Rise in food prices

http://economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10085859
Just an article i found on the economist, i thought this section in particular was interesting. I'm not sure if the real price of food has increased or if it is just the nominal, anyway post your comments and get more people to join the blog.

Concern about the cost of food is even spreading beyond the world’s poor countries. Last month Italians took to the street in Rome and Milan to protest against an increase in pasta prices. They are eating less too: Italians’ pasta and bread consumption dropped 7.4% and milk consumption fell by 2.6% in the first eight months of the year according to Coldiretti, a farmers’ association.