An old statement I read in a history book once:
No nation in the history of the world was ever more than three meals away from widespread food riots.
When government welfare food cards went dead due to a national computer system failure, hundreds of recipients swarmed places in anger.
The supply chain/flow is seriously disrupted from the commercial to residential consumption shift.
Farmers sure as hell aren’t dumping millions of gallons of milk or turning over crops for fun.
Thread on this article some days ago:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/04/14/phase-five-supply-chain-with-a-message-from-a-dairy-farmer/#more-189128
We've had people getting most of their food from food banks, and then using their EBT cards for steak, lobster, chips and soda. Food banks would get a lot of food from supermarkets, as stuff on shelf was nearing expiration.
But food banks are drying up, so these people are going to need to use their EBTs for real food.
Food Shortages? Nope, Too Much Food In The Wrong Places
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America, a network of food banks and charitable meals programs, says that these programs normally receive large donations of unsold food from retail stores. In recent weeks, though, as retailers struggled to keep their shelves stocked, "we're seeing as much as a 35% reduction in that donation stream from retail," Babineaux-Fontenot says."
Wait until city slickers try and live off the land!