{"id":445376,"date":"2022-05-11T02:16:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T23:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/heres-how-team-biden-is-fueling-food-inflation\/"},"modified":"2022-05-11T02:16:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T23:16:53","slug":"heres-how-team-biden-is-fueling-food-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-how-team-biden-is-fueling-food-inflation\/","title":{"rendered":"#Here&#8217;s how Team Biden is fueling food inflation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a410c5585939\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a410c5585939\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-how-team-biden-is-fueling-food-inflation\/#%E2%80%9CHeres_how_Team_Biden_is_fueling_food_inflation%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Here&#8217;s how Team Biden is fueling food inflation&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHeres_how_Team_Biden_is_fueling_food_inflation%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Here&#8217;s how Team Biden is fueling food inflation&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Betsy McCaughey\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Going food shopping feels like getting punched in the gut. You pick up a whole roasting chicken, hoping it will feed four, and see the price \u2014 more than $10 in many New York-area stores.\u00a0A staggering $18 if the bird\u2019s organic. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>les are close to $3 a pound.\u00a0And forget buying a steak \u2014 you might have to take out a mortgage.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s woke policies are to blame for food-flation, making your <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to the supermarket sheer agony.\u00a0President Joe Biden is prioritizing\u00a0climate preservation over your ability to feed your family affordably.<\/p>\n<p>His policies are driving up the costs of fertilizer, energy and farm-to-store transportation.\u00a0Add to that overall inflation driven by excessive federal-government spending.\u00a0The result is sky-high food prices.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no relief in sight. You can expect record-breaking food-flation through the rest of 2022, according to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2022\/04\/21\/inflation-food-rise-2022-bank-of-america-says\/\">Bank of America market analysts<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Biden spoke to the nation on what he billed as his plan to remedy inflation. But in fact, he just repeated the same list of unsubstantiated excuses for why prices keep rising.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/pipeline.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Natural Gas Pipeline\" class=\"wp-image-22216490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/pipeline.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/pipeline.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/pipeline.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>According to experts from The Heritage Foundation, increasing domestic natural-gas production could help bring down fertilizer costs. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Americans have been whiplashed with a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of phony White House explanations for soaring prices. First Biden blamed\u00a0profiteering oil producers,\u00a0then\u00a0colluding meat packers, then\u00a0\u201cPutin\u2019s price hike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> cheerleaders are covering up the actual causes. Washington Post columnist\u00a0Heather Long <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/05\/08\/americans-economic-angst-driven-by-scarcity-not-just-inflation\/\">announced Sunday<\/a> that Americans are entering a \u201cnew age of scarcity\u201d when \u201ca lot of everyday life remains out of control.\u201d\u00a0As if food inflation is as inevitable as lunar eclipses.\u00a0Wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s damaging policies can be reversed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/tom-vilsack.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack\" class=\"wp-image-22216534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/tom-vilsack.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/tom-vilsack.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/tom-vilsack.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack denied agricultural groups permission to cultivate unused land, citing climate change. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Start with fertilizers and pesticides, which are costing American farmers 50% more than just a year ago. Chemical fertilizers are made largely from natural gas.\u00a0Ending Biden administration restrictions on domestic natural-gas production, including opening up exploration and production on federal lands and offshore, will help bring down fertilizer prices,\u00a0say Heritage Foundation agricultural experts Daren Bakst and Joshua Loucks.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s war on fossil fuels pushed up the cost of fertilizer <em>before <\/em>Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.\u00a0True, Russia is a fertilizer producer, but the war in Ukraine is merely making a self-imposed problem worse.<\/p>\n<p>Reducing fertilizer costs is critical to making fruits and vegetables affordable but also meat.\u00a0Feed prices for livestock and poultry went up 12.7% last year, largely because of soaring fertilizer prices.\u00a0If feeding beef cattle costs less, steaks will too.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/supermarket-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Supermarket\" class=\"wp-image-22216555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/supermarket-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/supermarket-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/supermarket-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bank of America predicts food prices will continue to soar through the rest of 2022. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Energy inflation drives up food prices in another way.\u00a0Shipping goods within the United States <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/PCU484121484121\">costs\u00a0nearly 25% more<\/a> than a year ago, per St. Louis Federal Reserve data, thanks to\u00a0the trucker shortage but also\u00a0fuel prices.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019d think Biden would be bending over backward to tackle the food-price crisis. Instead, he\u2019s doubling down on climate extremism \u2014 food shoppers be damned.<\/p>\n<p>The federal Conservation Reserve Program pays farmers to leave farmland idle.\u00a0Agricultural groups asked Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for permission to cultivate idle land, but\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=0000017f-efb9-d0cd-a3ff-ffb9e0830000\">Vilsack said no<\/a>, predicting a\u00a0\u201cdetrimental impact on . . . efforts to mitigate climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Not all the factors pushing up food prices are within Biden\u2019s control. Avian flu is ravaging poultry and egg producers. Drought is curbing production in California. Putin\u2019s war is diminishing wheat production in Ukraine. But Biden has the power to tame food-flation, by standing up to the climate extremists in his own party.<\/p>\n<p>He should also curb overall inflation by calling for tight monetary policy (the Federal Reserve\u2019s job) and halting out-of-control federal spending, including shelving even a pared-down Build Back Better.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly the president\u00a0offered none of these remedies in Tuesday\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n<p>What can average Americans do?\u00a0 Shop smart. Those precooked supermarket chickens are loss leaders \u2014 a bargain designed to lure you into the store. They actually cost less than uncooked chicken, though they tend to be smaller.<\/p>\n<p>You can vote smart too. There\u2019s a direct relationship between who governs in Washington and what you\u2019re paying at the checkout.<\/p>\n<p>Biden must be channeling Marie Antoinette, who dismissed public anguish over the price of bread by saying, \u201cLet them eat cake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Twitter:\u00a0@Betsy_McCaughey<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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