News Forum - Floods bring higher prices on vegetables to Vegetarian Festival

[Thaiger]

The world-famous Phuket Vegetarian Festival is set to begin on Wednesday, but aside from Covid-19, the flooding in Thailand has also proved to be damaging the upcoming festivities by driving up the cost and scarcity of vegetables. The heavy rains from tropical storm Dianmu have damaged many crops including vegetables in the central, north, and northeastern regions. Plus floods have wiped out roads, and halted train services, further complicating the availability of vegetables. The festival was already expected to be somewhat milder due to the pandemic raising concerns about safety with large crowds coming out to celebrate. But now many […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

Kind of corny anyway, nothing to celerybrate, I beet they don't even have chives regal.

[gummy]

Just now, DoUKnowWhoIAm said:

Kind of corny anyway, nothing to celerybrate, I beet they don't even have chives regal.

And that's shallot

[AlexPTY]

Just got Aussie beef from my butcher, who needs freakin' vegetables

[gummy]

8 minutes ago, AlexPTY said:

Just got Aussie beef from my butcher, who needs freakin' vegetables

Exactly as there are enough "vegetables" in the government.

[Jason]

This is to be expected after the amount of rainfall. Supply and demand.