Global: Inflation and speculation: Ingredients for the next food cCrisis?

In an April 1, 2009 article titled Inflation and Speculation: Ingredients for the Next Food Crisis? published by Common Dreams, Food First executive director Eric Holt-Gimenez and Policy Analyst, Annie Shattuck propose the re-regulation of speculation in commodities--a regulation that was lifted in 2000. The petition to Obama and Congress points out that the 2008 food price volatility "could have been stopped with sensible rules that, if enforced, would have staved off the malnutrition and starvation... caused by excessive gambling on food prices."