Nemesis
#2: Feb 15th 2011 at 3:08:55 PM
Fortunately, two rays of hope are that rice prices are stable and local corn prices in Africa have actually fallen, which means some of the world's poorest won't be hit as hard. Bad weather this year really did a number on a bunch of the world's major food exporters.
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#3: Feb 15th 2011 at 3:16:56 PM
Yes, it did. Weren't some of the riots and protests in the Middle East over food prices?
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Nemesis
#4: Feb 15th 2011 at 3:20:10 PM
Apparently, yes.
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#5: Feb 15th 2011 at 3:24:14 PM
Yup, I remember reading about this before.
...its times like this when I feel guilty about living in a first world country.
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Since: Jan, 2001
#6: Feb 16th 2011 at 1:43:56 PM
Eric,
Especially since our export subsidies and offshored single-crop client economies are to blame for much of it.
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