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Paul Roberts: The End of Food

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Paul Roberts Links Biofuels 'Debacle' to High Food Prices

05 min 24 sec

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Paul Roberts discusses how biofuels drove corn prices up which have, in turn, skyrocketed prices of other mainstay crops.

Corn prices have quintupled in the past five years, Roberts reports, and this has caused a "ripple effect" throughout the global economy.
Paul Roberts Warns Against Antibiotics in Animal Feed

06 min 33 sec

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The End of Food author Paul Roberts discusses the history of the food industry's addiction to antibiotics.

These drugs, however, may be harmful to humans as they produce antibiotic-resistant pathogens.
Roberts Predicts Rising Food Prices

06 min 37 sec

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Author of The End of Food and The End of Oil Paul Roberts presents many roadblocks to solving the global food crisis: water shortages, grain requirements, and environmental depletion.

The current factory farm/food system is designed around oil priced at $15/barrel; with oil prices rising, Roberts asks how we can solve this crisis while upholding safe, sustainable farming practices?
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Athanora

Posted: 09.13.09, 04:59 AM

Incredibly intelligent analysis of our food industry and the agribusiness. It is time to change our habits and attitudes. Saying "our" I mean global.

benjis007

Posted: 01.01.09, 06:18 PM

good post. I am grateful. Tnx moderator(?). It may have been a bit elementary, but it was very well articulated, and perfect for an introduction for the masses to thinking about what they eat. (may not have been a proper sentence, but hey, ...

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