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Food prices on the rise, big freeze in South

February 14 2011 at 12:57 PM
  (Premier Login Oscar50)
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http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/todays-paper/Best+Buys+Florida+produce+thaws/4247726/story.html

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Produce-prices-skyrocket-overnight-115985429.html

http://www.nogalesinternational.com/articles/2011/02/12/news/doc4d55af5f9db76538042187.txt


On top of that, I read that 50% of the corn grown in the US is used to make ethanol.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2048885,00.html




    
This message has been edited by Oscar50 on Feb 14, 2011 1:42 PM


 
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Vince
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Yep, it's that groaning consensus

February 14 2011, 3:17 PM 

It's better to use arable land for growing artificial oil ... than it is for eating.

-Vince

 
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