U.S. Food Rationing? Urgent Global Shortage Hits
April 22, 2008 | Source: LiveScience
The global food shortage, already at crisis stage in many countries, seems poised to hit home.
Major retailers in New York, in areas of New England, and on the West Coast are reportedly limiting purchases of flour, rice, and cooking oil, and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Monday that the world must urgently increase food production.