After rising for 12 months in a row during the pandemic, international food prices are the highest they’ve been since September 2011, according to the Food Price Index released last week.
The index, maintained by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, surged 4.8% in May, its largest monthly increase in nearly 11 years.
Vegetable oil, grain, and sugar prices were sharply...
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