Fresh from the oven, The Economist article on the end of cheap food

Cheap no moreDec 6th 2007 From The Economist print editionGerrit BuntrockRising incomes in Asia and ethanol subsidies in America have put an end to a long era of falling food pricesONE of the odder features of last weekend's vote in Venezuela was that staple foods were in short supply. Something similar happened in Russia before its parliamentary election. Governments in both oil-rich countries