China sees huge rise in garlic prices Garlic prices are hitting record highs in China, the world’s biggest producer of the pungent bulbs, amid reports of a speculative bubble in the market even as people rush to buy it as a putative cure for swine flu. The China Daily reported last week that a high [...]
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