Independent (UK): Agriculture ministers from the world’s richest countries are holding an unprecedented meeting this weekend as the United Nations warns that hunger threatens to “spiral out of control” in the wake of the financial crisis. The three-day meeting, which opened in Italy yesterday, will address a growing food crisis as harvests threaten to slump at a time when record numbers of people are already hungry. Crops are being hit by a combination of bad weather, falling food prices and farmers’ …