Food and the Environment: Starve them to death - say the envirofreaks.

Save the planet Mr. Gore. Stop the use of fossil fuels. Switch to safer (they are not) agri-fuels. Yes, and as I have already mentioned several times, the damage is irreparable - the social, political, and human cost will be staggering.


April 19, 2008:
World food prices put Latin America against the ropes - Feature
Posted : Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:31:06 GMT
Author : DPA

Buenos Aires - The impact of rising food prices on world markets is already putting Latin America against the ropes: as regional giant Brazil insists its focus on biofuels has nothing to do with the price increases, Mexico is bracing itself for a hard time, and others are dealing with riots. "Don't come tell me that (food) is expensive because of biodiesel," Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said this week. In the South American nation, the alternative to petrol is made from sugar.

"It is expensive because the world was not ready to see millions of Chinese eat, millions of Indians, Brazilians and Latin Americans eat three times a day," Lula said in a speech before the opening session of the 30th Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).


April 12, 2008. AP: IMF Head Warns About Food Prices

April 12, 2008: AP: Haiti: Unrest, rioting, food prices jump. UN police officer killed. Where is Danny Glover and whatshisnameonehitwonder.

Globally, food prices have risen 40 percent since mid-2007. Haiti is particularly affected because it imports nearly all of its food, including more than 80 percent of its rice. Once-productive farmland has been abandoned as farmers struggle to grow crops in soil devastated by erosion, deforestation, flooding and tropical storms.

The U.S. State Department has issued a statement banning government officials from traveling to Haiti and advised American citizens to consider leaving the Caribbean country. An estimated 19,000 U.S. citizens live in Haiti, most dual-nationals who live in the capital. More than 140 American citizens have been kidnapped since 2005, but few were short-term visitors, the U.S. Embassy said.

April 4, 2008. Now the concern over social unrest as rice prices jump

April 3, 2008. Corn prices rise and spike. Chicago Tribune.com.

MSNBC.com, March 14, 2008. Why Your Food is Costing More Money.