Food and Money
The prices of food commodities in the world markets declined substantially from the early 1960's to the early 2000's, when they reached a historic low. Prices then slowly increased from 2003 to 2006 and then surged upwards from 2006 until the middle of 2008 before declining yet again. The sudden increases took many by surprise, and led to a growing concern over the ability of the world food economy to adequately feed billions of people, now and in the future.
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