Why War Abroad Is Hitting Your Grocery Cart

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While the conflict in Iran might seem half a world away, the impacts are starting to be felt at home. The rising oil and gas prices could even impact what we're paying at the grocery store. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, food distribution and policy professor at Dalhousie University and senior director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab, co-host of The Food Professor Podcast, joins the show to explain the connection between rising energy costs and the price of groceries.
18 Mar 1PM English Canada News Commentary

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