food shortages

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article3423734.ece
This article talks about how our stock level of wheat supplies is the lowest its been in fifty years. Experts claim that heat waves cause a slump in harvests last year in eastern Europe, Canada, Morocco and Australia which are all big wheat producers. Also, short term pressures have compounded the problem. I think its important to the reader to know the intensity of food shortages and how other people are handling the problem.