A Food Price Story With No Mention of Ethanol
Posted: May 8, 2008
Now here is a rare commodity - an article about high food prices that doesn’t mention ethanol or biofuels even once!
The story is from the Catholic News Service and the author is Barbara Fraser. She mentions drought, high oil prices and increased demand as causing higher prices - but not production of biofuels. But rather than dwelling on the blame game, the article talks about what needs to be done to address the problem.
The focus of the article is the need to help the poor in other countries with long-term policies that include “increased investment in agriculture and development and more consistent international trade policies.”
Lisa Kuennen, director of the public resource group at Catholic Relief Services, said developing countries also must connect small farmers with markets, help people diversify their sources of income so they are not as vulnerable to volatile food prices, and implement land reform.
Let’s hear it for the Catholics!