Fuel Food Reality CheckOttawa, ON: Here are the facts on recent increases in fuel and food. FACT Over the past year, oil prices have jumped by nearly 100%. · In 2007, food prices increased by about 4% overall. · In 2007, the same year the U.S. produced a record amount of ethanol from corn, the U.S. increased it surplus of corn to more than 1.4 billion bushels. In a record ethanol year, the U.S. actually fed more of the world by...
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