Sunday, January 16, 2011

ARTICLE: In Corrupt Global Food System, Farmland Is the New Gold


Famine-hollowed farmers watch trucks loaded with grain grown on their ancestral lands heading for the nearest port, destined to fill richer bellies in foreign lands. This scene has become all too common since the 2008 food crisis.  More than 100 billion dollars has been invested in buying farmland since 2008, mainly in Africa by foreign companies and state entities.


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