In my FRE340 class, International Agricultural Development, we were assigned the task of writing a group paper about some sort of issue in agriculture and coming up with a set of policy recommendations to help remedy the situation.  My group and I decided to investigate food insecurity in Ethiopia.  I was tasked with finding out what effect foreign direct investment in agriculture, aslo known as “land grabs”, has on food security issues in Ethiopia.  Because agricultural FDI is so new the jury is still largely “out” in terms of definitively proclaiming the effects ag FDI has on Ethiopia’s ability to feed itself.  One aspect of ag FDI in Ethiopia that I found exceedingly interesting during my research is the fact that much of the land used by investors is used to grow flowers.  I find it unbelievably offensive that in one of the most food insecure countries in the world, foreigners are allowed to come in and use arable land to produce consumer products.