© The Economist Newspaper Ltd, London (print edition December 6, 2007)
FOR as long as most people can remember, food has been getting cheaper and farming has been in decline. In 1974-2005 food prices on world markets fell by three-quarters in real terms. Food today is so cheap that the West is battling gluttony even as it scrapes piles of half-eaten leftovers into the bin.

That is why this year's price rise has been so extraordinary. Since the spring, wheat prices have doubled and almost every crop under the sun—maize, milk, oilseeds, you name it—is at or near a peak in nominal terms. The Economist's food-price index is higher today than at any time since it was created in 1845 (see chart). Even in real terms, prices have jumped by 75% since 2005.
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I don't want any more farmer's lands in Will County to be replaced by flat topped buildings soaking up the sun and the rain. I want the rain to get to the ground and the sun's rays to be converted to energy.

In Will County, instead of bringing in companies to build more of these flat topped buildings I would rather there be companies to modify these buildings to be "nature adaptive".

This still means continued growth for Will County. It would also be saving the land for local farmers which means less transportation of locally grown food thereby helping the air. These buildings adapted means saving water for future generations. Using the sun's energy could even mean power for some of the buildings operations.

Our friends in Will County (including the villages, towns and cities government) have done a great job bringing growth and business. Now the focus needs to be different in these changed times. Please look at the 21st century - not back to the 19th and 20th.

Let's develop the developments we have now. Let's Green Will.
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And for an unrelated FYI ...