Will there be a lentil shortage? [article link]

[Guest guest]

I read this story at the link below over on the IVU

veg news group. It is a good source for interesting

vegetarian news reports and I enjoy their daily

digest. I thought some of you might find this news

story interesting. There have been a few this past

week in regards to lentil export limits.

 

July 22, 2006, 6:10AM

 

India's ban on exporting lentils is forcing some grocers

to raise prices and limit customers' purchases as supplies

become scarce

A tiny staple is creating a mighty predicament

 

By PURVA PATEL

Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

 

Grocer Mash Kaiser's shelves aren't bare yet.

 

But he's limiting sales of some lentils to one bag per customer.

 

 

" A lot of people, what they're doing is getting their mom, mother-in-law and

kids to come

in and stand in different lines and fill up their carts with everything, " he

said.

 

Everything lentil, that is.

 

India banned the export of various pulses, such as beans, lentils and chickpeas,

in late

June to stabilize rising prices in the country.

 

Read the full article at this link:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4064387.html

 

The IVU group link:

ivu-veg-news/

 

~ PT ~