Prices of everything from milk and corn to beef and coffee are at record highs. Wheat stores are the lowest they have been since 1980. Add to that the effects of climate change, shifting production around the world, and you have what the United Nations' World Food Programme is calling "the perfect storm for the world's hungry".

Brazil the once and future country... it is an amazing place with vast territories, the world's unsurpassed rainforest and the longest river... largest exporter of coffee, orange juice, beef and sugar.. the list goes on...

Weasel Coffee - interesting story on where to obtain Sydney's best iced coffee (albeit slightly strange iced coffee)

Bacon and Blue BurgersBasic Beef StockBeef Recipe---Brie BurgersBeef and Dried Fruit StewBeef and Sun-Dried Tomato StewBeef BourguignonBeef Braised in CoffeeBeef Consomme with Sour Cream and CaviarBeef in Guinness-good Beef RecipeBlanched LardonsBrown-Braised Onions

Long known for products such as sugar and coffee, Brazilian farmers have diversified the crops they grow. Brazil is now the world’s largest exporter of beef, chickens, orange juice, sugar, coffee and tobacco.

Philippine cuisine has evolved over several centuries from its Malay roots to a cuisine of predominantly Spanish base, due to the many Mexican and Spanish dishes brought to the islands during the colonial period. It has also received influence from Arab, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and American cuisines.Filipinos traditionally eat three main meals a day - almusál (breakfast), tanghalían (lunch), and hapúnan (dinner) plus an afternoon snack called meriénda (another variant is minandál).Dishes range from a simple meal of fried fish and rice to rich paellas and cocidos. Popular dishes include lechón (whole roasted pig), longanisa (native sausage), tapa (beef jerky), torta (omelette), adobo (chicken and/or pork braised in garlic, soy sauce, and vinegar or cooked until dry), kaldereta (goat in tomato stew), mechado (beef or pork cooked in tomato sauce), pochero (beef in bananas and tomato sauce), afritada (chicken cooked in tomato sauce and vegetables), kare-kare (oxtail and vegetables cooked in peanut sauce), crispy pata (deep-fried pig's leg), hamonado (pork sweetened in pineapple sauce), sinigang (pork, fish, or shrimp in tamarind stew), pancit (stir-fried noodles), lumpia (fresh or fried spring rolls) and chopsuey.