Food industry leaders are warning that a huge food crisis is coming, with slaughterhouses closing across the country and the food supply chain badly damaged. Politicians will blame this coming crisis on the coronavirus, but their unprecedented "lockd
Wholesale American beef prices jumped 6% to a record high of $330.82 per 100 pounds, a 62% increase from the lows in February, according to Bloomberg, citing new USDA data.
President Trump on Thursday downplayed the meat shortage crisis that is expected to unfold across America in the first and second week in May. He said he's "not at all" worried about the food supply chain.
Much to the disapproval of unions, President Trump is planning to invoke the Defense Production Act to reopen meat plants. Will employees be mandated to work?
Americans are uniquely privileged, to the point of simply imagining they can stay home for months and months without suffering severe economic hardship as a result.
Americans are uniquely privileged, to the point of simply imagining they can stay home for months and months without suffering severe economic hardship as a result. Our unique privilege is delusion, the mentality that America is rich and will remain
Reuters reported that 1 in 7 Americans relied on food banks before the coronvirus panic but demand now has doubled or tripled. Food-bank networks are running out of staple goods. San Diego, Chicago, and Houston are other cities that reported dwindlin
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What the head of the UN's World Food Program just said should be making front page headlines all over the globe. Because if what he is claiming is true, we are about to see global food shortages on a scale that is absolutely unprecedented in modern
Update (April 24): At least ten meatpacking facilities have shuttered operations over the last several weeks, stoking fears of imminent food shortages across the country.
Today, Luke and Tim dive into a crisis in development. As millions of Americans are unemployed, industries like food processing are in need of workers.
Update (April 23): Food shortages across the country are coming a lot quicker than anyone has anticipated. A total of eight meatpacking plants have already gone offline in weeks.
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Allen Harim Foods, a Delaware-based chicken company, is being forced to kill up to 2-million chickens, because staffing shortages prevent the company from processing and delivering.
Smithfield, for means of disclosure, is 100% owned by a Chinese company closely tied to the Chinese military. They own plants across the US and are under attack for infecting workers, so it is alleged.
We have been covering the impact of coronavirus on meat processing facilities in the U.S. and now it looks as though Canada is feeling the shockwaves as well.
Gardening is a work-intensive practice, but one that is worth all the hard work and time you invest in it. After all, who is going to say no to a hobby that gives you a workout and yields the literal fruits (and vegetables) of your labor?
Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie says farmers are only weeks away from euthanizing animals that would have been sold for meat. Fruits and vegetables also are going to rot in the fields. The reason is that the food supply line has been broken by
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