Spaghetti is the latest victim of biofuel boom

11 Jul 07

The price of pasta is becoming the latest victim of the global rush on crops used for the biofuel industry. Prices would rise because of a poor wheat harvest, and large numbers of farmers had started growing crops for the biofuel industry rather than for food.
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