Charge it to the law of supply and demand: “When demand is high, the price is high. When demand is low, the price is low.”

Such is the case now for farm produce that people cannot do without on their table especially during Christmas’ “Noche Buena.”

Accordingly, unit prices of pork are now in the vicinity of P240 per kilo while Buco sells P35 apiece for Buco Salad. (Mike Taboy/Benjie Cuaresma/IAMIGO/CNS)