The World Food Crisis Dissected
Thursday, May 8th, 2008, 10:28 AM
Unless you’ve been stuck in a soundproof vault the past couple of weeks, you’d know the world is faced with one of the worst global food crises in history. Almost every day, the Financial Times on my doorstep has some new article about it.
I’ve been on radio, TV, and quoted in some papers about the roots of the crisis and have been scouring the news outlets for other views that help us make sense of it.
To date, one of the best pieces I’ve read is by John Nichols of The Nation magazine.
This morning, NPR’s Marketplace had an excellent segment about the food crisis in Haiti as part of a series they’re doing all week.
