UN rapporteur talks about the global food crisis - 28 Apr 08

what causes poverty is the question that puts you back in the game

I have an idea... FARM MORE FOOD!!!! Instead of building walmarts, grow me some fucking orange juice. I'm fucking hungry.

did he say we was burning mice?????

Maize, stupid.

The stuff you Americans call "corn".

DID the rapporteur said..ferlizes the road????

food is also a weapon

If one person goes hungry because of the bio fuel industry it would be unacceptable??  And yet Dubai is going through an orgy of palatial expansion. Give me a break.

The guest said so himself, it's changing food habits. Anyone can speculate that the evil biodiesel made from CORN doubled the price of WHEAT last year, but you need hard numbers or rather listen to smart people. I've heard more and more people talk about changing eating habits. The increase in oil did come from changing transportation habits in Asia, from the bicycle to the car. Well it's not hard conclude the same could be happening from pure rice and bread to meat today.

You must be the smart kid on the block . . .

cradle2light, great point
In the US we have more waste than any grain we could ever grow. In the city of Balitmore 60% of it energy is produced from waste. We could do this all over the country and posibly the world and kill two birds with on stone so to speak. Its clear that growing corn for fuel is having some effect on the the worlds food prices and there are alternatives that would solve two problems. But our leadership is controled by big business.