The Price of Bread

     

     An article I found (link) had some interesting things to say about a loaf of bread and what the rising price of it could mean.
     Summary:
     -The price of bread is directly related to the price of wheat, and the price of the fossil fuels it takes to plant and harvest that wheat.
     -The price of bread goes up when there is a shortage of wheat, and many shortages have been caused recently by climate change. It also goes up with the rising cost of oil, but you already knew that.
     -When bread gets more expensive, there is unrest in the counties that need to import wheat. (Egypt and other Arab Spring countries)
     -So far, it looks like the people that could be trying to help this are just getting more rich off it . (Corporations Glencore and Cargill)

     Anyway, if something isn't done to increase and stabilize our global food production, unrest will continue to spread. If left unchecked, it could easily make it to many modern and industrialized countries as well.

Original Article:
http://www.truth-out.org/reading-world-loaf-bread/1311087594