Fischler – Food Security Warning

The Farmers’ Guardian is carrying this interesting story about Franz Fischlers concerns about food security. 

Food Ethics Council – The future cost of food

The highly influential Food Ethics Council is reporting on food stock piling and featuring the future cost of food in their latest magazine. 

Facts and Figures – the future cost of food.

This post showing in graphics and figures the likely future cost of food, is currently one of the most popular on the BBC news website, demonstrating that people across the world are waking up to this topic.  The BBC also has an article about how different farmers are reacting to the changes. 

Future Food Crisis – Competition for Land – The Chief Scientist

Yesterday in his first speech in the post the UK’s Chief Scientist warned about future shortages of food. This came only a few hours after a warning by the UN about the impacts of the rising price of food.

The Guardian in its coverage emphasises the competition for land with the introduction of biofuels. Whilst the Telegraph highlights the threat of the middle classes to those living in the developing world.

Rising Food Prices –

A useful article by the BBC on rising food prices, with some useful links to earlier coverage about food and grain prices.