On this day, August 15 2010, Russia announced it was halting grain exports because of drought and heat waves
The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was 388.54ppm. Now it is 421ish- but see here for the latest.
Prices went up. The spark that lit the Arab Spring? Food prices.
Why this matters.
Fortunately it doesn’t, because a new era of justice, peace, love and understanding emerged, and nobody goes hungry anymore.
Mmkay.
What happened next?
We learned nothing.