Salt Lake Tribune
May 6, 2008, Tribune Editorial Board

The food-versus-fuel debate is likely to get hotter, as food shortages in countries as widespread as Haiti, Mexico, Egypt, Indonesia and Somalia grow more lethal. The prices of food, especially grains, have risen sharply in recent months, sending grocery bills higher in developed countries and putting basic foodstuffs out of reach in some Third World nations. The World Bank estimates the price of food staples has risen 80 percent since 2005. ...

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