{"id":340555,"date":"2024-08-24T15:38:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T13:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=340555"},"modified":"2024-08-24T15:38:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T13:38:35","slug":"report-challenges-harris-assertion-higher-food-prices-equal-corporate-greed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=340555","title":{"rendered":"Report Challenges Harris\u2019 Assertion Higher Food Prices Equal Corporate Greed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From ClimateRealism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest Post by David Beasley<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Editor\u2019s Note:<\/em> Recently Democratic presidential nominee Vice-President Kamala Harris has been making speeches blaming corporate greed<\/a> for rising food prices, part of a broader inflation trend under the Biden-Harris administration straining average American\u2019s budgets. This is false. The article below notes that higher food prices are in large part being driven by the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s climate and energy policies, policies Harris cast the deciding vote for, still endorses, and has pledged to expand. For instance, the Democratic party\u2019s platform<\/a> calls for enforcing net-zero carbon dioxide policies on the agricultural sector by 2050.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Heartland Institute<\/a> has previously demonstrated how the Biden-Harris climate and energy policies raised energy costs, which contributes to higher food costs. Climate Realism has documented how climate policies, like those embraced by the Biden-Harris administration and endorsed in the Paris Climate Agreement, have led to rising food prices, food shortages, and protests in a number of posts, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>, for example. The investigative report below shows that what\u2019s true of the nation and the globe as a whole, is equally true in North Carolina. President Joe Biden\u2019s and Vice-President Kamala Harris\u2019 Climate policies, such as restrictions on fossil fuels and the fertilizers and pesticides made from them, are behind the sharp rise in food prices since 2021, not corporate greed or price fixing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(The Center Square) \u2013 Rising grocery store prices over the last few years aren\u2019t the fault of farmers or \u201cgreedy\u201d corporations, a conservative North Carolina research organization concludes in a new documentary series and report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, higher energy prices and more regulations are the culprit, according to the John Locke Foundation documentary series Sowing Resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It recommends a list of changes<\/a> including streamlining the zoning and permitting process, and building coalitions to fight overly restrictive federal and state mandates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The series examines policy decisions on agriculture that were made during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExperiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and the policy reactions to it exposed supply-chain and other vulnerabilities that still require solutions,\u201d states a foundation\u2019s report that accompanies the series. \u201cThe pandemic also worsened the growing food insecurity problem in North Carolina. Over 10% of North Carolinians struggle to secure enough food for a healthy lifestyle, according to the USDA. Only about 6% of adults in the state report consuming at least two servings of vegetables or fruits per day. Meanwhile, over one-third are obese, according to the Body Mass Indexes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, grocery prices skyrocketed 25% from 2019-2023, the Foundation said. The last three years are in the Biden administration, which pushes Vice President Kamala Harris and her first price gouging federal law<\/a> on food suppliers and grocers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClimate policies such as carbon pricing add significant expenses to farmers\u2019 operating budgets, translating to an annual increase in a family of four\u2019s grocery bills by $1,330,\u201d the Locke Foundation said. \u201cEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting requirements and emissions monitoring increase participating farms\u2019 annual operating expenses by an estimated 34%, beyond the reach of many smaller farms despite their need for market access.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report challenges the assertion that higher food prices are the result of corporate greed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is competition across the many segments of the food industry,\u201d the foundation states. \u201cWidespread and coordinated price gouging is unlikely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It cites higher fuel costs as a key reason for rising prices at the grocery stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overly restrictive zoning and permitting requirements have also hampered food production in North Carolina, the foundation report concludes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the most substantial challenges with zoning regulations is their complexity and cost of compliance,\u201d the reports says. \u201cFarmers often face a maze of rules and regulations that require time, money, and expertise to navigate \u2013 diverting resources away from essential farming activities and placing an undue strain on farmers, particularly smaller operations with limited staff and financial resources.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Beasley is a contributor at <\/em>The Center Square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally posted by<\/em> The Center Square<\/a>. Reposted with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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