Food prices were already extremely high by historical standards before the war began. There's a lot of places where the moves in the currency market this year will be a problem to the us. The higher fertilizer costs go, the more you'll expect that to feed through to agricultural commodity prices. Tire's also a risk that some farmers in some parts of the world stop using fertilizers, or use far less fertilizer - which would mean significantly a reduced crop yields.
The worst predictions for costs have not come to pass, partly because Russia is selling plenty of wheat. But plenty of food-price woe may still await. We examine the curious re-appearance of the polio virus in the West. And the trials of “Pink Sauce” reveal the perils of being a cottage-food producer—or consumer—in the social-media age.
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