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FORBES (editor's pick) The Iran War Isn’t Just A Gas-Price Story. It’s A Food-Price Crisis

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March 17, 2026

FORBES (editor's pick) The Iran War Isn’t Just A Gas-Price Story. It’s A Food-Price Crisis

The Iran war didn’t just spike gas prices. It put a hidden tax on every salad in America — and on everything else in the grocery cart. Think of that bag of lettuce, from field to shelf, as a petroleum product. And right now, as you know, petroleum is at war.

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