05.14.08
Making a killing from the food crisis
The Real News May 13th, 2008
Making a killing from the food crisis
Devlin Kuyek: “Right now Cargill is making approximately $471,000 an
hour in profits.”
While people around the world are suffering from hunger and protesting
the rise in global food prices, major grain traders, such as Cargill,
are reporting big profits. Making a Killing from Hunger, a report by
international NGO, GRAIN, says that the global food crisis is more
than a food shortage or a price blip, it’s a structural meltdown,
resulting from globalization and neoliberal policies.
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Devlin Kuyek is a researcher on global agribusiness for GRAIN, an
international NGO which promotes the sustainable management and use of
agricultural biodiversity. He is also the author of The Real Board of
Directors: The construction of biotechnology policy in Canada, and
Good Crop/Bad Crop: Seed Politics and the Future of Food in Canada .