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Congressman Warns U.S. Could Be 'Weeks Away' From Food Shortages
pjmedia.com ^ | 4/13/2020 | Rick Moran

Posted on 04/14/2020 10:17:29 AM PDT by rktman

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Philosophy; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: food; hysteria; incitingariot; kentucky; prepper; preppers; supply; supplychains; thomasmassie
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To: LilFarmer

Best of luck. Keep on workin’ if you can. Thanks.


41 posted on 04/14/2020 10:47:26 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

I appreciate this information but hope that most suppliers and do some pivoting.

I’ll buy eggs in alternative packaging etc.

Maybe some retail consumer rules need to be changed but I’d hope the feds can do that.

In other news y’all Restaurant Depot which used to be member only with a resell number and all that has opened to the public for the duration no charge. Check and see if there is one in your area.

I got a big sack of flour. A big spice jar. There were boxes of pasta. Etc. Load up.


42 posted on 04/14/2020 10:48:04 AM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen)
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To: RushingWater
"Support your local restaurant that is offering curbside right now!

Yep, we have changed nothing since this mess started. We get food to go 2 x a week. I know that is nothing compared to many folks whom cooking is a foreign concept but we are doing our part.

43 posted on 04/14/2020 10:48:08 AM PDT by DAC21 ( and Naflet had demint)
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To: V_TWIN

Isn’t this the same guy that tried to hold up the stimulus?
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and the cited source is from Organic Valley, who are hard core left (I have known the founder and top officers, plus many suppliers and workers for the past 30+ years. I live 15 miles from their main office in WI. They sold non-organic cattle feed as organic, for example. I distrust them all.)

The supply chains could be opened so public and retailers could purchase from former restaurant suppliers. Allow meat & milk from the farm. Butter and simple cheeses are easily made at home. Support CSAs.

Not everyone can grow a garden, let alone raise meat animals, including chickens.


44 posted on 04/14/2020 10:49:05 AM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: MrEdd

True enough if and when you can get it. Not Costco of Sams either. Although you can buy some things in bulk there.


45 posted on 04/14/2020 10:49:22 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

Why cant restaurant and hotel food suppliers send their food to food store chains? BTW restaurants get THE BEST food.


46 posted on 04/14/2020 10:51:15 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn....)
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To: Persevero

Also an online source is “boxed.com”. No membership required but min order is $19.99 and over $50.00 is free shipping. Availability varies day to day. Not bad on some stuff.


47 posted on 04/14/2020 10:51:37 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: LilFarmer
He will, he doesn’t really have a choice. Lot of high risk in my house, so he’s living in a camper 😒
48 posted on 04/14/2020 10:52:16 AM PDT by LilFarmer
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To: MrEdd

...preparing large quantities and keeping the freezer full of prepared dishes.
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I still do that at 77 with only 2 of us. My recipes call for 1 gallon at a time.


49 posted on 04/14/2020 10:52:22 AM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: V_TWIN

That may have been 40% Goat Meat Chilli.
Goat meat is very popular in Jamaica.


50 posted on 04/14/2020 10:56:43 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: rktman

BFL


51 posted on 04/14/2020 10:58:19 AM PDT by The FIGHTIN Illini (Wake up fellow Patriots before it's too late)
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To: HangnJudge

“The COVID thing has been heck on my low carb diet, gained 5#”

I expect that’s true for us. I’ll never know, as I haven’t stepped on a scale for about 20 years, except in doctors’ offices — and then I close my eyes.


52 posted on 04/14/2020 11:00:29 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a SOUND MIND.)
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To: HangnJudge

Yeah, I filled my freezer with stuff, as well. Then my refrigerator sabotaged me by letting all the coolant escape. Had to take all my frozen food over to my sisters house till I can get a replacement. It’s a built in unit, so not easy or cheap.


53 posted on 04/14/2020 11:05:11 AM PDT by jimtorr
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To: rktman

The food warehouses are full - some of the Freezer / Cold Storage warehouses are running out of storage space.

The problem is moving the Food from the Distribution Centers to the Supermarkets.


54 posted on 04/14/2020 11:12:20 AM PDT by EC Washington
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To: rktman

The Texas governor has authorized restaurants to sell bulk retail products from restaurant supply chain distributors directly to the public.


55 posted on 04/14/2020 11:13:27 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: rktman

Thank you for that very informative post.


56 posted on 04/14/2020 11:15:10 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (2020 four more years!)
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To: LilFarmer

“My husband had stockpiled N95 for his employees back during H1N1, but the CDC says they cannot wear those, they must be cloth.”

Why would the CDC require less protective cloth masks rather than N95s? That’s nuts. Idiots.


57 posted on 04/14/2020 11:18:49 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: rktman

Not a food shortage - a regulation logjam by FDA Democrat thugs.


58 posted on 04/14/2020 11:20:40 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: Singermom
It’s the dems who are the hoarders.

Yup, the conservative Republicans are preppers, and bought ahead of time when it wouldn't cause a panic, shortage or price surge. The best among them have land and are nearly self-sufficient without the stores.
59 posted on 04/14/2020 11:20:47 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: smokingfrog

Yes, some restaurants are doing that.


60 posted on 04/14/2020 11:22:01 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (2020 four more years!)
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