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Soaring crop prices will catch up to consumers

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Expect higher prices for meat, bakery goods and vegetables, says Sylvain Charlebois

Author of the article:

Larysa Harapyn

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A man shops for groceries at a store in Toronto.
A man shops for groceries at a store in Toronto. Photo by Peter J. Thompson/National Post files

Sylvain Charlebois, director of Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, speaks to the Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn in the video below about how rising crop prices will affect food prices.

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  2. A United Nations gauge of world food costs climbed for a 12th straight month in May, its longest stretch in a decade.

    World food prices haven’t climbed this high in almost a decade

  3. The study found that 60.9% of Canadians want to spend up to 19% of their food at independently owned stores. 

    The pandemic has changed the ways Canadians shop for groceries forever — and some might surprise you

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