/21/2008, 3:06 p.m. EDT
By JENNIFER KAY
The Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) — Nadia Renaud began shipping bags of rice, beans and other foodstuffs last spring to struggling relatives in Haiti, helping her brother ease the worries of providing for a sick mother who needs constant care.
At first the shipments were a welcome addition for her loved ones in the Western Hemisphere's poorest country. Now they've become the family's lifeline amid worsening hunger, soaring food prices and a lack of arable land in the deforested island nation.
Renaud's brother and sister-in-law eke out livings as market vendors in Haiti's northwest coastal town of Port-de-Paix. But as food has become too expensive and too scarce, the couple now cannot afford many basic staples. [Read more]
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