The prices of food are going up!

Is it due to lower crop yields around the world? Is it due to higher cost of transportation from higher fuel prices? Or is it due to food commodity prices going up caused by speculators? Or is it due to our insatiable desire for eating more than what we need?

Poor people around the world has already enough problems with surviving, asking them to pay more for food is like asking them to suffer even more.

Nothing ever gets cheaper, they only either stay the same or increases. Rising food price is something the world has to pay attention to. If we do not understand the reason for the rise of food prices, how are we to continue we to continue surviving in this world?

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Good post, and there's not much doubt that the global food problems are the result of many different factors that include the one's you mentioned. But, to me, the most significant question is what are we going to do about it? One possible response is for more people to consider going vegetarian since the raising and eating of meat is very inefficient, relatively speaking. Even cutting back a bit on meat consumption can go a long way-- including helping our own selves health-wise.

Obviously, there are many other responses that may be useful as well.

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