HOME / moneybox: Commentary about business and finance.

Good Crop, Bad CropOnce-lauded biofuels are now blamed for high food prices. But the next generation might yet work.

By Christopher Flavelle Posted Thursday, July 10, 2008, at 1:29 PM ET

(Continued from page NaN)

Share this article on Digg
Share this article on Buzz
Print This ArticlePRINTEmail to a FriendE-MAILShare This ArticleRECOMMEND...Get Slate RSS FeedsRSS
Christopher Flavelle is a contributing writer for The Big Money, Slate's business site, which will launch later this month. He was previously a speechwriter for Stéphane Dion, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Photograph of switch grass by Robert H. Mohlenbrock at USDA-NRCS Plants Database/USDA SCS.
What did you think of this article?
Join The Fray: Our Reader Discussion Forum
POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES
The disabled.TODAY'S PICTURES: The disabled.
Cartoonists' take on the economy.TODAY'S CARTOONS: Cartoonists' take on the economy.
A little help.TODAY'S DOONESBURY: A little help.
Washington Post
The Washington Post
OPINIONS
Closet Centrist
Gerson | With his cabinet picks, Obama disappoints the ideologues.
Marcus: Was Summers Right?Topic A: A Confirmation Battle?
PLUS » Milbank: Do You Smell Something?