Climate change will affect your grocery prices

Research shows that the prices of fruits and vegetables in Canada have been affected by extreme weather shocks in regions that supply these produce.

The growing vulnerability of our food systems to climate-related extreme weather underscores the urgent need for more robust climate action, writes Prof. Navin Ramankutty, PhD candidate Kushank Bajaj of the University of British Columbia.Photograph courtesy of PxHere, distributed under a CC0 1.0 DEED license

Opinion

BY NAVIN RAMANKUTTY AND KUSHANK BAJAJ

March 18, 2024

Canadians have been finding grocery shopping more painful to their wallets in recent years. The t...

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