Grain Storehouse

There are many factors to the increase of wheat prices in America. Here are just a few: · We are now importing wheat – whereas we used to be wheat exporters. · We have paid farmers to switch from edible crops to ‘burnable’ crops for fuel · We are paying higher gas prices to transport [...]

In an article in the New York Sun, Josh Gershtein wrote a few very interesting and quotable remarks: “Many parts of America, long considered the breadbasket of the world, are now confronting a once unthinkable phenomenon: food rationing.” “…Major retailers….are limiting purchases of flour, rice, and cooking oil as demand outstrips supply.” “…most Costco members [...]

Below is a quote from the UN Secretary-General about the topic of the food crisis: At the United Nations on Monday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said rapidly worsening food shortages around the world had “reached emergency proportions.” “We need not only short-term emergency measures to meet urgent critical needs and avert starvation in many regions across the [...]

In a recent editorial in the New York Times, there is a write up about the World Food Crisis.  A small blurb from this editorial states: “The United States and other developed countries need to step up to the plate. The rise in food prices is partly because of uncontrollable forces — including rising energy [...]

In October 2007 scientists and researchers met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and established an early warning system to check the spread of stem rust. A survey system was then set up that would help researchers track and identify the spread of the fungus The Bill Gates Foundation has given $26.8 million U. S Dollars to [...]