The ;price of food has gone up and does it not make yoiu angry

O f course they wont blame themseleves. ANd dont hink the farmers dont kinow they might not know how many farms are growing this kind of corn for they probably been told so many crow food corn and so many grwoing gas corn. And I said something in amother post about bringing our little farmers back and cut out the big corporation farmes. We wiould be alot better off.

It certainly is getting harder to feed our family, but we manage. Just means we have to cut back in other areas, but don't really mind. We are planning on starting our own veggie patch soon, so that will help and we will know how fresh the foods really are. If prices keep going the way they are, then the Developed World will have more starving people to deal with.

It does make me angry. They keep raising prices, which with gas prices I understand, the businesses cannot help. Now, they want to take corn and use as fuel and those items will go through the roof. It is crazy. Everything but the wages go up.

Well a lot of comments really as I am a very middle-class working woman who would like to give up the job and stay home with her child, but cant really do so coz of rising inflation. I feel so frustrated sometimes at the way I am forever missing the bus. Every year the company gives me an annual increment whose rate, the inflation manages to beat every time. And I don’t really understand these political, economic, social and environmental jargon, nor am I interested. I hear that international oil prices are shooting through the roof and that is causing a trickle down effect on all food products as these are transported thru vehicles running on oil. And if this is the condition in first world nations (I read it everyday in Mylot) think of poor nations and developing countries like India. The prices have more than doubled in a single year and its hurting most in rice, wheat and oil (the staple requirements of an Indian meal). The only solace is that being a family of three, I am just making ends meet with a tiny left for some much-needed entertainment. But don’t know how long I will manage to do even this.

Amen to that. Everything seems to be getting worse these days. there are alot of food recalls and such also. The high price of gas and food and everything else is so ridiculous these days. I don't even know how we are going to afford to live anymore because of it.

in my opinion,I think that is normal ,because the things you will do must be useful your life or other things ,If I am a farmer ,I will also do that ,when you can earn more money why not do it ,and you can have a better life .other things like global warming like that questions which are concerned by government.

yes it is very difficult to eat well and healthy when food is so expensive, but there are ways to make it happen. It just means having to prepare your food more often which can be tiring all in it sown but it is the only way to keep yourself healthy

I eat from food banks, which means a lot of expired cans of food, I know that is not good for me but what can I do, I have no other choice, everything is just to expensive for me.

That is one of the realities in this world that we really have to address. It is really a global problem. I know it can;'t be solved tomorrow but just taking a step in the right direction is a already a very good start. Here in my country right now, we have shortage of rice. Rice is our staple food and hundreds of people have to line up the whole inorder to be able to buy rice. Prices of rice more than doubled in the last 3 months and the poor farmers and those that are living below the poverty line are the ones greatly affected. People, especially the poor and the farmers here are suffering something awful and wonder what would it take for the government to wake up and do something that would help the poorest of the poor and help put food on the table.

Basic commodities here in the Philippines are very expensive and certain government agencies announced that we are expecting more increase in prices in the coming days. For the past few days, prices of commercial rice have increased dramatically. According to experts, this was brought about by lack in supply. Cheaper rice, quality of which is not so good, is now very much in demand such that the supply has become small to the extent that people even line up to buy few kilos daily. People who live below the poverty line are the ones who are suffering the most.

So you're against alternative fuel sources? I agree that it is very upsetting and frustrating that the price of food has risen so dramatically recently. But if the corn wasn't used for fuel, we would be more dependent on fuel oil. Not only is the price of fuel also rising, but supply is running low. That means that we have no choice but to find alternative sources. I say we look for other sources wherever we can find them, while cutting back on use as much as possible. If you think that this is not hitting the middle class, think again. It is affecting everyone. If we don't find other sources of energy, you will soon be longing for days like today, because it will get much worse.

I am angry with the prices rising. Some people have even taken advantages by these things. When they knew the prices would be potentially rising, they stored the older items and just wouldn’t sell them when the prices were still normal back then. But when the prices had gone higher, suddenly the items were out of nowhere and they would sell all these foods, gas, oils, etc with the new and higher prices. I am angry of course. There are a lot of poorer people, who need these things but couldn’t get any, and they would stand in lines to get these things, but many would come home with empty hands. They were toyed by the sellers. Some people even sold fake food products or 'counterfeit' good food products for money, including fake medicines and some poor quality fruits that had been 'altered'. I saw in TV news back then how some local farmers (faces hidden on the camera) were showing how they injected some fluids into watermelons so the inner part would look really red. In fact they injected those liquid that was actually the ones people used to dye the clothes! If I didn’t feel upset seeing these things, that would mean that I was ruthless.

I thought that poor only countries, like my country (Philippines) is affected by rice, wheat and corn shortage! This food problem is getting to be widespread, that many people are complaining and worrying about what the future holds for all of us. I think that all of us should do something about the problem, like starting our backyard garden...seriously, I have some greens planted on pots and some fruit trees growing here....

It is sad to see what our country is becoming and scarey. Yes it is awful what it cost us in the grocery store. You get hardly nothing anymore for your money. Sometimes I wonder how some people make it on small salarys.

I started a discussion about this awhile back food has gotton to be just awful in prices. Im just thankful for the local food shelf as I found myself needed some free food now that prices keep going up. I hope it gets better soon.

The price of goods has gone up here in China,especially for food,vegetalbes and fruits has tripled.But the salaries stay still.Now I must live more frugal then ever before.I don't care about what environmentalists and global warming aye sayers say,there is nothing I can do about it.All I know life now is much harder than ever.I agree with you,some have no conception of what they are doing,they live a fancy life,they don't know anything about misery.Theorist ,wake up,live a real life!

It is SO EXPENSIVE to eat healthy and organic. I would love nothing more than to eat nothing but organic, whole foods, healthy, good for you, all natural everything, but I simply cannot afford it! It is annoying to read all these things about the warnings of this food and that, this preservative and that one, antibiotics in meat, EVERYTHING you'll find in the news, paper, medical journals, etc......and then you go out to try to follow these guidelines, to try to eat healthier and avoid these harmful things....and then you see the grocery bill SKYROCKET. I'm sorry, but many people cannot afford to eat like that. I try to but organic meats and diary, but other than that, I can't afford to purchase all natural products.... I'd also love to have a garden one day and grow my own vegetables. The price of one organic tomato is RIDICULOUS! I know there are reasons for this, I'm not saying it can all be affordable, but it is frustrating.