The Shrinking Food Basket
How rising essential costs are reshaping food choices, grocery retail, and communities
When housing, health care, childcare, and transportation take up more of the household budget, what happens to the grocery basket?
In this interview series from Food Systems for the Future Institute, Ambassador Ertharin Cousin speaks with experts in household economics, poverty and public policy, food access, and grocery retail. Together, they explore how affordability pressures affect families and communities, and the policy, business, and partnership solutions that can help.
Episode 1: Understanding the Cost of Making Ends Meet
What does it take for families to afford their basic needs? Ambassador Ertharin Cousin joins MIT’s Amy Glasmeier, creator of the Living Wage Calculator, to explore household affordability and what it means for families’ food budgets.