[/b]If you have an extra 10 seconds per day you may want to search Google News for "food riot" and notice the amount of hits you get. I've been doing this daily for a few days now and every day it goes up, a lot (for instance, just two days ago I got about 1600 hits, then 1700, today over 2000). That doesn't seem like a positive sign of things to come. This works with other key words as well.
well were gonna have global food prices up for a while guys so start ur garden early this year. growing economies in india and china will be raising demand for most farm goods such as wheat and rice and that will have a chain effect on all food prices. im pretty sure the drought in austrailia has alot to do with the temporary spike in wheat prices but pair that with a dollar that is dropping in value and that will further raise demand for U.S. Grown goods because purchasing power of forign countries will be up. Other than fuel prices being up, farmers should have a good year next year.
Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:44 pm
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The stuff they mentioned in the video besides fruit, I wouldn't recommend as good food. Wheat, rice, soy, etc = crap.
Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:04 pm
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madthumbs wrote:
The stuff they mentioned in the video besides fruit, I wouldn't recommend as good food. Wheat, rice, soy, etc = crap.
its not good food its cheap food... its pretty much what ppl in poor countries live on... good food like fruits and vegetables has always been more expensive
You know what I find insane, organic food costing two to three times more than regular food treated with chemicals fertilizers and pesticides.
Organic food should cost two to three times less because there is not extra cost of chemicals fertilizers and pesticides.
I see it like this, if you want natural food then pay us 9 times more than it should cost, who can afford that?
Only the very wealthy and very healthy.
That other point is super rich people don't eat these things, Beluga and Caviar for breakfast anyone What say you to $2,400 for a one-pound tin of black fish eggs? Be sure to wash it down with a $750 bottle of Krug Clos du Mesnil.
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the reason organics cost more is cuz ppl are so fukkin picky about blemishes and bruses that they wont buy it if it doesnt look perfect... i work in a grocery store and they throw away tons of food just cuz its appearance isnt upto par....
its harder to get good organics cuz with no pesticides bugs go forem more, tho they can use natural pesticides like the neem plant... but then they wouldnt have an excuse to drive up costs
Considering the fruit we have in the west travels a few thousands miles I would expect a few bruises here and there.
The problem I have is that only the banana can ripen after its been pulled, no other fruit I believe can do that, so they are not even fully mature with all the goodness they should have, plus they get irradiated
Don't be a banana republic and try and stand up to the powers that be.
The term organic is a silly one if you think about it, all fruit starts out organic until its gets sexual intercourse with at the Gene code level, they can stop putting all the chemicals in there if they want to, insects needs to eat as well, its an important part of the Eco system we live in, if they don't eat a small percentage of what humans produce they will die out and leave a gap in the food web, we know how this has a knock on effect.
Kill all the Cats and have fun with all the rats.
The farming that is happening in the world today is just shocking, but its all part of the plan.
I try and eat as much uncooked raw food as I can but dame its so easy to eat junk because its so cheap and everywhere!
help me
Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:26 pm
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Tomato is a fruit that ripens after being picked, and when confined to a small area with bananas will ripen faster. What about pineapple, and avocado? There is a lot of food around us that many don't consider food. There's a tone of ducks, geese, and seagulls around here. My current front yard has a mulberry tree which produces a large amount of fruit. There are butternut trees around. If only people planted more food producing trees and less ornamental crap.
its harder to get good organics cuz with no pesticides bugs go forem more, tho they can use natural pesticides like the neem plant... but then they wouldnt have an excuse to drive up costs
It's either the chemicals or nothing, lol. Spraying 8% hydrogen peroxide on your plants works to prevent bugs, according to Bill Munro.
Millions worldwide are vulnerable; developing nations especially at risk
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Protesters are blocked by riot police as they try to march towards the Presidential Palace to deliver a mock birthday cake and gift to the Philippine President Gloria Arroyo on her 61st birthday in Manila. The protesters called on Arroyo to step down, blaming her government for rising food and oil prices.
AP-updated 4:05 p.m. ET, Fri., April. 11, 2008
ROME - Even with bigger crops, soaring food prices that have sparked unrest across the globe are likely to persist, threatening millions of people worldwide, a U.N. agency said Friday.
Prices of bread, rice, milk, cooking oil and other basic foodstuffs have sharply increased in the past months in many developing countries, according to a report by the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization. Prices of wheat and rice have doubled compared to last year, while those of corn are more than a third higher.
Grain prices have risen as a result of steady demand, especially from China and India, supply shortages and new export restrictions, FAO said.
Even though world grain production is expected to increase this year by 2.6 percent to a record 2.16 billion tons, experts say this is going to have little impact on the prices.
“All indications we have is that this is not a short-term effect ... where the first year you have price increases and the following year there is an increase of supply that brings the prices down,” FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said at a news conference.
Experts say price speculation and market failures will likely reduce the effect of boosted production.
However, the “Crop Prospects and Food Situation” report says that expected growth in production, especially in wheat and rice, could at least ease the tight supply situation worldwide.
FAO said that farmers in developing countries should be granted better access to fertilizers, seeds and animal feed to increase local food production.
Surging food prices, further stoked by rising fuel costs, have triggered protests around the world in recent days. The increases hit poor people hardest, as food represents as much as 60-80 percent of consumer spending in developing nations, compared to about 10-20 percent in industrialized countries, the U.N. agency said.
What say you to $2,400 for a one-pound tin of black fish eggs? Be sure to wash it down with a $750 bottle of Krug Clos du Mesnil.
