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Change and communication across the food supply chain will help stop prices from rising further.
Farmers need a fair deal.
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Food supply chain discounts are causing issues for UK producers and processors.
A farmer at the Roots Community Food Centre urban farm in northwestern Ontario harvests Gete-Okosomin squash in summer 2021.
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A guaranteed basic income is a promising tool for contributing to sustainability and justice across agriculture and fishing sectors.
The federal government’s grocery rebate will provide one-time monetary relief to 11 million low- and modest-income Canadians and families.
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The federal government should make the grocery rebate permanent by adding it to the GST/HST credit.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has a tricky job in balancing inflation fears with recession fears.
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The latest consumer prices report shows cost of living is still rising far above the Fed’s target. But don’t expect monetary policymakers to aggressively hike rates.
A change in food prices might immediately address the lack of economic access to food but will not address the root causes of food insecurity.
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A drop in food prices might immediately address the lack of economic access to food but will not address the root causes of food insecurity.
In October, Loblaw announced a price freeze on one of its in-store brands through a letter from Loblaw Companies chair and president Galen Weston. The promotion ended on Jan. 31.
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Galen Weston’s brand as a spokesperson might be friendly and affable, but his organization’s pricing strategies are anything but.
A soldier stands guard at a makeshift camp in Somalia’s Baidoa, a southwestern town frequently attacked by Al-Shabaab militants.
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The negative effects of conflict on human capital – particularly nutrition, health and education – are larger than commonly thought.
Wheat prices are up 34% in two years.
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The end of an era of cheap food.
Volunteers pitch in at the Second Harvest Food Bank in Irvine, Calif. in December 2022.
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A little more than 1 in 10 Americans can’t get enough to eat – around the same share of the country that was experiencing food insecurity before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Oeuf! Egg prices are rising faster than a souffle.
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A drop in gas prices helped tame inflation in December 2022. But grocery prices and housing costs continued to rise.
Canadian food prices have soared over the past year. Higher food costs can affect nutrition decisions and ultimately health.
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Rapid increases in food prices due to inflation mean many Canadians may be making different food choices. Here are the possible short- and long-term effects of that, and some ways to save money.
A banner is displayed to advertise diesel available at a filling station in Lagos, Nigeria.
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From the economic perspective, the year 2022 will be remembered, by many Nigerians, as a time of dashed hopes and disappointments.
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This crucial fertiliser component is mostly found in just five countries.
‘Winter fishing on the ice of the Assiniboine and Red Rivers,’ by Peter Rindisbacher, 1821.
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A public relations move by Loblaw Companies is just the latest in a long line of big business antics stretching back to pre-Confederation fur trade in Canada.
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What’s really causing food prices to rise?
Nearly 60 per cent of Canadians are finding it difficult to provide enough food for themselves and their families.
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Inflation is driving up food prices and could have a severe impact on the health of Canadians. When the cost of food increases, it restricts the availability of nutritious foods for low-income people.
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The key to reducing green hydrogen costs in the future lies mainly in technological improvements.
A variety of factors have caused the U.S. inflation rate to increase over the past few years, from the pandemic to the war in Ukraine.
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Rising inflation rates due to supply-side factors – COVID-19, Ukraine and supply chain shortages – make countering inflation difficult for the central bank.
Odessa’s grain silos are full as a Russian blockade has stopped ships leaving during the Ukraine war.
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Russia is attempting to win back friends by opening up its Black Sea blockade to allow grain out.