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I told you so.

A report from poverty aid organization Oxfam concludes that biofuel development is driving up prices for staple foods among the world’s poorest, with one official calling biofuels a “crime against humanity.” Read the story here.

It is already insane that most of the crop acreage in this country is devoted to raising feed for livestock. Now we’re raising crops to feed our cars – something we don’t eat indirectly! To think that we’re plowing up CRP land to plant corn for the “good of the planet” is asinine. But it’s happening, and meanwhile, Mexico’s poor can’t afford tortillas. Something seriously wrong here folks . . .