Cook and save

“This is the world’s big story,” said Jeffrey Sachs, director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute in April. Food prices are up, folks, and it’s not just us Yanks who are being hit. It’s everywhere.

Recently, the demand for biofuels in Europe and the United States is to blame for the 75 % increase in food prices around the world. But wait a minute, biofuels means ethanol. Ethanol means corn. I thought I’d check with an authority on the matter. I called my dad in Indiana.

He just read an article in the Hoosier Farmer in which Don Villwock, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau, states that it’s time the public be informed. This argument that corn used for the production of ethanol is stealing food from people’s mouths is a myth proselytized by a hired gun, the GMA, The Grocery Manufacturers Association. This could stand to reason since many farmers like to point out that the price of corn often goes down but the price of a box of corn flakes continually rises.

My solution (and my parents) is to cook at home. It’s better for you and it’s cheaper. Make your own cereal. At least you’ll know what’s in it and you won’t be lining the pockets of massive corporations.

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