But how
long are we going to be able to afford it? Let’s not forget that US food prices
effect us all.
“The record drought gripping half the US will help push food
prices up by 3 per cent to 4 per cent next year, according to the US Department
of Agriculture. "In 2013 as a result of this drought we are looking at
above-normal food price inflation. ... Consumers are certainly going to feel
it," USDA economist Richard Volpe said on Wednesday. The drought has sent
corn, soybean and other commodity prices soaring in recent weeks as fields dry
out and crops wither across much of the country's midsection. Meteorologists
are predicting that conditions behind the drought will continue, putting crops
at risk and raising food prices as well as the specter of a food crisis.
"This drought was a surprise for everybody," Volpe said. "The
USDA was forecasting a record year for the corn crop until this drought
materialized. Now we're not going to get that." "The drought isn't merely bad because the crops are parched.
Climate change has nudged the temperature more than a degree higher than the
previous record-breaking US drought in the 1950s,” says author, economist and
food policy expert Raj Patel.” Click here for more
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1 comment:
City collective entitlement mentalities don't raise food from the earth. Someday they'll walk away from concrete and steel intending to steal some farmer's carrots. People don't change.
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