As a professor in the agriculture field at a major land grant institution, I have given alot of thought to the current situation our country is experiencing with respect to food production, transportation and distribution.
My intent with this post is not to alarm people but it wouldn’t take very much to significantly disrupt the production and distribution of food. In fact, it already has occurred to a minor extent. Case in point, the use of corn/feedstocks for alternative (ethanol) fuel production. What would happen if there is a significant drought in the corn belt?
So many people take our nation’s food production capacity for granted and have no appreciation or understanding for agriculture in general.
Starvation and hunger has been contributing ingredients in many insurrections/revolutions that have occurred throughout history.
I hope and pray that our country is able to ride this one out without any complications from the lack of food.
My two cents,
MFO