What's all this I've been hearing about food shortages?

Anyone else hear any of this?

Plenty at my house.

Plenty at my house.

no didnt hear of it, but kriesybear had twice as much as we do.. he posted twice

I eat alot

haven't heard?

THEY'RE PROBABLY SAVING ALL THE CORN AND SOY TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE FUELS...

Thats why there are shortages!


I read this, which is why I asked:

Bay Area Shoppers Asked To Limit Rice Purchases

NBC 11
Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The price of a food staple -- rice -- is rising significantly, NBC11 reported.

The price of rice has increased dramatically in recent weeks due to crop failure overseas and resulting hoarding, NBC11 reported.

And at least one Bay Area store is asking customers to hold back on their rice purchases. Costco has posted signs asking customers to follow their regular rice-buying habits.

The rice price increase is a result of a domino effect, NBC11's Noelle Walker reported. Drought in Australia led to a severe decline in rice production that in turn led the world's largest rice exporters to restrict exports. That spurred higher rice prices and hoarding in Asian countries, NBC11 reported.



Now in the United States, rice prices have skyrocketed.

Son Tran owns Le Cheval Vietnamese Restaurant in Oakland.

He said he's seen the price of rice go from $20 to $40 in a matter of weeks.

And Le Cheval's stockpiles are dwindling.

Add to that, the price of vegetables has gone up 50 percent, and some of Tran's regular customers aren't so regular anymore.

The empty tables are a new and troubling trend.

Rice isn't the only food in short supply. The unleavened bread snack matzo, popular with Jewish families during Passover, is also hard to find.

Grocers underestimated demand for the product and one of the main producers of matzo crackers had a problem with one of its ovens on the East Coast, which also shortened supplies.

rice shortage

plenty of healthy choice meals here

shortage in the supply line due to poor harvest

food storage if your talking about the same thing is something the mormons started and wanted everyone to stock up on food for when the world has a nucular war we have food and live in bomb shelters.

I heard about it this morning on Yahoo.com

Okay, does anyone find it weird that our nation is having food issues?

We're supposed to have the bread basket, why are we outsourcing what we easily could grow ourselves?

I'm in the middle of a money shortage

How many other countrys burn there food as fuel

This is rediculous, and has little do with a bad harvests in countries like Thailand and Vietnam. They've actually been limiting the exports, but that doesn't matter, considering the U.S.A. produces roughly 70-75% of the world's food supply.

The shortages seems like scare tactics by the corporations to induce panic. What better way to sell your product? Anyone remember the Johnny Carson "warning" about toilet paper? I rest my case.

I never heard of it. All the grocery stores in my area have more than plenty of food on the shelves.

And, there are all those food pantries.

Perhaps someone just trying to start controversy?

Lindyy

It is because of biofuels and the government subsidies to dedicate crops toward it.