Thread: Food Prices a ‘Runaway Freight Train’

Food Prices a ‘Runaway Freight Train’

Now that the big U.S. energy bill has passed, get ready for a corn explosion, one that almost certainly will drive the markets in all kinds of unintended directions.

Most of the media focused on mandates in the bill for higher mileage standards and the end of incandescent light bulbs. But the effect of the energy bill on food will be deeply felt across the economy.

"This is like a runaway freight train,â€

My oldest son developed a life-threatening allergy to corn in late adolescence, so we learned a lot about how corn is everywhere!

And, thanks to the housing bubble, we have paved over so much of our best farm and ranch land.

Time for me to prepare for a big garden next year.

Think it was a couple days ago they said food would rise due to a wheat shortage because of draught etc. Everything is sky rocketing.

"Sugar from corn sweetens nearly everything Americans consume"

That's a huge problem. Too many fatt azz Americans sucking down high fructose corn syrup in every friggin "fruit" drink. For those of us who drink what is laughingly sold as "fruit" juice....well we can do without the extra 3000 calories a day.

Originally Posted by Taxed2Death

"Sugar from corn sweetens nearly everything Americans consume"

That's a huge problem. Too many fatt azz Americans sucking down high fructose corn syrup in every friggin "fruit" drink. For those of us who drink what is laughingly sold as "fruit" juice....well we can do without the extra 3000 calories a day.

Welcome Taxed2Death!
It really is in everything-just try to get a loaf of bread w/o it

Rawhide!