Running out of food?

Via The Guardian, a fairly detailed look at the impact of rising food prices on Britain: While stocks last. Excerpt:

While our parents and grandparents dreaded not having enough food to put on the plate, we have had the luxury of worrying about quality.

A series of scares - mad cow disease, bird flu, pesticide residues and more - has left us with an almost unhealthy preoccupation with the risks, real or imagined, that lurk in the food we eat.

But one risk has barely registered on our radar. It is so fundamental that we barely clocked it, and yet it is the biggest food scare yet. Are we running out of food?

Meanwhile, Antara reports that Surging food prices bite across Asia.