Why 10 Pricey Foods Are Even More Expensive Because of Climate Change

• • Overfishing and a decline in habitat have contributed to Japanese Eels slowly disappearing.
  • Increased rainfall and humidity have greatly affected the price of cashews.
  • Ceylon cinnamon is in very high demand but grows in a region experiencing extreme droughts.
  
  
  

Purple flowers in Kashmir produce the world's most expensive spice — saffron. While it can sell for $10,000 per kilogram, climate change is making it even more expensive. Because of lower-than-usual rainfall over the last few years, production has dropped significantly. And fields that once yielded this delicate spice have become sites for new housing construction. Climate change is threatening the production of all kinds of foods from cloves in India to eels in Japan and Spain. Here are 10 expensive, and vulnerable, foods and why climate change is making them so much more expensive.

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