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The Saudi Arabia Of Food

By The Daily Dish
Apr 23 2008, 11:00 AM ET

Martin Walker writes:

The United States may have been a significant part of the problemwith its annual $6 billion in subsidies to produce ethanol from corn. But the United States is also almost certain to be part of the solution because it is to food what Saudi Arabia is to oil: the swing producer that can most easily and swiftly increase the world’s food supply.



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