1.0link105369<![CDATA[Food Crisis And Commodities Market: Private Investors Could Help, Then Hurt]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/05/food-crisis-and-commoditi_n_105369.htmlHuge investment funds have already poured hundreds of billions of dollars into booming financial markets for commodities like wheat, corn and soybeans.
But a few big private investors are starting to make bolder and longer-term bets that the world's need for food will greatly increase -- by buying farmland, fertilizer, grain elevators and shipping equipment.