Tag Archives: Supply and demand

Where Are Your Grocery Dollars Going?

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

In March, the USDA released the newest figures in a series of data entitled The Food Dollar; an annual breakdown of food prices that tracks where each dollar spent on groceries actually goes.  The results are startling.  For 2008 (the … Continue reading →

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Japan's Food Future

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

Much is currently being written about the risk of radioactive contamination in the food and water supplies in Japan.  What began as a paranoid prediction last week has come true, with officials discovering low levels of radioactive Iodine, I-131, in … Continue reading →

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The Next Source of Instability, Pt. II-Libya, Oil and Democracy

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

Libya is the latest country to come to a boil over the spreading revolutionary fervor that toppled Hosni Mubarak’s rule in Egypt and caused Tunisian President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali to flee in January.  Sandwiched between the two newly liberated … Continue reading →

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The Next Source of Instability

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

Food shortages are fueling unrest all over the world. In Tunisia, riots spurred by rising grain prices and food scarcity could not be quashed, and as anti-government sentiment rose to a deafening, piercing pitch, President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali was … Continue reading →

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The Selfish Economics of Buying Local

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

Numerous critics have argued that the success of the ‘buy-local’ campaign is due to it’s pathos; that the mantra ‘shop-local’ somehow strikes a chord with consumers on an emotional level that pertains to both community building and restoring the environment. … Continue reading →

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