The Food Crisis: Global Markets and Deregulation Strike Again

Food First
Food protests and riots from Italy to Yemen have begun capturing worldwide attention, and policymakers are scrambling to point fingers at a litany of culprits—everything from climate change, high oil prices, a weak dollar and the biofuels boom, to meat eaters in China. All of these factors have played a part in the current crisis, but the blame game is also allowing one culprit—the principle protagonist in this story—to get away with not even a mention. It’s a character you might have heard of recently for its role in that little unfortunate sub-prime mortgage mess. That’s right, deregulation. More

Stuffed and Starved: As Food Riots Break Out Across the Globe, Raj Patel Details “The Hidden Battle for the World Food System”

Democracy Now

The Big Question: Why are food prices rising so fast, and who are the beneficiaries?

The Independent
This article addresses the following questions about the increasing cost of food:

    Why are we asking this now? So where is affected by rising food prices? Who is suffering the most? What is causing the price increases? So who’s gaining from higher prices? Are British consumers being cheated? Can governments do anything to help? Any prospects of things changing? Should we be worried about rising food prices? More