How to manage your grocery budget in a time of uncertainty

Recently, Heather Kelly interviewed me for her podcast . We discussed rising grocery prices and how to live well on a low budget. I joked that we cannot live on bread alone — or ramen noodles! or rice! It was a relief to talk about an issue rarely canvassed in the media. We should be discussing food affordability more. will be the biggest challenge most of us in wealthy nations face, in the next ten years.While politicians argue over policy settings for , we are missing the bigger picture. Farmers will tell you they are fighting a war on several fronts to grow our food. has decimated egg supply in the U.S.A, Canada, Australia, South Africa, South America, and China. It is also impacting some dairy farms.Erratic and extreme weather is also taking its toll on our food production. onto our best farming land continues unabated. Our s are lines on a map, easily disrupted by political unrest, catastrophes and pandemics. Then there are our , loss of , ocean , potable security, and …the list of factors that all loosely come under the headings of climate change, population increases and unsustainable agricultural practices, is too long…