Food vs. fuel

Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Jean Ziegler, the United Nations “Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food” about how biofuel production may be contributing to the global food crisis.

Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Raj Patel, author of “Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System”.

Michael Pollan about the worry over world wheat supplies; the price of wheat has soared to record highs recently and meanwhile the World Food Program of the United Nations is warning that expensive wheat could soon force the agency

Some agriculture experts say demand for ethanol is to blame for the global crisis in food prices. They want Congress to back away from aggressive targets. But Living on Earth’s Jeff Young finds little appetite for that on Capitol Hill.