SPECULATORS AND OUR FOOD: EIEIO!
Speculators have long messed with farmers by artificially manipulating prices on everything from corn to soybeans. But now they're pooling up billions of dollars from global investors to go after the farms themselves, as well as fertilizer plants, grain elevators, ships and barges, and other basic tools for producing, shipping, and storing our food supply. As one hedge-fund operator says; "It's going on big time. There is considerable interest in what we ... Full Story »
Posted by Naomi Isler
