Leaked food price report pushes ethanol debate

The University has done controversial studies on ethanol in the past, but a World Bank report leaked in early July pressed the debate even further.

The report, leaked to "The Guardian," a British newspaper , said that production of biofuels , such as corn ethanol, have forced global food prices up 75 percent. The United States is the world's top corn exporter , and Minnesota was the nation's fourth-highest corn producer in 2007. More here...