- cross-posted to:
- news@hexbear.net
- us_news@lemmygrad.ml
- usa
- cross-posted to:
- news@hexbear.net
- us_news@lemmygrad.ml
- usa
Market prices for coffee, orange juice hit record highs, fueling sharply higher bills for some grocery staples
Paywall removed: https://archive.is/8vYWj
No, the price of food is what’s busting your budget.
I read that headline, and your comment, and immediately inferred WSJ is victim-blaming people just for eating breakfast. The sheer audacity of it…
The article is talking about factors going into why the prices are high.
is it the greed
or is it the record profits
Curve ball, it’s climate change being priced into futures contracts.
And non-climate crop problems, like citrus greening. Last I heard, it had nearly destroyed the Florida orange industry.
How have you guys been affected by varroa mite?
Its landed here in aust & we are failing at containment/eradication.
Apparently we have it in the US, but I haven’t heard of it being a major problem. But it seems to be one factor contributing to colony collapse.
Bird flu, too.
Redundant
or superfluous