Food Shortage.

What kind of food shortage is the World experiencing? I s there just not enough food for everybody or is it something else? You got me. I don't have a clue.

One thing I know. Large numbers of the World's population live in areas where food has to be transported long distances to get to them. Because of energy costs to grow, harvest and transport the food, middle men and even commodity market manipulation, food costs to the consumer have quadrupled in the last couple of years. Given the state of the World economy, they could and probably will increase at least as much in the next few years.

Now, take into consideration that many families in Africa and Asia have incomes of no more than a dollar a day. Large numbers of Latin American families have not much more. Even if food could be gotten to them, and offered at rock bottom World market prices, they could not afford it. Their governments don't have the money to give them food, The United Nations doesn't, charities don't. They are all struggling with the same problem the people are. Costs of food have gone up, the population to be fed has gone up. The amount of money available to feed them has not gone up. Inflation, increased production and transportation costs and market manipulation, vastly decrease the amount of food governmental, social service and charitable agencies can provide. Even when food is provided in these situations, local militias steal most of it.

The US is tapped out. We are deeply in debt. We are warring in the Middle East to the tune of millions. While starvation is not imminent in this country, yet, times are not good. We are not going to be filling the gap needed to feed the World's poor. The UN is on a fixed income, they are not up to it. Religious organizations talk a good game but spend most of the money they collect in charitable donations on themselves.

The Governments of India and the Philippines released statements just this week stating unequivocally that they have enough food to get through the year, a sure sign that the opposite is true. The Philippines even denied that there have been food riots, in the face of filmed major media coverage of just such riots.

It's gonna be a long hot Summer.