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Food and Energy: An Inflationary Duet

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Food production and energy consumption are closely interlinked. Due to the heavy use of fertilizer, the agriculture industry depends more than ever on energy inputs. The long-term trend of high energy prices threatens the food system. The environmental movement favors a return to local and organic farming in order to close the inflationary price gap.

 

By Benjamin Tal

April 6, 2009

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