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Climate Matters: Climate change drives up food prices, impacting holiday meals

You may not be thankful for some food prices this holiday season, as climate change is disrupting the supply and quality of food.

The big bird on everyone’s mind is the turkey, which is up 40% according to the USDA, thanks to all those bird flu headlines you saw earlier in the year. Climate change is also expected to drive up food inflation in the coming decades as drought, heat waves, and heavy rain all make it harder to grow food.

Agriculture and climate change are closely connected. Growing food accounts for 10% of greenhouse gas emissions in the US and a quarter of heat-trapping emissions worldwide.

So we should stop growing food?

Food inflation caused by climate change could speed up by the middle of the century, rising by 1.9% to 3.9% each year by 2060.

Huh. I wonder what this cultist is reading

Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner Declines

Cooking a Thanksgiving dinner for your friends and family will cost less than last year, marking the third straight year of price declines. The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 40th annual Thanksgiving dinner survey provides a snapshot of the average cost of Thanksgiving staples that make up a classic holiday feast for 10, which is $55.18 or about $5.52 per person.

This is a 5% decrease from 2024. Three years of declines don’t fully erase dramatic increases that led to a record-high cost of $64.05 in 2022.

The centerpiece on most Thanksgiving tables – the turkey – dramatically decreased in price, which helped bring down the overall cost of dinner. The average price for a 16-pound frozen turkey is $21.50. That is $1.34 per pound, down more than 16% from last year. While the wholesale price for fresh turkey is up from 2024, grocery stores are featuring Thanksgiving deals and attempting to draw consumer demand back to turkey, leading to lower retail prices for a holiday bird.

So, down. But, ‘climate change’ will make it more expensive In The Future.