The problem is that the new rhetoric of self-sufficiency coincides with a growing distrust of markets and trade.

By Thomas L. Friedman (The New York Times)
SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2008
If prices keep soaring, food and fuel could reshape politics around the developing world as much as nationalism or Communism did in their days.

By Peter Mandelson (International Herald Tribune)
THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008
In the global age, food security can only make sense at a global level.

By Dan Barber (The New York Times)
MONDAY, MAY 12, 2008
When it comes to nutrition and our agricultural future, bigger isn’t better

(The New York Times)
SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008
The U.S. Congress should realign its tax and subsidy programs to encourage the biofuels that will not compete for the world’s food supply.

By David Applefield (International Herald Tribune)
TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2008
It isn’t until you watch a hungry child eat at your kitchen table that the reality of world hunger begins to strike home.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/06/opinion/edapplefield.php

(The New York Times)
MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008
The human costs of the diversion of food into energy are all too evident. Relief agencies must get the support they need to feed the most vulnerable people.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/03/opinion/edfood.php