Food poverty

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Food prices just keep rising which is happening also everywhere. Many people have no money for food. In some countries the situation is catastrophic.

Food prices just keep rising

There was in the news that food prices just keep rising although gasoline and energy costs are decreasing. It shows in the daily food basket and I do not buy certain products I used to buy before these price increases started. The price of one product has increased by 40.7 % within one year. I have been also buying ice cream and I noticed today that its price has increased from 1.39€ to 1,65€, so up by 18.7 % in a couple of weeks. They blame the war in Ukraine for all these price increases, but how then many other costs such as energy has been falling. I just think that greedy business people keep these food and other grocery prices high artificially.

Warm banks in BritaIn

Britain’s inflation is going up, people do not necessarily have warm places to stay. So they have set up nearly 7000 warm banks in Britain. Energy and heating costs are so high that people do not have much food to eat and they must go to food banks. How did it all go so wrong? [Warm Space and UKHarvest Community Food Hub in Selsey - BBC South Today]