Food Prices Are Soaring As Russia’s War In Ukraine Persists

Vladimir Putin’s aggression is now believed to be leading to a growing crisis over food insecurity and skyrocketing food prices. Driven up by the war in Ukraine, global food prices hit their highest recorded levels last month. In March, global world food commodity prices reached their highest levels ever, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported late last week.  The FAO Food Price Index was up 12.6% from February when it had already reached its highest level since the agency began tracking in 1990. The latest level…