A few days every month, Charles Graham drives a forklift through a warehouse, unloading trucks filled with gargantuan packages of meat, vegetables and fruit. Days later, he helps tuck that food into hundreds of cars and pickups. ...more

June 25, 2008

Raging Midwest floodwaters that swallowed crops and sent corn and soybean prices soaring are about to give consumers more grief at the grocery store. ...more

June 24, 2008

After a damp, chilly spring, grain farmer Norman Voyles Jr. still had 300 acres of soybeans yet to plant when a monsoonlike storm dumped 10 inches of rain on his central Indiana farm last weekend. ...more

June 12, 2008

Wheat prices surged above $10 a bushel for the first time ever on Monday amid concerns that strong demand globally could result in a grain shortage in the United States next year - worsening food price inflation. ...more

December 18, 2007

Buying a few staples for Thanksgiving Day? Prices overall are lower now than six weeks ago, but availability problems can push prices back up. The Tampa Tribune checked prices at five Tampa grocers during the past six weeks and found that sometimes, pricey organic produce or larger packages were the only options available. ...more

November 17, 2007