A perfect storm of factors is driving up US produce prices, but shoppers can still save

US shoppers are seeing higher fruit and vegetable prices thanks to trade tensions, extreme weather and geopolitics, just to name a few reasons.

By: Elizabeth Canales, Mississippi State University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: July 16, 2026

Words: 1,074

Last Updated: 2 days, 8 hours ago

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By Elizabeth Canales, Mississippi State University

From tomatoes and berries to lettuce and peppers, shoppers are feeling sticker shock in the produce aisle.

Recent headlines have focused in particular on soaring tomato prices. They spiked by roughly one-fifth from June 2025 to June 2026, according to consumer price data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

But across the board, fruits and vegetables have gotten more expensive. Lettuce prices jumped by about …

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