With the rice shortage the biggest issue in The Philippine media today, it almost has us thinking that The Philippines is alone in this problem. But what some, and maybe even what many, do not realize, is that The Philippines is only the tip of the iceberg. We are not alone, and our rice crisis, is actually a Global Food crisis. A complicated, and multidimensional problem that is not only about our Philippine government, but involves other nations, the “free” markets, the energy crisis, and the need of independent nations to feed their own.