gabe cohen reports. >> reporter: as jim jones finishes the swee t potato harvest, skyrocketing costs are slicing through his profits. are you seeing any more money from this inflation? >> no. we're actually paying for it. >> reporter: the price of fertilizer, fuel and labor are way up with no ceiling in sight. how did your profit change this year? >> i would say maybe 10%, 15%. >> reporter: what about looking ahead to next year? >> add that much more to it again. >> reporter: inflation may be cooking up the most expensive thanksgiving in history for families. the usda says the average dinner cost is up 5%. the american farm bureau says it may be as much as 14%. their survey shows price hikes on most products from potatoes to cranberries to turkey which is anearing a record high. and many farmers say the price they receive for their crop is not going up. so your price is staying the same? >> my price is staying the same. or a little lower. >> reporter: why don't farmers just raise the price of their crops? >> they are price takers, not price makers. >> reporter: the national farmers u

but at gabe cohen now reports, that is not translating to farmers across america who say that they are losing money despite the increase in prices. >> reporter: as jim jones finishes the harvest on his north carolina farm, skyrocketing costs are slicing through his profits. are you seeing anymore money from this inflation? >> no. we're actually paying for it. >> reporter: the price of fertilizer, fuel and labor are way up, with no ceiling in sight. how did your profit change this year? >> i would say maybe 10%, 15%. >> reporter: what about looking ahead to next year? >> that much more to it again. >> reporter: inflation may be cooking up the most expensive thanks giving in history for families. usda scis says the average dinnt is up 5%, american farm bureau say it may be as much as 14%. price hikes from most products from potatoes to turkeys which are nearing a record high. despite those markups, many farmers say the price they receive for their crop isn't going up. >> my price is staying the same. or a little lower. >> reporter: why don't farmers just raise the price of their crops? >

cnn's gabe cohen reports. >> reporter: as jim jones finishes the sweet potato harvest on his north carolina farm, skyrocketing costs are slicing through his profits. are you seeing any more money from this inflation? >> no, no. we're actually paying for it. >> reporter: the price of fertilizer, fuel and labor are way up with no ceiling in sight. >>> how did your profit change this year? >> i would say maybe 10, 15%. >> reporter: what about looking ahead to next year? >> add that much more to it again. >> reporter: inflation may be cooking up the most expensive thanksgiving in history for families. the usda says the average dinner cost is up 5%. the american farm bureau says it may be as much as 14%. their survey shows price hikes on most products from potatoes to cranberries to turkeys which are nearing a record high. despite those markups at the market, many farmers say the price they receive for their crop isn't going up. so your price is staying the same? >> my price is staying the same. or a little lower. >> reporter: why don't farmers raise the price of their crops? >> farmers are pric

cost of the traditional dinner is up 14% by some estimates, but reporter gabe cohen tells us it's not the farmers who are cashing in. >> reporter: as jim jones finishes the sweet potato harvest on this north carolina participate, skyrocketing costs are slicing through his profits. are you seeing any more money from this inflation? >> no, no. we're actually paying for it. >> reporter: the price of

cost of the traditional dinner is up 14% by some estimates, but reporter gabe cohen tells us it's not the farmers who are cashing in. >> reporter: as jim jones finishes the sweet potato harvest on this north carolina participate, skyrocketing costs are slicing through his profits. are you seeing any more money from this inflation? >> no, no. we're actually paying for it. >> reporter: the price of fertilizer, fuel, and labor are way up, with no ceiling in sight. how did you profit change this year? >> i would say 10 to 15%. haven't how about next year? >> add that much to it gain. >> reporter: inflation may be cooking up the most expensive thanksgiving it inpry for families. the average dinner cost subpoena 5 percent, the american farm bureau says it may be as much as 14%. their survey shows price hikes on most products from cranberries to turk yes, sir, which are nearing a record high. many farmers say the price they receive for their crop isn't going up. so your price is staying the same. >> my price is staying the same, or a little lower. >> reporter: why don't farmers just raise th

gabe cohen is joining us on this thanksgiving. gabe, what are farmers seeing? >> well, kaitlan, like most americans right now farmers are seeing their costs go up for just about everything that they need to operate. and the concern that we're hearing in many of these cases is that the inflation that you and i are paying at the grocery store isn't necessarily trickling down to the farm. as jim jones finishes the sweet potato harvest on his north carolina farm, skyrocketing costs are slicing through his profits. >> are you seeing any more money from this inflation? >> no. we're actually paying for it. >> reporter: the price of fertilizer, fuel and labor are way up, with no ceiling in sight. how did your profit change this year? >> i would say maybe 10%, 15%. >> reporter: what about looking ahead to next year? >> add that much more to it again. >> reporter: inflation may be cooking up the most expensive thanksgiving in history for families. the usda says the average dinner cost is up 5%. the american farm bureau says it may be as much as 14%. their survey shows pr

cnn's gabe cohen is joining us now with more on this. this is proof why you do not want to get covid. >> that's absolutely right. that's a warning coming from doctors. so what we're talking here, what we're talking about here are covid long haulers, patients who are developing these brutal neurological issues, months after infection. it is a long-term fight for many of these long haulers and these symptoms can be debilitating and now a doctor at the mayo clinic is estimating at least 1 million americans are out of work because of long covid. and it is happening as the country deals with a labor shortage. lori feels trapped inside her pittsburgh home and her ailing body. >> i feel like i lost the life that i had. >> reporter: it has been nearly a year since she and her family contracted covid. her father died. today she is still battling post covid syndrome, a mysterious long-term condition plaguing some covid patients. once perfectly healthy, she now keeps this long list of symptoms, like severe fatigue, brain fog and constant pain. >> i

cnn's gabe cohen is joining us live with more on this. this is -- look, so many parents are just very frustrated. and we're seeing a lot of this play out at the local level. . >> yeah, we definitely are, brianna. we are starting to hear the message even more. education was a huge issue to voters when they elected glenn youngkin governor this month. now we are seeing it in other states. it's not just these polarizing politicized issues like critical race theory. there is a larger frustration that a lot of parents are feeling with their school system that organizers are now trying to tap into. do you think a movement is growing here? >> i know a movement is growing. >> reporter: watching from her pennsylvania home, clarise wasn't surprised when he won the governor's race. >> i think it woke a lot of people and said okay, there is a ground swell. >> reporter: the political divides playing out from critical race theory to mask and vaccine mandates. but beyond the weekly fireworks and beyond virginia, there is a common thread tieing many paren

gabe cohen is outfront. >> watching from her pennsylvania home, clarice wasn't surprised when glenn youngkin, riding parents' fears and frustration with schools, one the vinchrginia governor's race. >> i hope the race in virginia really woke people up and said, okay there is a groundswell of parents. >> reporter: the political divides playing out in public schools right now from critical-race theory to mask and vaccine mandates but beyond the weekly fireworks and beyond virginia, there is a common thread tying many parents together. the feeling they have been ignored. a "usa today" poll said 50% of parents blame the -- tens of thousands in facebook groups focussed on keeping schools open. in pennsylvania, shillen jer harnessed those frustrations. the suburban mom helped run a political action committee that pumped close to $700,000, mostly from a republican venture capitalist, into statewide school-board elections. all, on one issue -- keeping schools open. >> we gave the parents a voice to run and try to win. >> reporter: they supported more than 200 candidates across pennsylvania. nearly t