http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/24/food.ap/index.html
"Among the driving forces are petroleum prices, which increase the cost of everything from fertilizers to transport to food processing. Rising demand for meat and dairy in rapidly developing countries such as China and India is sending up the cost of grain, used for cattle feed, as is the demand for raw materials to make biofuels.
What's rare is that the spikes are hitting all major foods in most countries at once. Food prices rose 4 percent in the U.S. last year, the highest rise since 1990, and are expected to climb as much again this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-food25mar25,1,7719765.story
The World Food Program called on donor nations for urgent help in closing a funding gap of more than $500 million by May 1. If money doesn't arrive by then, Executive Director Josette Sheeran said in a letter to donors, the WFP may be forced to cut food rations "for those who rely on the world to stand by them during times of abject need."
http://voanews.com/english/2008-03-24-voa49.cfm
"In Egypt, a shortage of subsidized bread has resulted in long lines and occasional clashes in which several people have been killed. The president has ordered the army to use its bakeries to try to end the bread crisis, but the roots of the problem are more than just simple supply and demand. Rising food prices and poverty have combined with corruption to create a bread problem that will not be easily solved. VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has more from Cairo."
Bush policies will put many millions of people at risk of starvation.
Wow what a surprise.
See The MTMIND March 07
http://themtmind.blogspot.com/2007/03/global-gloaming-corny-solutions.html
Or The MTMIND May 07
http://themtmind.blogspot.com/2007/05/let-em-eat-cake.html
Still it's a shocker.
MTMIND
Michael Trachtenberg
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