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Grocery price spikes leading to swelling food bank demand, calls for fresh action

05/27/22 1:09 PM By Haley Bickelhaupt
KEYWORDS Agri-Pulse Newsmakers Andrew Cheyne Arab Spring Brandon Lipps Caprock Strategies Feeding America food bank grocery prices inflation Kip Tom Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer rising food prices U.S Bureau of Labor and Statistics Consumer Price Index Summary Ukraine USDA Food and Nutrition Service Vince Hall White House’s Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health World Food Programme and Food and Agricultural Organization
Amid a historic demand for food assistance both here and abroad, industry leaders are looking for ac a crisis response plan to emerge from the White House’s Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, new conversations in the upcoming farm bill and solutions for Ukrainian exports. The Arab Spring in 2007 will pale in comparison to the impact the war in Ukraine will have on the global food supply, warns one Newsmaker panelist.
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