http://www.metafilter.com/tags/highprices Posts tagged with 'highprices' at MetaFilter. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:23:47 -0800 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:23:47 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/71070/Sitting%2DOut%2DEarth%2DDay <a href="http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_ID=11049284">The new face of hunger</a> -- “World agriculture has entered a new, unsustainable and politically risky period” says the International Food Policy Research Institute. Food riots have erupted in countries all along the equator because of soaring food commodity prices. So, where does the world get more food? If the extra supplies are to come mainly from large farmers in America and Europe, then they may be <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24227498/">trapped in a farm subsidy Catch-22</a>. Increase production per acre? We just learned about the myth of GM crops (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/71050/Global-food-studies">previously of MeFi</a>). All of this is why some are just <a href="http://www.news.com/8301-10787_3-9925556-60.html?tag=nefd.top">sitting out Earth Day</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.71070 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:23:47 -0800 earthday farming food highprices hunger inflation poverty netbros