Beef and olive oil costs increase the most as climate and energy shocks drive inflation, research suggests
  • Seppo@sopuli.xyz
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    1 month ago

    If only they had access to a huge diverse market of food from their neighbouring countries and beyond.

    Fascists love farmers. They’re gullible, have little contact with the world outside of the media they consume, have a lot of free time on their hands, and are easy to anger due to underdeveloped social skills.

    • BananaTrifleViolin@piefed.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Food inflation has affected both the EU and the UK, but the EU has had a few percentage points less inflation than the UK thanks to the single market helping slow it a little. But the Ukraine war and Iran war has affected everyone unfortunately.

      For comparison from 2020 to 2025 it seems food inflation in the UK has been about 38% (House of Commons) while in the Eurozone it’s been about 34% (FT reporting ECB stats, via Archive.is)