* 1863 – Richmond Bread Riot: Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to riot in Richmond, Virginia and demand that the Confederate government release emergency supplies.

Food shortages and rapidly inflating prices were a fact of life for as much as a century before the plague.

Food shortages were severe, especially in the harsh winter of 1946 – 1947.

Food shortages in a population are caused either by a lack of food or by difficulties in food distribution ; it may be worsened by natural climate fluctuations and by extreme political conditions related to oppressive government or warfare.

Food shortages were so common, that citizens themselves demanded rationing.

Food rationing in England came to an end in the year of publication, but its effect is still felt in the egg shortages that are mentioned in the novel.

Food shortages were a major concern.

Food First dispels the misconception that world hunger is caused by food production shortages, and in fact points the blame to systemic causes such as speculation on the market, investments in large-scale GMO farms that have higher input-costs, and the bio-fuels market.

Food shortages were still a problem in Europe, so the post-tournament banquet featured pea soup, inexpensive fare of the common people.

Facing growing food shortages, the government of Salvador Allende placed Bachelet's father in charge of the Food Distribution Office.

Food shortages of even a relatively short duration can lead to developmental deficiencies in children, with severe and sometimes permanent consequences for their physical and mental development.

To deal with sometimes extreme shortages, the Ministry of Food instituted a system of rationing.

* 22 – 19 BCE, Artaxias II recaptures the throne of Armenia, Riots in Rome, Food shortages in some provinces.

* South Africa announces a R140 million ( USD $ 22 million ) donation to the United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ) to alleviate food shortages in Southern Africa.

* announces a R140 million ( USD $ 22 million ) donation to the United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ) to alleviate food shortages in Southern Africa.

Food shortages brought on by the war increased the demand for the Market's goods.

Food shortages were common before modern agricultural technology and in places that lack them today, such as nitrogen fertilizers, pesticides and irrigation methods.

In 1973, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) sent a whaling ship and a Norwegian whaler to modernize their hunt.

On June 16, 2009, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to Matrixx Initiatives, manufacturer of an over-the-counter nasal spray for the common cold, Zicam.

Food regulations for perishable goods prohibit it being sent abroad.

He also claims that the committee's work led to resignations of many Environmental Protection Agency officials, and uncovered information that led to legal proceedings that sent many Food and Drug Administration officials to jail.

In May 2009, The U. S. Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to General Mills indicating that in their view Cheerios was being sold as an unapproved new drug.

In 1973, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization sent a whaling ship and a Norwegian master whaler, to modernize the hunt.

In 2001, a small grocery and caterer in Gaylord, Michigan, Albie's Food, Inc., was sent a cease and desist letter from Smucker's, accusing Albie's of violating their intellectual property rights to the " sealed crustless sandwich ".

During this time the Chinese government sent mobile medical units and supplies to the region, with the United Nations World Food Program also sending disaster relief soon after.

On behalf of the Holy See, Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI have sent an annual message for food producers and consumers on World Food Day.

Food prices rose 4 % in the United States in 2007, the highest increase since 1990, and are expected to climb as much again in 2008.

Food prices are rising, wealthier Asian consumers are westernizing their diets, and farmers and nations of the third world are struggling to keep up the pace.

Food prices in the black market continued to rise sharply, which was a major problem for the unemployed worker families.

Food supply, prices, and in the end the fear of starvation became emotional political issues between farmers in the countryside and industrial workers in the urban areas.

Food prices were stabilised in December 1939, initially as temporary measure, but made permanent in August 1940, while both milk and meals were provided at subsidised prices, or free in those cases of real need.

Benjamin Zycher, former Senior Fellow at Manhattan Institute's Center for Medical Progress, opposes allowing the federal government to negotiate prices in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program, and argues that patients and their doctors should make their own decisions to choose drugs like Vioxx, rather than having the U. S. Food and Drug Administration decide on the basis of " bureaucratized ... scientific study ".

Food was scarce in Sydney at that time and prices were being driven up, yet pigs were plentiful in the Society Islands and King could contract with Bass at 6 pence a pound where he'd been paying a shilling ( 12 pence ) previously.

By 1918, there were controls over almost all aspects of farming ; the Food Controller bought all essential food supplies and the Corn Production Act guaranteed cereal prices.

The Ministry of Food became the sole buyer and importer of food and regulated prices, guaranteeing farmers prices and markets for their produce.

In a report published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), a successful betel farm in Sri Lanka can provide a supplemental income to a farmer by providing six days of work every six months and net income when the leaf prices are attractive.

Food imports must not displace local production nor depress prices.

According to the FAO ( Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ), urban poor consumers spend between 60 and 80 percent of their income on food, making them very vulnerable to higher food prices.

Food prices were a political issue in the 1912 presidential election ; some chains experimented with a no-frills format.

Food prices rose astronomically, and small boys would go to the former wheat market place in search of a few grains on the ground, which they would eagerly put in their mouths when found.

Food prices increased by 300 %.

Food Lion is the namesake concept for Food Lion LLC and is centered around building a " neighborly and convenient " supermarket for its customers featuring " extra low prices " on name brand and private label merchandise.

Bottom Dollar Food is Food Lion's discount grocery model that focuses on offering a limited-selection of both national brands and private label products at low prices in an " upbeat " shopping environment.

The common theme to these stores appears to be that they are all older stores which Food Lion has apparently determined are located in markets small enough to make enlarging or opening a new store unprofitable, but which with a different brand name to differentiate them from Food Lion so that the prices and selection can be different from a standard Food Lion store and can still be profitably run without remodeling.