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Why the era of cheap food is over

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Food prices worldwide hit record highs in 2006, and all the signs are that they will go on rising this year, and for the foreseeable future. The era of cheap food, the experts say, is over and we are going to have to get used to it. This is easier said than done for millions around the world, as evidenced by protests in Mexico over the cost of corn tortillas, and in Italy last September about the price of (wheat) pasta

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This is why we have to give up on bio fuels by Watching on Wednesday, Jan 2, 2008 at 1:01:17 PM