print email comment close Food Price Inflation: Causes and Impacts URL: http://opencrs.com/document/RS22859/ Description: This April 2008 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report examines the causes and impacts of food price inflation, covering topics such as the competition between ethanol and food for farm acreage, low grain and oilseed supplies, higher input costs such as transportation and processing, the weak dollar, and impacts on food assistance. Note: CRS does not make its publications directly available online. From the Open CRS project of the Center for Democracy and Technology. Author: Capehart, Tom; Richardson, Joe Publisher: Center for Democracy and Technology Extra Keywords retail farmers agriculture oil corn LII Database Information: Record 26009 created by Jennifer English on 04/28/2008 Last modification on 10/09/2009 Published: 05/08/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26009