There are families that are starving at the moment (May 2012) but there is not a generalised food shortage.
Food Shortages Started in 1915 In Russia
FOOD shortages caused unrest.
food shortages and excessive military spending
During a famine there are shortages of food. The storm damage had led to shortages of electricity in some areas of the country.
people in the cities demonstrated over food shortages
Because of shortages.
Food shortages and heavy casualties during World War I
she was upset
There were food shortages and the prices had skyrocketed.
Food shortages
drouts floods food shortages and no plumbing
Shortages of food and homes