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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (74846)	6/4/2011 5:32:49 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 219468

Colombia shifts from drugs to food in farm expansion, plans to nearly double agricultural land growing crops for food and biofuel Colombia aims to double farmland for food, biofuel * Looking to Brazil's savanna as a model * Worries over palm oil plantations, land rights By Mica Rosenberg BOGOTA, May 23 (Reuters) - Colombia plans to nearly double agricultural land growing crops for food and biofuel, part of a new investment boom in the country as violence ebbs from a decades-long internal conflict fueled by drug profits. The idea is to transform the vast eastern plains, dotted for years with illicit coca plantations, into the country's bread basket in a push to bring down food prices and boost revenues from agricultural exports. But first Colombia will have to overcome serious infrastructure problems and concerns about land rights after millions of people have been displaced by violence. Global food prices soared to a record in February and while they have fallen since then, many experts say they will stay high as populations grow faster than farmers can feed them. Latin America could help buck that trend as the region in the world with the most land still available and suitable for agriculture after Africa. af.reuters.com

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (74846)	6/4/2011 6:12:40 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219468

Your energy tie to USA is looking a bit shaky... U.S. regulators order Keystone shut theglobeandmail.com U.S. regulators have barred TransCanada Corp. (TRP-T42.950.190.44%) from restarting its Keystone pipeline until the company can provide more proof that the system is safe, after several leaks in just a year of operation. The order comes at a delicate time for TransCanada, which is just days away from the end of a public comment process on the U.S. review of a controversial expansion of the Keystone system. The company has argued that it builds safe, state-of-the-art pipes while critics argue the expansion endangers an important aquifer.