March 18, 2008

Bread From Potatoes

As wheat tops $12  a bushel for the first time, Peruvian military has begun eating bread made from potatoes, a native crop to combat a rise in food prices partly fueled by the cost of loaves made from imported wheat.
”Wheat isn’t produced here. It’s imported and everyday it cost more.” defense Minister Antero Florez-Araoz told repoters [...]