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	Staple food costs rise 50% outside America

ericskiff

4-7-2008 1:50 PM

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ericskiff says:

Vegetarianism (or reduced meat consumption) might actually be one of the answers here. It takes 700 calories of grain to produce 100 calories of meat.

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4-7-2008 7:43 PM

Kauaiguy

Haiti is a wonderful argument for Castro against the colonial intentions of capitalist "development."

4-8-2008 3:15 PM

swampfoxz

When you push people too far,they WILL push back.
It blows my mind to think that less than 500 people control 50% of the world's wealth,while millions starve.

6-6-2008 4:00 PM

boniface

Just one word: "Entomophagy."

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