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As the newly urbanized and newly affluent seek more protein and more calories, a phenomenon called ‘diet globalization’ is playing out around the world. Demand is growing for pork in Russia, beef in Indonesia and dairy products in Mexico. Rice is giving way to noodles, home-cooked food to fast food.
— David Streitfeld in “A Global Need for Grain That Farms Can’t Fill,” New York Times, March 9, 2008.
