{"id":18687,"date":"2011-03-23T13:30:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T12:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=18687"},"modified":"2011-03-23T13:30:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T12:30:15","slug":"food-prices-on-the-rise-expect-that-to-stay-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/food-prices-on-the-rise-expect-that-to-stay-the-same\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Prices on the Rise &#8212; Expect that to Stay the Same"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/food-prices-rising.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18688\" title=\"food-prices-rising\" src=\"http:\/\/planetsave.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/food-prices-rising.jpg\" alt=\"food prices\" width=\"500\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Worldwide, high crude oil prices,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/2011\/01\/10\/rising-record-food-prices-food-riots-due-to-extreme-weather-events\/\" target=\"_blank\">increasing extreme weather events<\/a>, population growth and economic development of poorer countries,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/2010\/06\/10\/cars-and-people-compete-for-grain\/\" target=\"_blank\">crop-based biofuels<\/a>, political conflict and unrest in the Middle East, and slowing crop yield growth are all factors contributing to rising food prices.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., you can add that the value of the dollar has decreased significantly.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some stats on recent rising food prices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wholesale food prices jumped 3.9% in February (compared to January) in the U.S., the highest month-to-month increase in 37 years.<\/li>\n<li>Americans spend about 10% of their income on food, while people in some countries spend about 70% of their income on this basic necessity.<\/li>\n<li>Some key crops have seen price increases of 40-80% over the last year (wheat prices have increased 80%).<\/li>\n<li>World food prices hit a record high this year and starvation is growing in countries where people spend 40-70% of their income on food. 44 million more people have been forced into hunger this year according to the World Bank.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more on why food prices are rising and why they are likely to continue rising, check out:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/eatdrinkbetter.com\/2011\/03\/21\/food-prices-rising-fast-in-u-s-more-to-come\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Prices Rising Fast in U.S., More to Come?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More on <a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/food-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">Food<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fazen\/68967107\/sizes\/m\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fazen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worldwide, high crude oil prices, increasing extreme weather events, population growth and economic development of poorer countries, crop-based biofuels, political conflict and unrest in the Middle East, and slowing crop yield growth are all factors contributing to rising food 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