World Food Price Crisis

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1717572,00.html

This is an article concerning the rising food prices of the world. People from Mexico to Pakistan are protesting and rioting against the doubling costs of feeding themselves and their families. It is said to be because booming populations and growing middles classes are demanding ever greater amounts of food. Also making the problem worse is the encouragement to use bio-fuels, which consume great amounts of potential feed. Demand for a necessity has never been so high.