U.S. seeing worst food inflation in 17 years – Stocks & economy- msnbc.com

This is scary, our government is paying farmers not to farm while the poor starve. What are we thinking? Maybe Castro had a good point about the effects of biofuels on the food market? Of course it’s more complex than that.. the exports, the war in Iraq driving up the deficit, the rising cost of energy and the slipping value of the dollar…