Food Costs

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This page is devoted to sources that can help explain what is happening to our food costs.

USDA food costs - 1994 - present

(USDA ERS) Fruits and vegetable prices.
(USDA ERS) Food CPI and expenditures

USDA Cost of Food

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Food Price Index
Includes:
- - - - - - - Food Outlook
- - - - - - - Meat Price Index
- - - - - - - Hunger
- - - - - - - Climate Change
- - - - - - - Bioenergy
- - - - - - - Food Security Analysis

Media Argicles of Interest:

Import Prices in U.S. Rise Less Than Forecast, Food Costs Drop
Huge strawberry harvest means low prices, profit
Associated Press - Run Up In Produce Prices Expected To Cool
Wall Street Journal - Farming on Food Prices
Los Angeles Times - USDA Expects Food Prices to Rise 2% to 3% This Year

American Farmland Trust - Growing Local

Situation in Japan - From a Food Perspective

Timeline of food costs in the U.S.

 

Updated: March, 2012