Research & Such

food riots
food shortages and how they are handled
Tunisia and food
supply and demand of global food market
weather effecting crops
reasons for price increases
biofuel consumption
processed foods
history of developing countries and foods
mass farming in the US
mass farming in foreign countries to provide for the US & effects on the people


http://blogs.forbes.com/investor/2011/01/31/global-riots-opportunity-or-danger/

This author is interested in the progression of economic conflict and riots in various foreign countries. The main focus was on overall impact and what it means for the markets. He mentioned food in Egypt and various countries and their "soaring prices". I think his bias is that he is an American business writer with a negative perspective on all of these countries economy's plummeting. He has included facts from both sides because he did address the fact that these people are fighting for various things, including the high food prices. After reading this article I still have questions about why prices have been rising globally for these people and why the revolt has arisen so suddenly. I have questions about what this means for the American market, and did we have anything to do with the regime these people have lived under. I also would like to know more about the history of politics and democracy in these various places.

http://detnews.com/article/20110131/BIZ01/101310311/1001/rss21

The author was mostly informative about United States food prices rising. There wasnt too much of an arguement, and the interest was in food costs and their increases in different industries. The authors point is; food prices are rising all around, and even major brand labels will be raising the price of food. The author had an almost consumer bias, because he is reporting for the consumers. He has included the informative facts. The only other facts or perspectives he could provide would be more detailed reasons for the increase and how it effects big coporations like McDonalds. I would have liked to read more about the effect on farmers and the aspect of importing food into the U.S. Most of my questions revolve around why? The article provided some backround and facts, but I want to know more details and why this is happening, even ideas for how to combat it.