How would food prices be affected?

Texas is one of the great food-producing places on the planet, and a place that produces a surplus of food is in a strong position on price, not a weak one. The largest hidden force pushing food prices up is the falling value of the dollar, and that is made in Washington.

Texas produces far more food than it eats

Start with the fact that decides the rest. Texas leads the union in cattle and is a leading producer of cotton, hay, grain, and more, with agricultural output well over 25 billion dollars a year. A nation that grows a surplus of food and exports it is not at the mercy of someone else for its dinner. The supply is here, the ranches and farms are here, and the processing is here. That is the foundation of food security, and it is already in place.

Supply chains keep running, so the shelves stay stocked

The trucks, rail, ports, and processors that move food do not stop at independence, and trade with the United States and the world continues under ordinary agreements. Food keeps moving across the Texas-U.S. border the same way it moves across every friendly border, which means the grocery shelves stay stocked. Continuity is the default, and both sides have every reason to keep it that way.

The biggest hidden price increase is the inflation tax

When the price of groceries climbs, part of that is the food and part of it is a dollar that buys less than it used to. The dollar has lost roughly 22 percent of its purchasing power since 2020 alone. That erosion is a Washington product, driven by federal borrowing and money printing, and it raises the price of everything, food included. An independent Texas building sound money, on the Texas Bullion Depository and the gold-and-silver legal tender of HB 1056, takes a step away from the inflation that quietly inflates every grocery bill.

Honesty about what we will not promise

We will not hand you a made-up number for how much your groceries change, because no one can honestly produce one. Food prices move with weather, fuel, global demand, and the value of money, and they would in any independent country. What can be said honestly is the direction of the tools: Texas controls its own food production, keeps its supply chains open by agreement, and moves toward sound money. Those are the levers that actually bear on price, and independence puts all three in Texas hands.

The bottom line

Texas grows a surplus of food, keeps its supply chains open, and moves away from the federal inflation that drives prices up. We will not invent a percentage, but the forces that actually set food prices all tilt in Texas's favor under independence.