Gas prices have continued to rise as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has disrupted the flow of oil. In Georgia, farmers are feeling the impact of the price spike. Matt Jordan delivers around 300 pounds of mushrooms to the DeKalb Farmers Market every week from the Ellijay Mushrooms farm. "These are our most popular—straight from the farm, shiitake mushrooms," he said. Jordan makes multiple daily deliveries to grocery stores. With rising diesel gas prices, he's feeling the pain in his wallet.
"From $4 to going on $6 is a huge difference for a small farm," he said. "We go through probably 130 gallons of diesel a week, and that makes a big difference. It really adds up." According to AAA, the average price for diesel gas in Atlanta was around $5 on Friday. That's nearly 70 cents higher than last week.
At the Ellijay Mushroom Farm, there are several grow houses. Inside, 5,000 shiitake mushrooms are grown each week. Farmer Stephen Mahaffey said their cash crop is shiitake mushrooms, but they also grow blue and gray oyster mushrooms.
Mahaffey said they hate to pass the price on to consumers. "It's affecting us so much that we're gonna have to eventually raise prices, which we do not want to do," he said. "But we're not at that point yet."
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