It has been reported on publications from National Public Radio broadcasts to newspapers including the Washington Post that the rising food prices are pushing people even deeper into poverty, and that all of this links back to the problems we are having with our mortgage crisis in this country - and perhaps most especially in California, us residents might like to think.

However what cannot be denied is that food prices have risen sharply which is threatening United Nations-supported food programs for some 20 million children, the sort of risk that none of us should be okay with.

As organicconsumers.org reported on an article from Maria Luisa Mendonca,  “It is necessary to strengthen rural workers’ organizations to promote sustainable peasant agriculture, prioritizing diversified food production for local consumption. It is crucial to advocate for policies that guarantee subsidies for food production through peasant agriculture. We cannot keep our tanks full while stomachs go empty.”