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South America is in a real food crisis right now.

What happens down there will certainly impact us here.

1 posted on 10/04/2020 3:50:36 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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There is no food crisis. This is just another clarion call for U.S. taxpayers to cough up more money and freedoms to the UN.

These countries need to start adopting capitalism.

2 posted on 10/04/2020 3:55:10 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!)
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Biden wants American farmers to put their farmland into Gvt “land banks”.
Gvt would then tell farmers what “sustainable” plants they could grow.

Is this what’s it’s coming to?


3 posted on 10/04/2020 3:55:37 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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I talked to the PepsiCo stocker at the local big-chain grocer, and said, where goeth real sugar Pepsi (which I detest with all soft drinks, but my family cannot abide without) and he laid down the tracks: "ALUMINUM SHORTAGE".

Whoa.

That's a big deal, if PepsiCo and others are eliminating their side brands to ride out an aluminum shortage wtf...the aluminum commodities market doesn't offer that indicator, steadily but not crazy climbing out of the shock COVID hole from March-May.

4 posted on 10/04/2020 3:56:18 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (I've got your Third Rail of Politics right here.)
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UH If they stop voting for communist rule they will be able to see the food at the end of the tunnel. That’s the short version.


5 posted on 10/04/2020 3:56:30 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees)
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I think this is an attempt to whip up more panic buying.


7 posted on 10/04/2020 3:57:08 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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"The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now. At this late date nothing can prevent a substantial increase in the world death rate..."

Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb, 1968

This drivel was published 52 years ago. But Paul Ehrlich had a really cool, intellectual-sounding name.

10 posted on 10/04/2020 3:59:20 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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Some of these places need to stop having children.

Maybe most of these places do.


11 posted on 10/04/2020 4:00:00 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Upstate NY...Stocking up a little more than usual...as still don't see stores fully stocked.

Have my sugar, coffee, creamer and all kinds of canned goods. Freezing some more chicken and pea soup.

Expecting a tough winter.

12 posted on 10/04/2020 4:01:22 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Need more farmland for ethanol. Who needs food?


14 posted on 10/04/2020 4:01:54 PM PDT by Chgogal (ALL lives matter. If you disagree with me, YOU are the racist.)
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Michigan Bans Many Stores From Selling Seeds, Home Gardening Supplies, Calls Them “Not Necessary”

With the coronavirus quickly becoming a new normal, home gardening is taking off, as more and more Americans start to grow their own fruits and vegetables. But in Michigan, many stores have been barred from selling seeds, soils, plants, and other gardening supplies.

Last week, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer ordered all stores larger than 50,000-square feet to cordon off their garden centers and plant nurseries, blocking customers from shopping in those sections through April 30. “If you’re not buying food or medicine or other essential items, you should not be going to the store,” Whitmer said when announcing her order.

The shutdown follows an executive order from last month that’s been widely interpreted by many in the industry as banning greenhouses, independent garden centers, and plant nurseries from selling to the public, as part of a larger crackdown on activities deemed “not necessary to sustain or protect life.” (Curiously, the state’s list of “not necessary” items doesn’t include lottery tickets and liquor, which stores can continue to sell.)


15 posted on 10/04/2020 4:02:43 PM PDT by Eddie01
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This article would have some semblance of validity if it clearly laid out the political ideologies of the countries affected...

Without describing the actual things leading to starvationdemics, the article is just propaganda/nonsense...

16 posted on 10/04/2020 4:03:07 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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17 posted on 10/04/2020 4:06:22 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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Gaslighting by the left.

There is no food shortage.


21 posted on 10/04/2020 4:10:21 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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Once we had empty shelves. But we’re been fully stocked for a very long time.

Yes, we still have the pandemic. But I believe that the “second wave” is a scare tactic, perhaps designed by the Dims and their communist collaborators to keep us from voting on Nov. 3.

Take your flu and pneumonia shots, keeep social distancing, and above all, PRAY and VOTE Republican. Not too long from now, we shall have safe and effective vaccines and other treatments. Don’t let the Dims and commies (among others) keep you from taking them!!!!


22 posted on 10/04/2020 4:11:39 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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Peru, Colombia and Chile are in good condition.


23 posted on 10/04/2020 4:12:36 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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This is pretty bogus:

“He couldn’t feed his family. Matilde Alonso knew it was true but couldn’t believe it. The pandemic had just hit Guatemala in full force and Alonso, a 34-year-old construction worker, was suddenly jobless.

He sat up all alone till late that night, his mind racing, and fought back tears. He had six mouths to feed, no income and no hope of receiving anything beyond the most meager of crisis-support checks — some $130 — from the cash-strapped government.”

Guatemala specifically shut down its borders to make sure COVID-19 did not cause its economy problems. A relative handful ever brought or got COVID-19 because of this. People kept their jobs and plants continued to grow bountiful amounts of food, for which the climate paradise is well-known.

24 posted on 10/04/2020 4:12:50 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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A food crisis would be inevitable with the Green New Deal. There have yet to be developed any electric powered tractors, combines and heavy duty trucks that are needed to plant, harvest and transport farm commodities. Since farting cows and presumably pigs will be banned more intense cultivation will be required for an increasing vegan diet. Fertilizers and pesticides that allow large yields of course are petroleum based. Whether the high speed rail network envisioned by the GND included enough infrastructure and rolling stock to get produce to market is yet to be seen. The type of blackouts we are seeing in California would make the storage of perishable impossible. Mass starvation would be a real issue.


26 posted on 10/04/2020 4:15:03 PM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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Stock up.


27 posted on 10/04/2020 4:15:07 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire
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U.S. farm bankruptcies hit an eight-year high last year, and they are on pace to go even higher this year.

This should deeply alarm all of us, because we are going to need as much food production as possible during the years to come.

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And the filthy Chinese Communists are buying up most of the bankrupt farms in the US. Products then shipped straight to Communist China. Less food for the US.


29 posted on 10/04/2020 4:16:36 PM PDT by Starcitizen (Communist China needs to be treated like the pariah country it is. Send it back to 1971)
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No it won’t

Stop all this Panic Porn


30 posted on 10/04/2020 4:18:02 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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