This article in about the whole world will run out of wheat in 10 weeks. Since this crisis is happening the price of beer, bread, biscuits, etc. will rise drastically. Researchers blame climate change for this crisis. The heatwave is causing the wheat's to dry out and die. Another cause for the wheat issue is farmers are feeding their livestock with grains and wheat's. FAO(United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization) predict that these shortages will stop within 12 months. It is a good thing for them to inform us on what is happening and what we are losing out on. Knowing what is going on creates more people involved and wanting to stop this shortage. In knowing what is going on in the world like this shortages made me more involved in the situation of our climate changing drastically.
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Food shortages loom as wheat crop shrinks and prices rise
Monday, June 2, 2008
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