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Pay Rent and Eat Too?
Rising food prices hit home around the world |
Tom Philpott |
06 Mar 2008 |
Victual Reality |
| Is a change coming to your cart? Photo: iStockphoto Hey you, in the supermarket line -- yeah, you, the one with the stuffed cart. Are you ready to pay up for those groceries? You'd better be, pal. That's the message from Bill Lapp, former chief economist for the food giant Conagra. "I think [U.S.] consumers are more prepared than we realize to accept higher prices on food and I think that's pa ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, environmental justice, food, green living, shopping, Victual Reality (all these topics) |
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