Food for thought

Soaring prices for products like rice and wheat are causing headaches for aid agencies and politicians
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10926579

Dismal as all this sounds, there are some grounds for hope. Today's woes may lead to fundamental changes for the better in the world's approach to hunger and food shortages. And not before time, in the view of experts who see something crazy about the way many food-aid efforts are now conceived and executed.

http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10925518