Lots of stories now about the rising prices of food. Lots more stories to come as commodity prices work their way into industrial food production – breads, pasta, and animal feeds. Add in fuel price increases and lower exchange rates for sterling then the trend is up and up. My only suprise is the price rises arn’t higher and haven’t come sooner.
Food has been too cheap for years. The country isn’t starving. Just the opposite it’s getting obese. Eating too much and wasting too much.
The question – will there be changes in production and consumption? If this is a long term trend then demographics along those old supply and demand economics will kick in. It probably is a long term trend but the market reacts on short term information. Good harvests, fuel prices fall temporarily and it appears as though nothing has happened. Prepare for the long term.
Does the world need another pea soup recipe? No, if you are reading this you can find a thousand. But after reading a dozen I went for this one at 
