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It’s a fact! 100% of men, women and children eat food, and 97.5% of must buy their food from others who bring it from an average of 2,000 miles away. And so the hungry ask: ”What’s in this tomato? Who planted that broccoli? Is it safe to eat genetically engineered corn? Why are they irradiating meat? Are we running short of water? Why is China growing our apples? What will happen to us if we can no longer farm? How safe is our food chain?” The Food Chain is an audience-interactive syndicated newstalk radio program and podcast broadcasting weekly on radio stations and streaming on demand on the internet. The Food Chain, which has been named the Ag/News Show of the Year by California’s legislature, is hosted by Michael Olson, author of the Ben Franklin Book of the Year award-winning MetroFarm, a 576-page guide to metropolitan agriculture. The Food Chain is available live via GCN Starguide GE 8 and delayed via MP3/FTP. For clearance and/or technical information, please call Michael Olson at 831-566-4209 or email michaelo@metrofarm.com
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Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Michael Olson hosts
Dr. Jacob Manlove, Assistant Professor of Ag Economics, Arkansas State University
MSN recently served up some news that caught my attention. The headline read, “Venezuela triples wages but still not enough to buy food.”
The writer went on to say that Venezuela’s new minimum wage of seven million bolivares per month is not enough buy two pounds of meat.
Shortly after reading this story I enjoyed a leisurely meal with my lady at a nearby sit-down restaurant.
The meal was very good, but nothing special, just a couple of burgers and beers. What did make the meal special was the check that, with tip, approached a hundred dollars!
Yes! Almost a hundred bucks for a couple of burgers and beers!
It is becoming increasingly evident that more money is buying less food. And that leads us to ask:
Can what happened to the price of food in Venezuela happen to the price of food in the US?