THE CENTER SQUARE—Rising grocery store prices over the last few years aren’t the fault of farmers or “greedy” corporations, a conservative North Carolina research organization concludes in a new documentary series and report.
Instead, higher energy prices and more regulations are the culprit, according to the John Locke Foundation documentary series “Sowing Resilience.”
It recommends a list of changes, including streamlining the zoning and permitting process and building coalitions to fight overly restrictive federal and state mandates.
The series examines policy decisions on agriculture that were made during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and the policy reactions to it exposed supply-chain and other vulnerabilities that still require solutions,” states a foundation’s report that accompanies the series. “The…
