For an excellent article that talks about the current high food prices causing riots the world over, go here to Grist. Sharon Astyk explains how cheap, industrial food prices don’t help poor people; that increase in production does not abate hunger (most problems with food shortages are distribution problems); and how, historically, we paid more for food and worked less. Check it out.
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[...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptFor an excellent article that talks about the current high food prices causing riots the world over, go here to Grist. Sharon Astyk explains how cheap, industrial food prices don’t help poor people; that increase in production does not … [...]