| From Bloomberg: Commodity futures at the highest level in two years show that crop-price volatility remains a threat to the world’s poor and hungry, according to the Rev. David Beckmann, a co-winner of this year’s World Food Prize.
Higher prices for corn, wheat and soybeans may exacerbate world hunger, Beckmann said today in an interview at the annual conference where the prize is awarded in Des Moines, Iowa. Beckmann was honored for his work as president of Bread for the World, a Washington-based non-profit group that advocates for policies that ease hunger around the world..............................................Full Article: Source
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