The western appetite for biofuels is causing starvation in the poor world: Developing nations are being pushed to grow crops for ethanol, rather than food — all thanks to political expediency. Ethanol's corn-fed famine: The US Government's ethanol drive may have boosted the fortunes of corn farmers, but rising production costs as well as food prices are hitting the world's poorest nations where it hurts. When alternative fuels go bad: Why the corn-based fuel ethanol isn't our miracle cure for oil dependency. Why our farm policy is failing: Congress's new farm bill is bad for the country's economy, environment, and rural towns — naturally, it's a shoe-in. The documentary "King Corn" explains why the US agricultural system is to blame for America’s obesity epidemic.
