UrbanBaby

06.09.08, 18:29 PM New York City
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Any one else concerned about widespread famine in Ethiopia this year? The early rains never materialized so the first crop was wasted. Severe food shortages for 6 months are anticipated. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
New York City 06.09.08, 06:29 PM Flag

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it isn't just isolated to ethiopia. huge increase in food prices is causing problems in most of the world-I think this is going to make bad situations much worse [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.09.08, 06:33 PM Flag

OP: Ifind it so interesting though, when Americans complain about food prices. If you do some research, our relative food costs have been at an all time low. We pay for crap and we get it. And then there was the article baou the farmers who wanted to grow a dverse (organic) food crop on some unused (former) wheat acres and the governtment slapped them with a huge, huge fine. And finally, I was struck by the famer who had to plow under 30 yo cherry trees that grew sweet cherries in favor of planting tart, hardy cherries to be used in processed food. Govt regs have discourage migrant farmers form working in the US. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.09.08, 06:37 PM Flag

^^^so he had no labor to harvest the cherries. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.09.08, 06:38 PM Flag

the fact that the gov't is raiding many businesses/farms which rely on imgrant labor to look for illegal immigrants is a huge problem. you hit the nail on the head-we are so concerned about paying cheap costs, so we shop at wal mart, ignoring the fact that they squeeze out their vendors and treat their employees like crap. part of it may have to do with the decrease in influence of labor unions [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.09.08, 06:41 PM Flag

interesting thought. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.09.08, 06:43 PM Flag

But the costs for healthy foods and produce is very high. It's deceptive that they average the cost of Twinkies in with milk. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.09.08, 06:44 PM Flag

the costs associated with healhty foods aren't that high, unless you are looking to fly in berries from chile during the winter [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.09.08, 06:46 PM Flag

I was just reading an article with prices (adjusted for inflation) for milk. Milk has only been more expensive during the 70s gas crisis and during WWII (according to this chart). [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.09.08, 06:47 PM Flag

^^But I do agree about out-of-season produce availability. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.09.08, 06:49 PM Flag

milk has recently gone up, but we had very very low costs until recently [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.09.08, 06:49 PM Flag

OR: I agree...I rememeber when you only had strawberried and corn in the summer...and I'm not that old. I try to eat local and seasonl now, but stawberries in November are hard to give up! [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.09.08, 06:48 PM Flag

they didn't have twinkies to average in the 40s....the truth is we have very high expectation for low food costs in the US. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.09.08, 06:47 PM Flag