So I've been thinking a lot about food since I was a wee little kid; my parents where farmers and so I learned about food as soon as I learned other fundamental truths of life; some of my earliest memories where of putting seeds in the ground alongside my parents as a toddler; I knew from my earliest days that a lot of work, sun, rain and minerals goes into food.
"Over 1 billion people live on $1 a day, the benchmark of absolute poverty." I found this to be a frightening statistic while I was reading the weekly Economist today.
Think about that: One billion people.
When I think of "rice", I think of it as a basic food group, a staple that can be found in some quantity in every home imaginable. Just one cup of the little granules from a huge bag can feed a family for days.
Not so much anymore.
According to The New York Sun, areas that were once thought to be the breadbasket of the world (let alone the nation) are now crying poor in the rice department.
Hello, everyone. I am back again for another round of "Food for Thought". Thanks to everyone for commenting on my first post. I always love responses! (^_^)
