The World Bank has an informative–and very disturbing–Web page devoted to the rapidly unfolding global food crisis.  Among other facts:

• Since 2000, global food prices have increased 75% and wheat prices 200%.
• The food crisis imperils 100 million people.
• 36 countries are in a food crisis (Food and Agriculture Organization).
•  A quarter of the U.S. corn crop (11% of world production) went into biofuels this year.