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Article: The shortage isn't food, its democracy.(WORLD FOOD CRISIS)
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- Sojourners Magazine
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- July 1, 2008
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News broadcasts report a horrific "world food crisis." But there is no food shortage. In fact, there's more than enough food to make us all chubby--even counting only the "left-overs," what remains after turning more than a third of the world's grain and fish catch into feed.
The forecast for world cereal production in 2008 stands at a record 2,164 million metric tons, says the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization. That's an increase of 2.6 percent over last year, the previous global high.
Again: The shortage is not of food. It is one of democracy. At its heart, democracy means power distributed so that citizens' ...