Don't forget Caroline Lucas talk on Friday

Caroline Lucas MEP, ethical politician of the year is at the Sub Rooms on Friday at 7.30 talking about the Future of Food - more info here - in relation to this I saw this chart from the US Organic Consumers Association - since 2001, the top five oil companies have increased their annual profits by an average of 500%!!

Heres more on food prices which are now reaching an all time high in the US, since the average grocery store item has traveled 1500-3500 miles: over the past year, alone, consumers have been forced to pay significantly more for staples like eggs (25 percent), milk (17 percent), cheese (15 percent), bread (12 percent), and rice (13 percent). This is partially due to increased costs of transportation and partially due to massive amounts of cropland being converted to biofuel production. As a result, consumers are paying more for their food and paying $15 billion in increased taxes per year for biofuel subsidies. No doubt many of these issues Caroline will discuss....