Global Food Woes?

@Modestah (11177)
United States
March 24, 2008 11:57pm CST
What are the food prices and availabilities doing in your corner of the world? Some news reports are showing that there are shortages everywhere... some of the culprit is bizzare weather patterns, another culprit is rising oil costs. I think a HUGE culprit is the corn ethanol production...corn is such a staple food for many livestock from chickens to cows plus the farm machinery to harvest and process this corn uses up even more oil. The world’s poorest nations still harbor the greatest hunger risk. Clashes over bread in Egypt killed at least two people last week, and similar food riots broke out in Burkina Faso and Cameroon this month. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23781864
3 responses
jillhill
@jillhill (37353)
• United States
25 Mar 08
From what I understand too is that since so much is going for ethanol that the prices of beef will be going up drastically! so be prepared!
mummymo
@mummymo (23706)
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25 Mar 08
Well sweety we are lucky and although food prices have risen a lot over the last year we have no lack of availability! I think it is a disgrace in our modern world that people are left with no food and starving - how appaling! xxx
kimbers867
@kimbers867 (2539)
• United States
25 Mar 08
I read the same article today. So far we have been lucky here in Maryland, just high prices. DH is planting more things in our garden this year. I was also reading that they expect this to continue for the next 10 years!!!