more from Paraguay.

Changes to GI Bill

Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are finding that the GI Bill, that helped vets get their education after World War II, no longer provides enough to pay for school today. As FSRN's Tanya Snyder reports from Washington, a new GI Bill seeks to remedy that problem.

London's St. Agnes Rasta Colony Forever Changed

London's high-profile trial after last year's largest drug raid at a Britxton Rastafari temple has ended amid legal confusion – and all the accused Rastafarians were acquitted. As FSRN's Natalia Viana reports, it's a melancholy end to a story that led to the destruction of the largest and longest-living Rastafari temple in Britain.

A Look at "King Corn"

Corn is at the center of an immensely productive agricultural system. US farmers grew a record 13 billion bushels of it last year, and it ends up in everything from beef to toothpaste. FSRN's Jim Kent attended a screening of a documentary on "King Corn" in Rapid City, South Dakota and spoke to audience members, ranchers and one of the film's producers about the staple, and the role it plays in the US diet.