Kasz216 said:
The UN has stated that Biofuels are one of the leading causes of the global food crisis. Specifially the biofuel programs of the US and EU. It has called on a 5 year moratorium at least... to help get the food crisis under control. They even called biofuels a "Criminal path" and a "Crime against humanity." The US biofuel program is 2-3 times larger then the EU's at least. Barak Obama plans to expand this program by 3 times it's current size. vs McCain who wants to shut down the subsidiaries... which would go in line with the UN's plan to stop the global food crisis. Tens of millions will be pushed to starvation because of it. |
We ran a story today about food experts worldwide pushing spuds to end global hunger. Even poor countries could grow their own potatoes.
Experts push potatoes to end global hunger
With governments having trouble feeding the growing number of hungry poor and grain prices fluctuating wildly, food scientists are proposing a novel solution for the global food crisis: Let them eat potatoes. Grains like wheat and rice have long been staples of diets in most of the world and the main currency of food aid. Now, a number of scientists, nutritionists and aid specialists are increasingly convinced that the humble spud should be playing a much larger role to ensure a steady supply of food in the developing world. Poor countries could grow more potatoes, they say, to supplement or even replace grains that are most often shipped in from far away and are subject to severe market gyrations. Even before a sharp price spike earlier this year, governments in countries from China to Peru to Malawi had begun urging both potato growing and eating as a way to ensure food security and build rural income. Production in China rose 50 percent from 2005 to 2007, and the government has called potatoes "a way out of poverty." Source: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/6078166.html
