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The President of the Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry for Styria (one of Austria’s nine provinces), Gerhard Wlodkowski, talked to us about his organization’s activities last night – and chief among them was raising public awareness about how food is produced.  Guelph Mercury, August 01, 2008 The global food crisis is starting to hit home. Even here in Ontario where a strong farming sector produces an abundance of top quality food and exports much of it to other countries, higher food prices are becoming a fact of life. The growth of renewable fuels — especially ethanol whose main ingredient is corn — and the concept of growing plants for fuel instead of food are being pegged as the number 1 reason behind the rising food costs. This corn, the argument goes, is corn that should be going to feed people and not cars.
The turf war between major retailers in Canada is paying off for consumers, says an article in today’s Globe and Mail. As food prices around the world soar, Canadians are enjoying food deflation as competition for market share amongst Canada’s big grocers intensifies. Food from grocery stores was 0.6 per cent cheaper in February than a [...] |   | ||||
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It was an all-too-familiar tune and one that most in the international audience could strongly relate to.
The food vs fuel debate is raging in Canada these days as consumers face rising food prices around the world. Some are pointing the finger at biofuels, in particular ethanol, which is made mostly from corn. This corn, the argument goes, is corn that should be going to feed people, and not cars.