Congressman Warns U.S. Could Be 'Weeks Away' From Food Shortages

pjmedia.com ^ | 4/13/2020 | Rick Moran

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Civilization truly is a fragile thing. The electrical grid is susceptible to sabotage, the internet is vulnerable to being shut down, and our transportation industry is highly sensitive to fuel availability and price.

And we're never more than a few days away from anarchy when it comes to the food supply.

Rep. Thomas Massie is warning that the supply chain has been so disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic that we'll be seeing food shortages sometime in the next few weeks.

Washington Examiner:

Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie warned that the United States could face food shortages due to the “brittle” supply chain, bankrupting farmers and forcing them to euthanize livestock.

“We are weeks, not months, away from farmers euthanizing animals that would have been sold for meat/food. Also, fruits and vegetables are going to rot in the fields. A drastic change in policy this week could ameliorate this inevitability,” he tweeted Monday.

Massie shared an interview he did with a local radio show host for the tri-state area of Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky, during which he spoke about how the U.S. could see farmers going bankrupt and euthanizing cattle and hogs because meat processing plants have shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic.

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“Figure how to repackage smaller, and we’re good to go.”

Unlike gasoline, I’m guessing milk can be off loaded into any type of container. That’s great news that Texas is allowing this - good for everybody.

Well, until some lawyer gets a tummy ache and sues the restaurant for putting fresh milk into the lawyer’s old container that wasn’t cleaned properly.