From the NY Times. Something to think about in this upcoming push for "biofuels." Have you seen the price of milk in the US lately?
By CELIA W. DUGGER Published: September 29, 2007
Soaring food prices, driven in part by demand for ethanol made from corn, have helped slash the amount of food aid the government buys to its lowest level in a decade, possibly resulting in more hungry people around the world this year.
The United States, the world’s dominant donor, has purchased less than half the amount of food aid this year that it did in 2000, according to new data from the Department of Agriculture....[more]
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