Posted by Matt in May 4th, 2008 |
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Corn-based fuel isn’t the villain critics contend, but shifting to other crops is critical
Blame energy costs, not ethanol, for your grocery bill
Has ethanol contributed to the surge in food prices? Not very much, concludes a group of agricultural economists at Texas A&M University in an Apr. 10 report from the school’s Agricultural & Food Policy [...]
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Posted by Matt in April 7th, 2008 |
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These days you hear a lot about the world financial crisis. But there’s another world crisis under way — and it’s hurting a lot more people.
I’m talking about the food crisis. Over the past few years the prices of wheat, corn, rice and other basic foodstuffs have doubled or tripled, with much of the increase [...]
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