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 Stories About: biofuels AND food AND quotables AND agriculture
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Food vs. fuel edition |
Tom Philpott |
25 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| 'To say that biofuels are the culprit [for food-price hikes] clearly underestimates the demand [for food] and really shows a gross misunderstanding of the world food situation.' -- Bill Doyle, CEO Potash Corp, the world's largest fertilizer company, which has seen its share price rise 600 percent in the past two years, quoted April 24 'While global [grain] output in 2007/08 would be the highest ever, mainly because of a record U.S. maize (corn) crop, this would no ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, biofuels, food, quotables (all these topics) |
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