Mariann Fischer Boel's Blog - Agriculture and rural developmentIn her blog, Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel wants to share with you her thoughts as she travels around Europe talking to the people in the front line on a range of issues pertaining to agriculture, food and the rural environmentRising food prices- August 30, 2007 One of the hottest topics over the month of August was the rising price of food. The media in Germany went into overdrive over the soaring cost of milk, and the story rapidly spread further afield.There was similar concern about the effect of tight grain supplies on retail prices for bread and meat. I've obviously been watching the market situation very closely. We find ourselves in a world no-one would have imagined a year ago, where the dairy sector has moved from a market under...http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/fischer-boel/rising-food-prices/ |