For 50 or 60 years, we have let ourselves believe that as long as we have money we will have food. That is a mistake. If we continue our offenses against the land and the labor by which we are fed, the food supply will decline, and we will have a problem far more complex than the failure of our paper economy. The government will bring forth no food by providing hundreds of billons of dollars to the agribusiness corporations.
via NYTimes.com.
Mr. Lattanzi said
The solution is to stop growing corn for ethanol purposes. A large percentage of our corn supply is going to a supposed ‘clean’ energy source that causes more smog than traditional fossil fuels. Likewise, it is taking food away from people by virtue of a) reducing the supply used for food and b) driving up the cost to buy it as a food staple.
adamv said
Well we need to veer away from corn altogether, not just in ethanol. Honestly so much of our food (especially as a sugar replacement) is based on corn.