Newsletter no 4 - Food price volatility and Food markets

Newsletter no 4 - Food price volatility and Food markets
2 April 2014, by Manu

A new food price crisis: the time has come to put people at the centre of the food system!
Chronic, persistent and increasing hunger levels. Rising demand on top of a collapsing resource base. Unsustainable consumption patterns and waste. Feedstocks diverted from food to fuel. Extreme vulnerability. Climate chaos. Political unrest and food riots. Markets rigged against the many in favour of the few. Spiralling food prices... The dominant food system is not delivering. This is because it is (...)