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Foreign Policy magazine has a blog (obvious if you've ever looked to the right block column at all) and one of their recent entries lends some credence to my milk post earlier in May.

All but the very rich are going to feel the food cost crunch and it's going to hurt. I suspect this is one reason we now have Diet Coke Plus, so the kiddies (and adults) can get their vitamins in a non-dairy, cheap beverage.

As the FP post suggests, why can't I have some of my tax dollars back so I can afford the outrageous food prices. Why am I subsidizing farmers who clearly are gouging consumers?

While it may still wind up costing more in the end, you can help stick it to these multinational, multi-billion dollar farming outfits if you:

• buy local
• buy organic
• grow your own (if you can), and
• consume less

Writing your state and federal representatives would be a prudent item to add to your to-do list as well.