WSJ.com: Load Up the Pantry

Load Up the Pantry

For real, writes Brett Arends: "Food prices are already rising here much faster than the returns you are likely to get from keeping your money in a bank or money-market fund. And there are very good reasons to believe prices on the shelves are about to start rising a lot faster.... Stocking up on food may not replace your long-term investments, but it may make a sensible home for some of your shorter-term cash."