The increase in food prices has risen even faster that the cost of a barrel of oil. How much market specultion is good?

We can't just stop buying food, unlike houses. Is part of the problem that global food production is now primarily a global business?

Should we trust our food security to the likes of Archer Daniels Midland? Sameer Dossani offers some specific steps toward changing the present system. Go to Greed and Dogma Fertilize Food Crisis.