With the the cost of ingredients, gas prices, and interest rates dropping, why are food manufacturers continuing to hike prices and shrink products? According to the L.A. Times, supermarkets don't know, but they're as pissed as we are. We noted in July that food prices were expected to rise. The jus...

It is hard enough to forecast the next year, much less the next ten years, but that is what USDA’s Economic Research Service has attempted to do with its latest Long Term Agricultural Projections report released last week. Not surprisingly, they expect prospects for the agricultural sector in ...

In economics, inflation or price inflation refers to a general rise in the level of prices of goods and services over a period of time. The term “inflation� originally referred to increases in the money supply (monetary inflation); however, debates regarding cause and effect have led to its prim...

I found a great site for locating "local" food in your area. Localharvest.org lists farms and CSAs from around the country, just enter your zip code and they'll point you in the right direction. Also don't forget to check out Eatwild.com, as well, for grass fed meats. I believe that eating local foo...

Australian: AUSTRALIA'S proposed climate change regime would push up food prices, cut inflows to the Murray-Darling and cut agricultural exports if it continues to encourage the development of carbon sink forests. A research paper co-authored by Mick Keogh and Alex Thompson of the Australian Farm In...

Filed under: Personal finance, Commodities, Housing, Recession, Financial Crisis This post is part of AOL Money & Finance's Best & Worst in Money 2008 feature. Consumers took it in the chin so many times this year, it's surprising many of us are still standing. Consumer credit for student lo...

Just about a year ago, we were bracing for an epic microbrew price hike, which has indeed come to pass. And now the financial crisis—which has played havoc with the personal net worth of not just heavily invested young urban microbrew-swilling professionals, but the rest of us, too—has m...

Here is the counterpoint to yesterday's post, Nutrients for Life. "Farmer in Chief" is an open letter to our next President, written by Michael Pollan, the author of In Defense of Food . He outlines his vision for modifying American agricultural policy to positively influence three of our most press...

More and more workers are bagging lunch, the Wall Street Journal tells us. Brown-bagging it, that is. Sales of lunch bags and coolers from eBags.com rose 39 percent in June over the same period in 2007, the paper reports, and as menu prices increase, restaurant regulars are sticking to their desks. ...

Might rising food costs put a dent in obesity epidemic? In a recent CalorieLab post, Sarah White noted a report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities that painted a grim portrait of the effect that the soaring cost of food has had on whole segments of the public. The report focused on fami...