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1965 Food Costs Rise Amid Weather and Labor Strikes
Budget minded households faced higher food bills in 1965 with Americans spending about 100 billion dollars on food and alcohol, up 6 percent from 1964. Prices rose on meat and produce while crops suffered from weather events. Florida berry growers cut operations. a new National Commission on Food Marketing study looms with possible federal changes.
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New York
California
Willard Wirtz
United States
Wirtz
Florida
Doyle Conner
Florida Agricultural Commissioner
National Commission On Food Marketing