Japan’s Rice Crisis Rattles Politics

Armstrong Economics ^ | 22 May 25 | Martin Armstrong

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

FC Ah! I knew it!!!

I would take a pass on rice from China or India. Who knows what has been dumped in the water.

(I Like Rhee Chun California grown short grain rice, but I get it in the local Oriental Grocery Store.)

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

FC Ah! I knew it!!! (:D

I would take a pass on rice from China or India. Who knows what has been dumped in the water.

(I Like Rhee Chun California grown short grain rice, but I get it in the local Oriental Grocery Store.)

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Japanese village walk

Lets just say that India and China have a problem with contaminates in their water and by extension, their rice. IIRC we have a problem with Arsenic in some rice growing areas in the U.S. Used as an insecticide or something.

[Flaming Conservative]

I always buy jasmine rice, either from Walmart or Amazon, whichever is cheaper. No idea where it comes from; I guess I should check...

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Pete from Shawnee Mission :" Lets just say that India and China have a problem with contaminates in their water
and by extension, their rice. "

Also, many Japanese rice farmers are getting older, and are not being replaced by youths
The family tradition of successive Japanese generations of rice farmers following in their parents footsteps is considered archaic.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Tilted. Japan. IIRC small farms are disappearing and being replaced larger automated farms the same as the U.S. Before college when I worked as a carpenter I lost the sense of woodworking romance pretty quickly. If I could do it with a machine or tool rather than by hand I would.

[minnesota_bound]

Rice flu?....