Tolan's Food for a Revolution airs on PBS Newshour

Journalism professor Sandy Tolan's Food for a Revolution, a story that explores how rising food prices and unfair water policies contributed to Egypt's revolution, aired on PBS Newshour on Nov. 30. "Since 2007, global food shortages have created huge price spikes," Tolan said during the broadcast. "The cost of tomatoes, cooking oil and lentils skyrocketed and helped fuel the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak." Food for a Revolution is part of Food for Nine Billion, a new collaborative series between Newshour, the Center for Investigative Reporting and Homeland Productions, Tolan's production company. Tolan, who runs a blog that tells stories about daily life in the conflicted Middle East called Rammallah Cafe, reported on the story and Charlotte Buchen produced and shot it. Watch