NYT: Food crisis prompts global unrest
See the front page story in the April 18, 2008, New York Times regarding the effects of rising food prices globally: “The food crisis is not only being felt among the poor but is also eroding the gains of the working and middle classes, sowing volatile levels of discontent and putting new pressures on fragile governments.”
Read the full story here (if the link doesn’t highlight, please cut and paste into your browser): http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/world/americas/18food.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin