tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700505313257578551.post2421847636722093574..comments2023-10-08T20:53:14.164+11:00Comments on Deep Dish Dreams: Tortilla, chappati and bread riots, The Pasta Boycott and The Tomato Strike.stickyfingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861830835308131738noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700505313257578551.post-82291014833370173392008-05-06T10:35:00.000+10:002008-05-06T10:35:00.000+10:00Thanks PG.What blew me away when I was researching...Thanks PG.<BR/><BR/>What blew me away when I was researching this was the fact that on average, everyone in the developed world consumes the equivalent of an SUV filled with grain annually. And if the USA had made ethanol from sugar cane rather than corn, there would be no shortfall in the demand for cereal and less reliance on oil for fuel. Or if the US had bought ethanol from Brazil instead, a major element of this food crisis would have been averted.<BR/><BR/>For those who have skimmed over this, I realise that this kind of content can be upsetting, but like a child, it is in human nature to need to touch something hot in order to be warned not to do it again. <BR/><BR/>I will follow this post with something lighter. We experienced some open hearted generosity on the weekend that I'd like to share.stickyfingershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861830835308131738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700505313257578551.post-69888605095156860972008-05-06T07:59:00.000+10:002008-05-06T07:59:00.000+10:00"Something indeed must be done, reclassifying inve..."Something indeed must be done, reclassifying investment ratings is far less urgent than changing our apathy towards the rest of the world and our support of US policies that also have an undesirable impact on our farmers."<BR/><BR/>Hear, Hear.purple goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05205284829507903435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700505313257578551.post-44279910654361030142008-05-05T23:42:00.000+10:002008-05-05T23:42:00.000+10:00Gobbler there is always light at the end of the tu...Gobbler there is always light at the end of the tunnel and this will mark a change in shifting global fortunes. Australians will be fine in the long run. But that is something I will use my marketing and trendspotting crystal ball to explain at a later date.<BR/><BR/>Grocer - in the words of Vicky Pollard,"Yer-but-no-but, yerrr."<BR/><BR/>Interestingly the price of wheat is lower today than it was in 1974. Since then government subsidies in many countries have kept food cheap and most people, not realising this, have taken it for granted. <BR/><BR/>In developed countries many of those subsidies are still in place and instead of capitalising on the benefits of them to feed one's family better, the family income is shown to be diverted into more recreational activities, consumer durables and convenience foods, bringing into play further issues such as obesity and a decline in social mores.<BR/><BR/>Less developed countries are feeling the advance in prices much more significantly and local subsidies are not high enough to assist them.<BR/><BR/>I think perhaps what is happening to us in middle class Australia and in the USA is that we are now paying what we should do for our sustenance. It is time for us all to be less insular in terms of our concerns, time to think globally - not just in terms of the environment but also in terms of sustaining the growing population of the planet. <BR/><BR/>The issue is how do we encourage industry and governments overseas to spend more money to responsibly develop under-utilised tracts of land in order to better feed countries less fortunate? It is time for World leaders to be less seduced by corporations and to be accountable for the negative global impact of some of their policies.<BR/><BR/>Something indeed must be done, reclassifying investment ratings is far less urgent than changing our apathy towards the rest of the world and our support of US policies that also have an undesirable impact on our farmers.stickyfingershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861830835308131738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700505313257578551.post-14227950818392873692008-05-05T21:13:00.000+10:002008-05-05T21:13:00.000+10:00Back in November, I posted about this. Since then ...Back in November, <A HREF="http://getrealfood.blogspot.com/2007/11/sustainability-of-our-sustenance.html" REL="nofollow">I posted about this</A>. <BR/><BR/>Since then the "global credit crisis" has masked these issues from the media for the meantime.<BR/><BR/>unless we adjust our own expectations of what we consume, we will be COMPETING FOR FOOD with the world's emerging economies.<BR/><BR/>I sincerely hope that the silver lining to this cloud is that people re-evaluate what they eat, where it comes from, and how it gets there...<BR/><BR/>...before it's too late!grocerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13860154539429230909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700505313257578551.post-33895978009390116662008-05-05T20:43:00.000+10:002008-05-05T20:43:00.000+10:00An excellent but sombre post sticky.I too, have be...An excellent but sombre post sticky.<BR/>I too, have been a bit overwhelmed at times by the enormaty of this looming crisis. In fact it has made me quite anxious thinking about what is in store for us all in the next few years. Combine this with the possible calamity of big oil imploding & the shit will really hit the fan.<BR/>It depresses me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com