There can be no denying that human beings created the foot shortage crisis that we are currently engulfed in. So, to call the food shortage a “storm” seems to be a little blame-happy. There is nothing natural about this food-shortage; every part of it had to do with the steps that humans have taken over the past few years that have currently rendered us feeling the pinch. There is no “perfect storm” helplessness about this situation - there is simply a food shortage. And that could be dire.

Finally a new UNESCO study is coming to the same conclusions that many (but not enough) forward-thinking and progressive Americans have been insisting on for years. Organicconsumers.org reports that, a report compiled by UNESCO entitled “International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development,” came to the conlusion “that modern agriculture policies and practices have returned starkly unequal benefits worldwide, while incurring high social and environmental costs. It recommends, among other things, reducing the distance between food production and consumption, and suggests food producers should try using more ‘natural processes’ like crop rotation and organic fertilizer.”