Double whammy: Both farmers and consumers hit by high prices


              Boys say a prayer before digging into their free lunch donated by the New Birth's Christian church, in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Once a week, the church hands out over 100 free lunches to low-income children, pregnant women and the elderly. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
            
              Residents sit at tables set up on a sidewalk as they wait to be served a free lunch donated by the New Birth's Christian church, in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Once a week, the church hands out over 100 free lunches to low-income children, pregnant women and the elderly. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
            
              FILE - Scattered grain sits inside a warehouse damaged by Russian attacks in Cherkaska Lozova, outskirts of Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, May 28, 2022. Russia and Turkey voiced support Wednesday, June 8, 2022, for the creation of a safe maritime corridor in the Black Sea so Ukraine can export grain to global markets amid an escalating world food crisis. But Russia demanded that the Black Sea be demined and Turkey said allowing the Ukraine exports should be accompanied by easing Western sanctions against Russia. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
            
              FILE - Residents of Oworonshoki Slum carry their food parcels distributed by the Lagos Food Bank Initiative, a non-profit nutrition focused initiative committed to fighting hunger and solving problems of Malnutrition for poor communities,  in Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, July 10, 2021. Two U.N. food agencies issued stark warnings on Monday, June 6, 2022 about multiple, looming food crises on the planet, driven by climate “shocks” like drought and worsened by the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine that have sent fuel and food prices soaring. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
            
              FILE - A Taliban fighter stands guard as people receive food rations distributed by a Chinese humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 30, 2022. Two U.N. food agencies issued stark warnings on Monday, June 6, 2022 about multiple, looming food crises on the planet, driven by climate “shocks” like drought and worsened by the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine that have sent fuel and food prices soaring. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
            
              FILE - Residents wait in line at a "community pot," in the Nueva Esperanza neighborhood of Lima, Peru, Wednesday June 17, 2020. Two U.N. food agencies issued stark warnings on Monday, June 6, 2022, about multiple, looming food crises on the planet, driven by climate “shocks” like drought and worsened by the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine that have sent fuel and food prices soaring. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
            
              FILE - Somalis who fled drought-stricken areas sit at a makeshift camp on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu, Somalia on Feb. 4, 2022. Two U.N. food agencies issued stark warnings on Monday, June 6, 2022 about multiple, looming food crises on the planet, driven by climate “shocks” like drought and worsened by the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine that have sent fuel and food prices soaring. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)
Double whammy: Both farmers and consumers hit by high prices