The global rice crisis

[Womble]

My country's been hit by the global rice shortages, in a way that's going to be very painful to my wallet. Supermarket chains and even some smaller grocery stores are limiting rice purchases to three packs per person, and prices are expected to rise up to 70% in a matter of days. This is bad.

Anybody else's been affected?

[PrioroftheOri]

Wow, that sucks. IDK about ours, i heard about it on the news and saw that Sam's Club is limiting it to 4 bags per person. I'm not sure about prices tho.

[shipper hannah]

Wow, that sucks. IDK about ours, i heard about it on the news and saw that Sam's Club is limiting it to 4 bags per person. I'm not sure about prices tho.

yes, that's 80 pounds of rice. damn.
wait to blow it out of proportion. it barely even qualifies as a news story.

[Amann]

damn, that means no more rice and chicken for me

[Agent_Dark]

hahaha rice

[Womble]

yes, that's 80 pounds of rice. damn.
wait to blow it out of proportion. it barely even qualifies as a news story.

He is likely talking about much smaller packages than 2 pound bags.

Does it qualify as a news story? If it doesn't yet, give it a few days. We are talking about skyrocketing prices to one of the most basic foods. It's going to drag up food prices in general- meat and milk first and foremost, but also potato, and wheat, and everything else. It's a rising tidal wave of a major global crisis.

Did you know there are already huge riots going on in many countries over food prices? Philippines, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Egypt, Haiti. Governments will fall over it and wars will break out. Headline worthy? You bet.

The worst thing about it is that it is the policies of irresponsible humanitarians and ecologists that are responsible. A full 20% of global corn and rapeseed output is being diverted from food to biofuel production. It is the scam of the 21 century- pay more, reduce your mileage and make other people starve as an added bonus. Then, of course, there's the silly do-gooders obsessed with giving free food to the poor in the Third world countries. Local farmers cannot compete with free handouts, so they go out of business and the global food production suffers.

[rarocks24]

The unexpected result of ethanol production.

Something has got to be done about this. It's already starting to happen in the U.S. Rising cost of fuel and ethanol production are causing food prices to go up all over.

[Madeleine]

yes, that's 80 pounds of rice. damn.
wait to blow it out of proportion. it barely even qualifies as a news story.

Maybe not in the tabloids, but read a broadsheet and once you get a dozen pages in, the World News section begins. At this point, it becomes a news story, on account of the many thousands who have been tipped from poor to impoverished, or from impoverished to starving, due to dramatic increases in the cost of their staple food.