It's All About Food: From Farm to Register: The Real Story Behind Rising Plant Food Prices

About this episode

The episode discusses the reasons behind the rising prices of plant foods and the economic factors influencing grocery costs.

You're paying 25% more for groceries than you were before the pandemic — and that's probably permanent. But the reasons behind each item in your plant-food cart are completely different. Droughts, wars, tariffs, TikTok, and corporate profits: we follow the money, all the way from the farm to your register.

Topics covered

• grocery prices
• plant food
• economic factors
• food supply chain
• impact of climate
• corporate influence

Keywords

• grocery prices
• plant food
• pandemic impact
• food supply chain
• economic factors
• droughts
• tariffs
• corporate profits

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Progressive Radio Network, corporate profits

Places: pandemic, farm, register

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