Extreme weather helps drive up food prices

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says that food prices hit a record high in December. Extreme weather, probably linked to global warming, is partly responsible. Drought and fires ravaged Russian wheat; floods inundated Pakistan. Farmers will need help coping with more such events. GR

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