Saturday, July 07, 2007

Down on the Farm

...in two interesting articles today. William Saletan writes in Slate and The Washington Post about the controversy over the impact of growing crops for biofuels on the developing world; will it drive up food prices and increase hunger? See http://www.slate.com/id/2169867/. The Globe & Mail reports on suicides among farmers in central India who cannot make ends meet; http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/
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