Just curious if anyone has read anything like the article from Market Skeptics on the supposed 2010 food crisis.

http://www.marketskeptics.com/2009/12/2010-food-c…

It's a very long article but in summary it states "There is overwhelming, undeniable evidence that the world will run out of food next year. When this happens, the resulting triple digit food inflation will lead panicking central banks around the world to dump their foreign reserves to appreciate their currencies and lower the cost of food imports, causing the collapse of the dollar, the treasury market, derivative markets, and the global financial system. The US will experience economic disintegration."

Now obviously this is rather extreme opinion coming from the doomsayers. But, I was wondering if anyone puts any weight in the potential to have some form of a food crisis?

Jim Rogers has also said: "We're still going to eat, probably; we're still going to wear clothes, probably. Farmers cannot get loans for fertilizers right now. So the supplies of everything are going to continue to be under pressure" and he talks about food inventories being down and agriculture being one of the best industries in the future.

Just wondering if anyone can find some valid statistics on inventories or can speak on the topic. Thanks guys.