Postcards: No tulips from Amsterdam? Gas crisis hits Dutch greenhouses
TOBY STERLING, of Reuters, reports from the Netherlands…
More than a quarter of Australians likely experiencing financial stress, says Christians Against Poverty
Geelong, Australia More than one in four Australians are already likely to be experiencing some level of financial distress as cost-of-living increases and rising interest rates bite – but many are unaware of it, according to Christians Against Poverty. Stuart Sampson, learning and development manager at CAP Australia, told Sight that many people are already […]
Inflation boosts demand at US food banks as pandemic anti-hunger measures fall away
United StatesRNS At the Seven Loaves Food Pantry at St Andrew’s United Methodist Church in Plano, Texas, volunteers have been serving 800 to 1,200 families a week since the COVID-19 pandemic began – about four times the weekly traffic in 2019. At the ICNA Relief Food Pantry in Raytown, Missouri, just east of Kansas City, […]
Tokyo school swaps fresh fruit for jelly as food prices soar
Tokyo, JapanReuters For months, Kazumi Sato, a nutritionist at a middle school in eastern Tokyo, has received notices about hikes in ingredient prices. Mindful of the economic hardships many of the students’ families face, local authorities are loath to pass the burden of pricier school lunches on to them. For Sato, that has meant constantly […]
Gig economy: Workers hit by high fuel prices and layoffs
RINA CHANDRAN and MENNA A FAROUK, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how high fuel prices, income cuts, and a global economic slowdown have put gig workers in a precarious position…
Essay: Pakistan – how an economic crisis has sent prices rocketing
JUVARIA JAFRI, of the University of Cambridge says, in an article first published on The Conversation, that Pakistan’s economic struggles exemplify the “little fires” lit across the global economy by a war during a pandemic…
Essay: Rising prices – why the global drive to keep food cheap is unsustainable
CORINNA HAWKES, professor of food policy at City, University of London, says – in an article first published on The Conversation, economic mechanisms which have driven down prices in recent decades have severely weakened the global food system…
Biden urges G7 to stay together as leaders target Russian gold, oil price
Schloss Elmau, Germany Reuters US President Joe Biden told allies “we have to stay together” against Russia on Sunday as G7 leaders gathered for a summit dominated by war in Ukraine and its impact on food and energy supplies and the global economy. At the start of the meeting in the Bavarian Alps, four of […]
Corn price hike forces Mexicans to cut back on tortillas
Mexico City, MexicoThomson Reuters Foundation Business at Marco Antonio Jimenez’s taco stall in Mexico City was just starting to recover from repeated COVID-19 lockdowns when global corn prices skyrocketed, sinking his sales once again. The surge in the cost of corn – which is used to make Mexico’s staple tortilla – forced Jimenez to raise […]
Ghana chef serves free stew as more struggle to afford food
Accra, GhanaReuters Storm clouds circled a large zinc shed outside Ghana’s capital Accra where market porters sat on overturned metal bowls, disheartened by the lack of business as the encroaching rain deterred shoppers from nearby stalls. Then a rumbling sound broke the stillness as gourmet chef Elijah Addo pulled up in a food truck and […]