The coming food catastrophe

Published Sunday, April 06, 2008 by Dan Gainsford | E-mail this post

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Here's a great article on the serious issues that are surfacing in regards to global food production and consumption.

http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/251838

"In Thailand, farmers are sleeping in their fields after reports that thieves are stealing the rice, now worth $600 a tonne, straight out of the fields. Four people have died in Egypt in clashes over subsidized flour that was being sold for profit on the black market. There have been food riots in Morocco, Senegal and Cameroon.

Last year it became clear the era of cheap food was over: food costs world-wide rose by 23 per cent between 2006 and 2007. This year, what is becoming clear is the impact of this change on ordinary people's lives."

If we look at the collapse of civilizations throughout history most often they result from over complexity and no single one factor. Food has always played a major role in the ebb and flow of human populations and in today's reality as we face some very significant global issues, we should pay attention to this increasing complexity, and pray that history is not repeating itself once again.

peace,d

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