Vegetable prices double as US farms face drought

In the last year, the price of vegetables has doubled as states that grow fresh produce for the US winter saw water cuts and storms that decimated supply.

Vegetable prices saw a 38% jump in November from the previous month, according to the Labor Department's latest producer price index data. The surge was more than 80% on a year-over-year basis. Food costs have been increasing at unprecedented levels, cutting into consumer wallets as families recover from the global pandemic.

Farmers in Arizona, who provide more than 90% of the US's leafy greens each November through March, have seen cuts in the amount of water they receive from the Colorado River. The US will withhold about a fifth of the water the state s farmers get in 2023 due to climate change and drought.

In Florida, the top US supplier of fruit and vegetables in the fall and winter months, experienced a storm that cost the produce industry in the state nearly $2 billion.

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