My Foodprint

It is being reported in the Guardian U.K. this week that Afghans, who continue to be tapped in to the world market supply/demand chain, are now growing wheat instead of poppies to profit from the world shortage of wheat.

“The cost of a tonne of wheat in Afghanistan has almost trebled this year, causing serious shortages, while the global price of heroin has fallen. The changeover to wheat has begun in key regions, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation reports.”

Of course this wheat is being grown for profit pruposes and to balance out the food economy again, not becuase growing wheat can be better for a society than growing the plant that produces heroin.

–Nick