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Where’s All the World’s Food?
ecoworldly.com — “It’s the worst crisis of its kind in more than 30 years, ” Jeffrey Sachs, an economist and UN special adviser recently told The New York Times. “It’s a big deal and it’s obviously threatening a lot of governments. There are a number of governments on the ropes, and I think there’s more political fallout to come.”
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- skewl, on 07/08/2008, -1/+11The increased commercialization of agriculture has negatively impacted the productivity of small farmers. small farmers opt to abandon the land, and trek to urban areas in search of proverbial greener pastures. The more people eat meat, the less food will be available to satiate empty bellies of the poor because grains meant for human beings go to fattening chickens and animals for meat.
- gavinhudson, on 07/08/2008, -1/+5"Thai farmers reportedly conducting armed vigils in their rice fields at night to prevent thieves from reaping the crop." wow. (And I understand that the author of this piece is currently living in Thailand.)
- bixby1, on 07/08/2008, -1/+4A food crisis in Asia. Did not know that. Good find (dugg the crap out of).
- Bukowsky, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2We turned it all into gasoline.
- argoff, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1I wish people would understand that the problem isn't food, but is monetary policy and central bankers watering down the money and making food unfordable. In fact, food production is up this year faster than both population growth and consumption. In fact, it is up in spite of oil, ethanol, floods, China, and so on. It is up from 2-8% across the board.
The real problem is that the USA central bank expanded it's money supply by 18% this year, 14% the year before that, and 9% the year before that. That's 41%, and other countries have followed or watered down their money even more to keep their exports competitive. Well WTF, 41%!!!!, did the economy grow 41% since then? did trade and commerce? did factories and infrastructure? How could all that printed up money do anything other than water down the value of the money and cause inflation. Hint, all other commodities have gone up sharply in price too. It is almost bizarre and pathetic watching people grasp for excuses, while in practice they are being screwed over right under their nose.
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