What climate change means for bird flu — and the soaring price of eggs
Buying eggs at the grocery store has become a major headache for U.S. consumers, with the average price of a dozen large eggs in a typical American city reaching $ 4.95 last month. Since the start of 2020, the cost of eggs has increased by nearly 240 percent, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Recently, acquiring eggs has become a game of luck — as shoppers find barren cooler cases and limits on how many cartons they can buy at the grocery store. The kitchen staple has gotten so hard to come by that thieves stole 100,000 eggs — worth $ 40,000 — off of a distribution trailer in Pennsylvania earlier this month.
President Donald Trump ran his reelection campaign on, among other things, a promise to bring down the cost of groceries. But in …