Posted on 06/01/2022 10:20:13 AM PDT by george76
As more food processing plants burn down, the prophecy of pre-Messianic food shortages looms more imminent. Though labeled a conspiracy theory, the facts remain undeniable; prices are rising as supply chain problems persist and food becomes dear.
BIDEN: PLANNING TO “DISSEMINATE FOOD SHORTAGES.”.
The story comes in the wake of a presidential prediction that food shortages were about to become a reality due to the war in Ukraine. While addressing the subject, President Biden made a gaffe that made it seem that the food shortages were, in fact, planned.
“We had a long discussion in the G7 with the, with both the United States, which has a significant — the third-largest producer of wheat in the world — as well as Canada, which is also a major, major producer, and we both talked about how we could increase and disseminate more rapidly food, food shortages,” Biden said at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on March 24. The video has been removed by Facebook. The transcript of that address has also been altered slightly.
“With regard to food shortages, yes, we did talk about food shortages. And it’s going to be real,” Biden said at a press conference last week in Belgium after attending meetings of NATO and G7 leaders.
The president referred to 8% inflation as “the price of sanctions.”
“Both Russia and Ukraine have been the breadbasket of Europe in terms of wheat, for example, just to give one example,” Biden said.
WAVE OF FIRES..
While Biden blamed Russia, fires cropped up all around the US in food production facilities. Despite Biden’s deflection, many of the fires occurred before the conflict in Ukraine:
On Saturday evening, a fire broke out at Perdue Farms facility in the South Norfolk area of Chesapeake, North Carolina.
Ten days ago, a small plane crashed within a mile of the runway of the Covington, Georgia Municipal Airport, hitting a General Mills food facility.
On Sunday, it was being reported that “nearly a dozen wildfires” had just roared through key agricultural areas of Nebraska.
In the middle of the night, on March 23, a fire broke out on the roof of the General Mills food processing plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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On March 28, Maricopa Food Pantry, a local food bank in Arizona, lost 50,000 pounds worth of food in a fire that occurred “just 15 minutes after their food bank closed,” according to CBS affiliate Arizona’s Family.AZCentral cited CEO Jim Shoaf in stating that 15,000 pounds of meat and 40,000 pounds of canned goods and “other commodities” were lost in the blaze.
On March 31, a structure fire significantly damaged a large portion of the Rio Fresh onion packing facility in San Juan, Texas. It was the largest fresh onion packing facility in the region.
On April 12, a major fire broke out at New Hampshire’s East Conway Beef and Pork slaughterhouse.
On April 13, the Taylor Farms California Foodservice production facility in Salinas, California, burned almost entirely to the ground. The facility employed nearly 1,000 people. An update on the company’s website described the Salinas facility as its primary production facility.
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On April 14, a small plane crashed into the Gem State food processing plant in Heyburn, Idaho. The website for the company describes itself as processing 18,000 acres worth of potatoes each year.
On April 19, the headquarters of Azure Standard, the nation’s premier independent distributor of organic and healthy food, was destroyed by fire. The company released a statement that due to the destruction, the company “will experience out-of-stock status for Azure Market oils, honey, and vinegar – basically any Azure Market liquid product – as well as our carob products for the short term.” The destruction may also affect product supplies from their fruit packing facility.
On March 24, 2022, a fire destroyed the Penobscot McCrum potato processing plant in Belfast, Maine.
On March 16, 2022, according to KAIT, a fire caused extensive damage to a new production line dedicated to Hot Pockets at a Nestle plant in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
On March 16, a major fire hit the 1.2 million-sq.-ft. Walmart fulfillment center, Plainfield, Indiana.
On February 22, 2022, a propane boiler explosion caused a fire that destroyed the Shearer’s Foods potato chip plant in northeast Oregon.
On February 3, 2022, according to NBC15 in Madison, WI., a fire destroyed part of the Wisconsin River Meats site in Mauston.
On January 13, 2022, according to KALB, an explosion and fire damaged the Cargill-Nutrena plant in Lecompte, Louisiana.
On January 6, 2022, a fire did extensive damage to a poultry processing plant in Hamilton, Ontario, according to CHCH-TV.
On December 13, 2021, a fire broke out at a food processing plant in San Antonio, Texas. When firefighters arrived on the scene, they found a freezer on fire in the facility. $150,000 worth of food was destroyed in the fire.
On November 29, 2021, a fire broke out at the Maid-Rite Steak Company meat processing plant in Scott Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. The cause of this fire has been ruled an accident.
On September 12, 2021, a fire broke out at the JVS USA beef processing plant in Grand Island, Nebraska. According to Drovers, the nation’s oldest livestock publication, the fire was determined to be from a heater near the roof in the rendering area of the plant.
On August 23, 2021, a fire broke out at Patak Meat Products in Cobb County, Georgia. In March of 2022, the company said on Facebook that it is still rebuilding.
On July 31, 2021, according to WVTM, the NBC station in Birmingham, Alabama, a fire broke out at Tyson’s River Valley Ingredients rendering plant in Hanceville, Alabama.
On July 25, 2021, a fire damaged a Kellogg’s plant in Memphis, Tennessee. According to fire officials, it was accidentally sparked when a malfunctioning conveyer belt sparked a blaze in a rice drying machine.
On April 30, 2021, a fire broke out at the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Monmouth, Illinois.
On January 11, 2021, a fire destroyed the Deli Star meat processing plant in Fayetteville, Illinois, according to Meat+Poultry.
I was gonna say, what percentage of food production do they represent?
Stalin starved millions of Ukrainians to death. Why not his White House doppelganger doing the same to Americans?
Bkmk
Hard to decide whether it is the CIA or Russia funding this.
“On April 14, a small plane crashed into the Gem State food processing plant in Heyburn, Idaho”
And caused no damage whatsoever to the lines and injured no employees.
I predict the poorest people will continue to be the most obese.
Freegards
Going with the house advantage. Always a wise bet.
This.
The list lacks details, not all of these incidents even effected plant operations.
To determine if there is a pattern, you would need to compare with previous years.
Some of the incidents are clearly accidents.
A whole lot of nothing.
It would be useful to have statistics on the food production loss over several administrations, and also the problems during the past 2 Covid years. The amount of production loss due to this cause compared with total prodution would also be useful. I suspect that the issue of new, inexperienced workers and loss of experienced ones is certainly a factor.
Regarding the price of diesel, that seems to have been caused by loss of train transport. One major railroad reduced transport of goods by 50%. Others have also reduced transport. Thus a lot more trucks are being used to carry goods to market, and they frequently use diesel.
On the subject of conspiracy theories, I am a third of the way through reading Tom Clancy’s “The Teeth of the Tiger.” The plot has 16 Jijadi terrorists slipping into the US to perform mischief. I have not yet read what kind of disasters Clancy proposed for this 2003 book. We should certainly be alert and ready to report suspicious behavior, especially for our food and water supply. I have also for a number of years tried to maintain a 3 month supply of easy to store and prepare foodstuffs, and multiple gallons of drinking water. I started this habit 25 years ago when mostly stuck at home caring for dying mother and husband. These days “thanks” to Covid we have better grocery delivery services.
There are until there are not. The trend is not our friend.
Good news for the Democrat Party. It can’t get anarcho-tyranny without a little anarchy...................
What will they say when full anarcho-tyranny is focused upon them?
“hough labeled a conspiracy theory, the facts remain undeniable; prices are rising as supply chain problems persist and food becomes dear.”
The Left has supported abortion on demand resulting the death of 63 million babies so no surprise that they are willing to let thousands starve to achieve their goals. Remember Bill Ayers said at one time if it cost 25 million deaths to achieve their goals so be it.
2 airplanes, 2 food plants. Sounds sketchy even if this one missed.
Remember Bill Ayers said at one time if it cost 25 million deaths to achieve their goals so be it.
He also said the population needs to be reduced by 80% and the ones that would remain had to think correctly.
HOW DARE YOU QUESTION AN OBSCURE ONLINE BLOG!!!!
And oddly enough, or not, Bill Gates has recently gotten into the food production business.......
can you say “eliminate the competition”?
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