Left i on the News provides some information and links on the growing food crisis driven greatly by government driven biofuel programs and then snarks:

Although you won’t find it in the article linked above, last night’s BBC World did mention the figure of “billions” of people who may be in serious trouble because of this crisis. Like so many other problems, this is one that capitalism – production for profit rather than need – can never solve.

Well, yes, like so many other problems something other than the government/corporate symbiosis that constitutes modern capitalism might solve a problem created by misguided government incentives.