Cookies made of mud, salt, and shortening become a last resort food source for impoverished Haitians. At a market in the La Saline slum, 60 cents buys two cups of rice. That’s a 50% increase in price over the last year. Beans, condensed milk and fruit are staples being priced out of family budgets. Dirt cookies sell for 5 cents each.
Globally, food prices are going up because of high oil prices. The problem hits the Caribbean especially hard since it relies heavily on imports, and food prices are up 40% in places.
Caribbean leaders held an emergency summit in December to discuss cutting food taxes and creating large regional farms to reduce dependence on imports.
Most Haitians live on less than $2 a day.
Filed under: Economy, International, News Headlines, Poverty | Tagged: Dirt, Haiti, Poor
I doubt that US citizens care. Hillary’s glass ceiling seems to be more important due to the numbers voting for her, despite her support of invading Iraq (a good pres would have been doing things to lessen our decency upon oil) and already voting yes on the Iran Resolution.
I have to re-find the article that mentioned the number of Dubai workers that committed suicide due to horrid working conditions as they built up the latest playground for the rich. Bill Clinton is one of them that made millions with Dubai companies that are getting rich on the backs of the poor. Sickens me to see people lined up in my town’s new ‘restaurant row’ as I call it that caters to the wealthy.
well, i care, izzy, and you care…i can’t afford to feed a small island nation, but i can afford to yell HELP in this format and a few other things. maybe things will get better. maybe we’ll just fight our whole lives and die. Fighting for the right things keeps a conscience settled…
thats really sad we need to leave irag and help the people that want the help
It is really sad, and it’s only getting worse.
hey i live in london but i eat clay, its good for the body and it is very addictive. it taste really nice. i dont eat it every day but i eat it twice in a week maybe. it good for pregnant women as they crave 4 it. it very craving the smell. but still it sad dat all these people can afford to eat is clay everyday which is not good. but guys seriously u should eating clay it very nice