Re: Global Hunger is Increasing, UN Report Says

"Dean Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On 11/26/03 1:01 AM, in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Jim
> Webster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > there are a handful of big oil companies who can determine the market, a
> > group of member states who get together and plan these things. I forget
how
> > many million grain producers there are.
> >
> > In the EU with CAP reform the land could well go out of agriculture into
> > timber or such things as pony paddocks etc
> >
> > Jim Webster
>
>
>      The number of places farmers can sell their production is decreasing.
> Something like 4 or 5 companies account for something like 80% of the U.S.
> grain exported.
>   The number of meat packers also declining.  I don't know how many of
those
> are left.
>   If there is such a thing as a food cartel it might be somewhere in the
> processing area.

In the UK something like 80% of food is sold through four supermarkets.

Jim Webster