Market prices for coffee, orange juice hit record highs, fueling sharply higher bills for some grocery staples

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    • plz1English
      25•2 months ago

      I read that headline, and your comment, and immediately inferred WSJ is victim-blaming people just for eating breakfast. The sheer audacity of it…

      • @Zachariah
        21•2 months ago

        is it the greed
        or is it the record profits

        • metaStatic
          10•2 months ago

          Curve ball, it’s climate change being priced into futures contracts.

          • @[email protected]English
            3•2 months ago

            And non-climate crop problems, like citrus greening. Last I heard, it had nearly destroyed the Florida orange industry.

            • dustycups
              1•2 months ago

              How have you guys been affected by varroa mite?
              Its landed here in aust & we are failing at containment/eradication.

              • @[email protected]English
                1•2 months ago

                Apparently we have it in the US, but I haven’t heard of it being a major problem. But it seems to be one factor contributing to colony collapse.