World & Nation
Oxfam America hopes to raise at least $1 million from schoolchildren, workers and other people taking part in the 12th annual Fast for a World Harvest to ease the problem of world hunger.
Nov. 22, 1985
The Reagan Administration has refused to let a private relief agency send farm tools to leftist-ruled Nicaragua.
Sept. 4, 1986
Entertainment & Arts
Stars to Go Hungry: Actors Danny Glover and Edward James Olmos will serve as honorary co-chairs of the First Oxfam America Hollywood Hunger Banquet, part of the organization’s annual Fast for a World Harvest today.
Nov. 15, 1990
Hollywood benefit dinners often feature lobster ravioli, goat cheese, empanadas and other improbably exotic foodstuffs.
Nov. 20, 1993
Central American rice could lose out to U.S. exports if CAFTA passes, a relief agency says.
Nov. 16, 2004
Images of drought, famine and bloody civil unrest coming out of Sub-Saharan Africa make it difficult to believe a brighter future is possible there.
May 25, 1993
Thanks to The Times for the report (Sept. 4) about the fact of the Reagan Administration’s refusal to allow the respected private relief agency, Oxfam America, to ship $41,000 worth of farm equipment to private Nicaraguan agencies to help relieve hunger in Nicaragua.
Sept. 12, 1986
Business
Few companies are potentially more vulnerable to climate change than the world’s biggest food and beverage brands.
May 19, 2014
These aid agencies are among those accepting contributions for assistance in Mozambique.
March 2, 2000
All the Rage
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Feb. 23, 2012