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A comprehensive guide with published content related to food price inflation including how it is measured, how it impacts food insecurity, and how it is being influenced by external forces such as COVID and the Ukraine crisis.
Resource Websites and Data Tools
- Food Price Outlook (USDA Economic Research Service)
- Consumer Price Index (US Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- Food Price Environment: Interactive Visualization (USDA Economic Research Service)
- Food Prices (Our World in Data)
- Inflation Calculator (US Department of Labor)
- Food Prices And Spending Charting (USDA Economic Research Service)
Understanding Inflation
- As Inflation Soars, A Look At What’s Inside The Consumer Price Index (Pew Research Center, January 24, 2022)
- Inflation, Explained: Why Prices Keep Going Up And Who’s To Blame (CNN, January 9, 2022)
- How Does The Government Measure Inflation? (The Brookings Institute, June 28, 2021)
- How USDA Forecasts Retail Food Price Inflation (USDA ERS, May 2015)
- Inflation: Prices On The Rise (International Monetary Fund)
Scholarly Journals
- Impacts Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Food Prices: Evidence From Storable And Perishable Commodities In India (Plos One 2022)
- The Impacts Of Covid-19 On GDP, Food Prices, And Food Security (Q Open 2021)
- Covid-19 Policy Responses, Mobility, And Food Prices (American Journal Of Agricultural Economics 2021)
- Measuring Food Inflation During The Covid-19 Pandemic In Real Time Using Online Data: A Case Study Of Poland (British Food Journal 2021)
- Online Food Prices During The Covid-19 Pandemic (Agribusiness 2020)
- The Impact Of Food Prices On Poverty And Food Security (Annual Reviews 2016)
Newspapers & Magazines
Food Price Inflation (General)
- What’s for Dinner? Highest Annual Food Inflation Rate Since Reagan Era (Ag Insider, May 2, 2022)
- Governments Tighten Grip on Global Food Stocks, Sending Prices Higher (New York Times, May 1, 2022)
- The Price to Grow Food Is Soaring With Inflation (NPR, April 30, 2022)
- Swapping Fresh For Frozen: Consumers Struggle To Afford Groceries Due To Inflation (Forbes, April 29 2022)
- Higher Food And Energy Prices Could Last ‘for Years,’ World Bank Warns (CNN, April 27, 2022)
- As Food Prices Rise Women Are Going Hungry (WBUR, April 25, 2022)
- ‘It Didn’t Feel Like $80 Worth Of Food’: Inflation Is Making It Hard To Make Healthy Food Choices (USA Today, April 24, 2022)
- Peru Waives Taxes On Essential Food Items To Combat Inflation (Reuters, April 12, 2022)
- Rising Food Costs Push Arab World’s Vulnerable to Breaking Point (Bloomberg, April 10, 2022)
- Get Ready To Spend More At The Grocery Store. Food Prices Expected To Soar, Usda Predicts (USDA Today, April 6, 2022)
- Food Prices Are Going Up — And At Levels Americans Haven’t Seen In Decades (NPR, March 31 2022)
- Food Inflation Will Hit Millions Hard (Forbes, March 29 2022)
- USDA Says Food Inflation Rate To Soar, Highest Since 2008 (The Fern, March 27 2022)
- This Food Price Crisis Could Be Worse Than 2011, What Are The Potential Action Areas? (Food Navigator, March 25, 2022)
- How Consumer Attitudes Toward Food Are Shifting As Inflation Impacts Spending Habits (Go Banking Rates, March 23, 2022)
- Food Prices Keep Going Up. The Impact May Be Felt Far Beyond The Supermarket (Barrons, March 18, 2022)
- Food Prices Have Surged From Inflation — And Could Be Slow To Improve (NY Post, February 18, 2022)
- Pushed By High Meat Prices, Food Inflation Rate Hits 7 Percent (The Fern, February 10, 2022)
- Why Food Price Inflation Is Not Inevitable (Forbes, January 4 2022)
- What Is Driving The Increase In Food Prices? (Econofact, November 12 2021)
- Here Is Why Groceries Keep Getting More Expensive (CNN, November 11, 2021)
- Higher Inflation Squeezing U.S. Consumers As Food Prices, Rents Accelerate (Reuters, October 13, 2021)
- High Food Prices Are Here To Stay (Economist, September 22, 2021)
- COVID 19 Is Driving Up Food Prices All Over The World (International Labour Organization, December 9, 2020)
Food Price Inflation and Food Security
- Soaring Fertilizer Prices Put Global Food Security At Risk (Axios, May 6 2022)
- The Delicate Balance Between Grocery Store Profit And Food Security (The Conversation, April 5, 2022)
- Food Prices Skyrocketed In January, Putting A Heavy Burden On The Poorest (The Hill, February 3, 2022)
- Food Prices Approach Record Highs, Threatening The World’s Poor (NY Times, February 3, 2022)
- Changes To How We Measure Inflation Could Support Calls For A Right To Food (Labourlist, February 1, 2022)
- Surging Food Prices Are Hurting Those Who Can Least Afford It. This Is What Needs To Happen (CNN, January 26, 2022)
- How Inflation Affects Food Insecurity (NPR, January 16, 2022)
- Rising Grocery Prices Put Pressure On Millions Of Americans Already Facing Food Insecurity (PBS, November 25, 2021)
- Amid COVID Job Losses, ‘High Food Prices Are Hunger’s New Best Friend’, WFP Warns (UN News, July 8, 2021)
Food Price Inflation and the Ukraine Crisis
- Ukraine War ‘Will Mean High Food And Energy Prices For Three Years’ (The Guardian, April 26, 2022)
- Global Food Prices Hit Their Highest Recorded Levels Last Month, Driven Up By The War (NPR, April 8, 2022)
- What The War In Ukraine Means For Energy, Climate And Food (Nature, April 5, 2022)
- U.N. Agency Warns Ukraine War Could Trigger 20% Food Price Rise (Reuters, March 11, 2022)
- Ukraine: How The Global Fertiliser Shortage Is Going To Affect Food (The Conversation, March 11, 2022)
- The Effect Of War On Food Prices (BBC, March 7, 2022)
- Food Price Index Is Highest Ever, War In Ukraine A Factor (Agriculture, March 7, 2022)
- How The War In Ukraine Could Impact Your Grocery Bill (Forbes, March 4, 2022)
- Food Prices Climb To Record As Ukraine War Roils Trade (Bloomberg, March 4, 2022)
- A ‘Turning Point’ In Global Food Pricing? Ukraine Crisis Threatens Global Food Security (Food Navigator, March 4, 2022)
- How Will Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Affect Global Food Security (International Food Policy Research Institute, February 24, 2022)
Interviews
- Food Price Inflation Is Endangering Global Food Security (American University, February 24, 2022)
- High Prices, Empty Shelves (Center For Strategic And International Studies, January 27, 2022)
- Food Prices And Covid: Agricultural Economics Professor Breaks Down Rising Food Prices (Purdue University, July 15, 2021)
Blogs
- COVID-19 and Rising Global Food Prices: What’s Really Happening? (International Food Policy Research Institute, February 11, 2022)
- What Is Behind the Recent Rise in Global Food Prices? (Center for Strategic and International Studies, August 3, 2021)
- Will COVID-19 Threaten Availability and Affordability of our Food? (USDA, July 29, 2021)
- Four Facts About Soaring Consumer Food Prices (International Monetary Fund, June 24, 2021)
- Another Look At Availability And Prices Of Food Amid The Covid-19 Pandemic (USDA, July 29, 2021)
- COVID Crisis Is Fueling Food Price Rises For World’s Poorest (World Bank, February 1, 2021)
