<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - food-prices</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/food-prices</link><description>Newsvine - food-prices</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 6 Apr 2013 14:16:35 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 05:28:01 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Is It My Imagination or Is My Pay Check Evaporating?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
It seems that every time I get a utility bill, it higher than the one before?&nbsp; It doesn&rsquo;t seem to matter if I&rsquo;ve been out of town for five days, or if I haven&rsquo;t used the heat or air, or if I haven&rsquo;t cooked&hellip;it&rsquo;s either the same of inching&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[At the Table with A.R. Lawyer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[At the Table with A.R. Lawyer]]></source><link>http://atthetable.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17629855-is-it-my-imagination-or-is-my-pay-check-evaporating</link><guid>http://atthetable.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17629855-is-it-my-imagination-or-is-my-pay-check-evaporating</guid><category>economy</category><category>gas-prices</category><category>us-news</category><category>energy-costs</category><category>food-prices</category><category>cost-of-living</category><category>utility-costs</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Apr 2013 14:16:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=atthetableF20AF83A-FFE8-85EC-14C5-3B51500382A8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="168" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=atthetableF20AF83A-FFE8-85EC-14C5-3B51500382A8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Consumer prices rising, inflation remains mild</title>
<description><![CDATA[A spike in gas prices drove a measure of U.S. consumer costs up in  February by the most in more than three years. But outside the gain in  fuel costs, inflation was mostly modest.
The consumer price index  increased a seasonally adjusted 0.7% last month from January, the Labor &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17358360-consumer-prices-rising-inflation-remains-mild</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17358360-consumer-prices-rising-inflation-remains-mild</guid><category>business</category><category>prices</category><category>gas-prices</category><category>costs</category><category>inflation</category><category>federal-reserve</category><category>gasoline-prices</category><category>consumer-price-index</category><category>fuel-costs</category><category>food-prices</category><category>consumer-costs</category><category>comsumer-prices</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:30:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato60008A65D849-AD48-9359-940C-897244A8C997.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato60008A65D849-AD48-9359-940C-897244A8C997.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>UN says food prices drop again</title>
<description><![CDATA[A U.N. agency plays down fears of a looming world food crisis as international coordination and flagging demand have led to a drop in food prices for the third consecutive month in December.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16444619-un-says-food-prices-drop-again</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16444619-un-says-food-prices-drop-again</guid><category>un</category><category>prices</category><category>world-news</category><category>food-prices</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:05:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UN: No evidence of new food price crisis</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prices of basic foods remained flat in August, offering assurances that a repeat of the global food price crisis that sparked rioting several years ago is unlikely, U.N. food agency officials said Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/04/13654469-un-no-evidence-of-new-food-price-crisis</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/04/13654469-un-no-evidence-of-new-food-price-crisis</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>un</category><category>food</category><category>prices</category><category>world-news</category><category>agriculture-organization</category><category>food-prices</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2012 10:43:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Food Price Inflation: Is There A Food Crisis Coming?</title>
<description><![CDATA[As prices of staple foods on the commodity markets reach record  highs, fear is growing that a series of bad crops around the world could  soon cause a global food crisis.
A number of factors are coming together to push up the cost of basic  food products on the world markets. I&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/19/13360726-food-price-inflation-is-there-a-food-crisis-coming</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/19/13360726-food-price-inflation-is-there-a-food-crisis-coming</guid><category>economy</category><category>inflation</category><category>world-news</category><category>food-prices</category><category>food-inflation</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:08:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UN agency: Global food prices up due to US drought</title>
<description><![CDATA[A U.N. agency says an increase in the cost of grain and sugar helped to drive up global food prices in July, as a widespread U.S. drought continues punishing corn crops.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Suhr]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Suhr]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/09/13199262-un-agency-global-food-prices-up-due-to-us-drought</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/09/13199262-un-agency-global-food-prices-up-due-to-us-drought</guid><category>us</category><category>prices</category><category>drought</category><category>us-news</category><category>food-prices</category><category>global-food-prices</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Aug 2012 13:25:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UN agency: Global food prices up sharply in July</title>
<description><![CDATA[International food prices rose sharply in July after three months of decline, driven by a spike in grain and sugar prices, a United Nations report said Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victor  L. Simpson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Victor  L. Simpson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/09/13196113-un-agency-global-food-prices-up-sharply-in-july</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/09/13196113-un-agency-global-food-prices-up-sharply-in-july</guid><category>business</category><category>un</category><category>prices</category><category>united-nations</category><category>food-prices</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Aug 2012 09:46:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Brutal July heat a new U.S. record </title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;The July heat wave that wilted crops, shriveled rivers and fueled wildfires officially went into the books Wednesday as the hottest single month on record for the continental United States.
The average temperature across the Lower 48 was 77.6 degrees Fahrenheit, 3.3 degr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/08/13186278-brutal-july-heat-a-new-us-record</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/08/13186278-brutal-july-heat-a-new-us-record</guid><category>global-warming</category><category>drought</category><category>climate-change</category><category>atmospheric-administration</category><category>us-news</category><category>dust-bowl</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>food-prices</category><category>national-oceanographic</category><category>koch-brothers</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Aug 2012 22:15:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2ADF07A9E-1955-0A7E-6D1B-730289D487B9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="120" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2ADF07A9E-1955-0A7E-6D1B-730289D487B9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>US Drought Impacts Global Food Security</title>
<description><![CDATA[he United States is the leading producer of corn and soybeans &ndash; two commodities that developing countries rely on. However, over the past two months, prices have risen sharply as the U.S. experiences its worst drought since the 1950s. A food policy expert says effectively r&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/08/13185110-us-drought-impacts-global-food-security</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/08/13185110-us-drought-impacts-global-food-security</guid><category>maize</category><category>world-news</category><category>corn</category><category>voa</category><category>soybeans</category><category>food-prices</category><category>global-food-supply</category><category>us-drought</category><category>developing-counties</category><category>fod-commidites</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Aug 2012 20:17:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry611B7134EEE-BDA0-6F95-BCD0-266DA5C273EA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry611B7134EEE-BDA0-6F95-BCD0-266DA5C273EA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Impact of corn prices on food? Not what you think</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cornflakes won't necessarily be more expensive as a result of rising corn prices, but the milk you pour over them might be.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Candice Choi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Candice Choi]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/01/13070923-impact-of-corn-prices-on-food-not-what-you-think</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/01/13070923-impact-of-corn-prices-on-food-not-what-you-think</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>prices</category><category>on-the</category><category>money</category><category>food-prices</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Aug 2012 16:53:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Higher Food Prices Expected USDA says</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Food prices will race ahead faster than prices of other goods in the United States this year and next, due to the worst drought in more than a half a century, the government forecast on Wednesday.
Food prices rose 3.7 percent in 2011, and American consumers may pay 3.5 percent&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Digits]]></source><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/26/12958964-higher-food-prices-expected-usda-says</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/26/12958964-higher-food-prices-expected-usda-says</guid><category>economy</category><category>food</category><category>drought</category><category>agriculture</category><category>crops</category><category>us-news</category><category>usda</category><category>food-prices</category><category>higher-food-prices</category><category>food-rices</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:42:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digitsA5959520-0762-DD87-B68A-06C407B28FEC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="342" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=digitsA5959520-0762-DD87-B68A-06C407B28FEC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="107" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>USDA says drought will push up food prices in 2013</title>
<description><![CDATA[The drought gripping more than half the country is a major reason why consumers can expect to pay 3 percent to 4 percent more for groceries next year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Karnowski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Steve Karnowski]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12950828-usda-says-drought-will-push-up-food-prices-in-2013</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12950828-usda-says-drought-will-push-up-food-prices-in-2013</guid><category>us</category><category>prices</category><category>drought</category><category>us-news</category><category>food-prices</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:26:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f9067c41-eca6-4b6b-b9e4-6779a0546900.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f9067c41-eca6-4b6b-b9e4-6779a0546900.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 19, 2012 photo, a herd of cattle belonging to Kendal Grecian drink from a water tank at his ranch in Palco, Kan. Grecian spent years meticulously breeding his cows to improve the genetics in each generation, but with Kansas in one of the worst droughts seen in decades, he's struggling to find enough grazing to feed 300 cows, plus their calves. He hopes to get by with selling only a quarter of his herd, but there are no guarantees with the drought expected to linger through October.  (AP Photo/John L. Mone)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cade80fa-9f0e-4ec1-bce0-649409a1c7f2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cade80fa-9f0e-4ec1-bce0-649409a1c7f2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 19, 2012 photo, a precipitation gauge in front of cattle rancher Kendal Grecian's Palco, Kan. house reads zero. A drought affecting cattlemen throughout the middle and western part of the U.S. is forcing cattlemen to sell off animals they can't graze or afford to buy feed for. (AP Photo/John L. Mone)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f9bc1b90-492b-4028-913d-1b079c119f42.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f9bc1b90-492b-4028-913d-1b079c119f42.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rows of corn stalks stand under a cloudless sky south of Blair, Neb., Monday, July 23, 2012. The drought-damaged field was cut down for silage. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9a7b76d1-8dd7-4391-872a-ba55d1d6ead9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9a7b76d1-8dd7-4391-872a-ba55d1d6ead9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Butcher Freddie Quina cuts meat at Super Cao Nguyen in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. The record drought gripping half the country will help push food prices up by 3 percent to 4 percent next year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6906be36-58db-420b-8c38-ff5e1eacd6d8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="220" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6906be36-58db-420b-8c38-ff5e1eacd6d8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Butcher Freddie Quina cuts meat at Super Cao Nguyen in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. The record drought gripping half the country will help push food prices up by 3 percent to 4 percent next year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3054e974-9561-44b9-aae4-01970ca2d2d4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="125" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3054e974-9561-44b9-aae4-01970ca2d2d4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="38" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Meat is on display in a case at Super Cao Nguyen in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Butcher Freddie Quina cuts meat at Super Cao Nguyen in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. The record drought gripping half the country will help push food prices up by 3 percent to 4 percent next year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Drought sends ;mighty Mississippii river levels near record lows </title>
<description><![CDATA[
The "mighty Mississippi" has lost some of its might with the season's epic drought taking its toll on river levels, which are falling to near historic lows.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will spend nearly $7 million dredging in an attempt to keep ports operational and keep &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/19/12838585-drought-sends-mighty-mississippii-river-levels-near-record-lows</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/19/12838585-drought-sends-mighty-mississippii-river-levels-near-record-lows</guid><category>global-warming</category><category>mississippi</category><category>drought</category><category>climate-change</category><category>us-news</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>army-corp-of-engineers</category><category>food-prices</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:17:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-280593D20-AE82-B629-0FDF-A86C5FC854E5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-280593D20-AE82-B629-0FDF-A86C5FC854E5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Corn Is Dying All Over America </title>
<description><![CDATA[Corn crops typically pollinate and mature in June and early July.    That is why this time of the year is so vitally important for corn.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MinnieApolis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MinnieApolis]]></source><link>http://minnieapolis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/15/12755721-the-corn-is-dying-all-over-america</link><guid>http://minnieapolis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/15/12755721-the-corn-is-dying-all-over-america</guid><category>america</category><category>hunger</category><category>drought</category><category>united-states</category><category>maize</category><category>us-news</category><category>corn</category><category>weather-forecast</category><category>corn-belt</category><category>food-prices</category><category>failure-to-pollinate</category><category>farm-report</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:07:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Un says global food prices down again</title>
<description><![CDATA[A U.N. agency says world food prices have dropped in June for a third straight month to their lowest level in nearly two years but that dry weather in recent weeks could cause a spike.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/05/12575696-un-says-global-food-prices-down-again</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/05/12575696-un-says-global-food-prices-down-again</guid><category>un</category><category>prices</category><category>world-news</category><category>food-prices</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jul 2012 10:19:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Global food prices down sharply</title>
<description><![CDATA[A U.N. agency says world food prices dropped sharply in May, reaching their lowest level in eight months due to favorable supplies and currency fluctuations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/07/12101049-global-food-prices-down-sharply</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/07/12101049-global-food-prices-down-sharply</guid><category>un</category><category>prices</category><category>world-news</category><category>food-prices</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jun 2012 10:01:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>No Inflation? That's Not What Food Prices Are Saying - CNBC</title>
<description><![CDATA[
With all the talk about $4 a gallon gas and the crisis in the Middle East, the specter of surging food prices has gotten pushed to the background.
That&rsquo;s a mistake, considering that the struggle to put food on the table is what generated the riots in the first place. In &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></source><link>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/07/11071071-no-inflation-thats-not-what-food-prices-are-saying-cnbc</link><guid>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/07/11071071-no-inflation-thats-not-what-food-prices-are-saying-cnbc</guid><category>inflation</category><category>us-news</category><category>food-prices</category><pubDate>Sat, 7 Apr 2012 12:53:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=magic340026C9E15A-C840-93A5-A11B-8FC1875B2A4C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=magic340026C9E15A-C840-93A5-A11B-8FC1875B2A4C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>UN says food prices up again</title>
<description><![CDATA[International food prices have risen for the second time in two months, a U.N. agency said Thursday blaming bad weather in major exporting countries among other factors that have reversed downward price trends.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10608644-un-says-food-prices-up-again</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10608644-un-says-food-prices-up-again</guid><category>business</category><category>un</category><category>prices</category><category>food-prices</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:06:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Speculation Is The Primary Driver Behind Rising Food Prices | Wired Science</title>
<description><![CDATA[The link between commodity speculation and global food price weirdness just got stronger, and researchers warn that a new and potentially calamitous price bubble is imminent.
Previous research had blamed a combination of food-to-fuel crop conversion and financial speculation for&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10601667-speculation-is-the-primary-driver-behind-rising-food-prices-wired-science</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10601667-speculation-is-the-primary-driver-behind-rising-food-prices-wired-science</guid><category>economy</category><category>wall-street</category><category>economics</category><category>finance</category><category>world-news</category><category>civil-unrest</category><category>food-prices</category><category>speculators</category><category>market-bubbles</category><category>commondities</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Mar 2012 17:44:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13BF4B830E-3BEF-1E0D-F66E-BD9326E2F64A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="244" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13BF4B830E-3BEF-1E0D-F66E-BD9326E2F64A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>It is no longer &quot;us&quot; or &quot;them&quot; anymore.  It is only &quot;us&quot; now.  </title>
<description><![CDATA[Oil being vital to the world economy, one has to wonder about the wisdom of our saber-rattling in the Middle East or our indifference to the impoverished people of Nigeria.&nbsp; Whatever the cost of the fuel subsidy to the Nigerian government, it is far less than the cost of an &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[George Kafantaris]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[George Kafantaris]]></source><link>http://kafantaris.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/14/10156377-it-is-no-longer-us-or-them-anymore-it-is-only-us-now</link><guid>http://kafantaris.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/14/10156377-it-is-no-longer-us-or-them-anymore-it-is-only-us-now</guid><category>nigeria</category><category>strike</category><category>european-union</category><category>european-central-bank</category><category>oil-industry</category><category>petroleum-exporting-countries</category><category>protester</category><category>world-news</category><category>jonathan</category><category>abuja</category><category>energized</category><category>organizers</category><category>food-prices</category><category>union-leaders</category><category>oil-exporting-nation</category><category>nigerian-unions</category><category>negotiating-position</category><category>consumer-fuel-subsidies</category><category>fue-prices-double</category><category>talks-little-progress</category><category>anz-banking-group</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:27:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New UN food chief sees 2012 price volatility</title>
<description><![CDATA[The new head of the U.N. food agency said Tuesday he expects food prices to stay volatile in 2012 &#8212; and more people to go hungry.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/03/9916826-new-un-food-chief-sees-2012-price-volatility</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/03/9916826-new-un-food-chief-sees-2012-price-volatility</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>un</category><category>food-prices</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Jan 2012 13:42:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e1389e4d-962a-485f-b08d-245ba810f5bd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="496" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e1389e4d-962a-485f-b08d-245ba810f5bd.jpg" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) director general Jose Graziano da Silva gestures during a news conference at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/492acdc2-cb37-4658-a8d1-db3a26aba2af.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/492acdc2-cb37-4658-a8d1-db3a26aba2af.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) director general Jose Graziano da Silva smiles during a news conference at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Corn effect: Food prices likely to stay high</title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. government barely changed its estimate for next year's corn surplus,  which is expected to stay small and keep high food prices high.
The Department of Agriculture estimated Friday that farmers will have 848 million bushels of corn on  hand at the end of next summer.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[B-Rizzle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[B-Rizzle]]></source><link>http://bluejackett24.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/09/9334721-corn-effect-food-prices-likely-to-stay-high</link><guid>http://bluejackett24.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/09/9334721-corn-effect-food-prices-likely-to-stay-high</guid><category>business</category><category>corn</category><category>usda</category><category>food-prices</category><category>high-food-prices</category><category>corn-surplus</category><category>the-department-of-agriculture</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bluejackett244FC1B888-F580-A268-990F-BD077B1608C9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="184" width="245" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bluejackett244FC1B888-F580-A268-990F-BD077B1608C9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>UN agency: Food prices ease a bit</title>
<description><![CDATA[A U.N. food agency says global food prices have eased marginally, with wheat prices dropping by 3 percent.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/08/9300056-un-agency-food-prices-ease-a-bit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/08/9300056-un-agency-food-prices-ease-a-bit</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>un</category><category>prices</category><category>world-news</category><category>food-prices</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Dec 2011 15:16:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Return of the Dust Bowl: Geoscientists Predict a Dry, Dusty Future for the American West</title>
<description><![CDATA[Haboobs walloped Arizona last summer.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chromer-2011]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chromer-2011]]></source><link>http://coho2525.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/09/8721810-return-of-the-dust-bowl-geoscientists-predict-a-dry-dusty-future-for-the-american-west</link><guid>http://coho2525.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/09/8721810-return-of-the-dust-bowl-geoscientists-predict-a-dry-dusty-future-for-the-american-west</guid><category>energy</category><category>water</category><category>drought</category><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>agriculture</category><category>extreme-weather</category><category>food-prices</category><category>global-commodities</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Nov 2011 20:26:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Increase of extreme events in a warming world</title>
<description><![CDATA[A major new study has reanalyzed the connection between global warming and the record-breaking temperatures we&rsquo;ve been seeing. Stefan Rahmstorf and Dim Coumou conclude in their PNAS paper, &ldquo;Increase of extreme events in a warming world&ldquo;:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chromer-2011]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chromer-2011]]></source><link>http://coho2525.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/01/8583930-increase-of-extreme-events-in-a-warming-world</link><guid>http://coho2525.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/01/8583930-increase-of-extreme-events-in-a-warming-world</guid><category>energy</category><category>global-warming</category><category>water</category><category>drought</category><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>agriculture</category><category>food-prices</category><category>global-commodities</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:32:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>