Surely it hasn't escaped the attention of anyone how food prices have continued to rise at increasingly rapid rates in recent years. We are in a state of global recession and yet curiously the cost of basic and essential food items continues to rocket. The G20 a year or so ago was supposedly going to tackle this problem, but seemingly it is once again off the radar.
What we have are food commodities markets and an increasingly concentrated group of financial corporations are using these markets to hedge their bets. They push up the value of key food items which results in higher costs and obviously when the markets deflate costs never come down and continue to rise with increasingly volatile economic markets.
What this basically means is that food prices are continuing to rise, poor people are going hungry and some cynical businessmen are getting rich by playing games with the cost of food which is a necessity for all.
We are always hearing about crops being depleted by natural events, but in reality food stocks are as stable as they have always been and though the global population continues to rise this is not the main factor in the increasing costs.
So, beware the latest evil...... food commodities speculation. They don't just want to keep you poor, they want to starve you too.
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