Coming to America: Food Insecurity Is Inevitable

Townhall.com ^ | April 25, 2022 | Jeff Crouere

[Kaslin]

After one-third of the horrific term of resident Joe Biden is almost complete, the United States of America is facing a series of mind-boggling crises.

The Biden administration’s COVID-19 response focused on forcing Americans to wear masks and take vaccines. The President pushed mandates and lockdowns, instead of freedom. The toll on our economy, overall health and psychological well-being has been staggering.

This week, in their commitment to continue these policies, the administration refused to abandon the unnecessary and ridiculous mask mandate for public transportation and will appeal a federal judge’s sensible ruling striking down this unpopular mandate.

There is an unprecedented crisis on our southern border as an invasion of illegal immigrants continues to pour into our country. This is leading to a massive increase in illegal drugs, which is contributing to a record number of drug overdose deaths.

Fueled by a rise in illegal drugs, illegal immigrants and “woke” prosecutors in urban areas, violent crime is skyrocketing in America. Our police officers are overwhelmed, underpaid, and constantly disrespected by progressive Democrats who blame them for the dangerous conditions instead of the real culprits, the violent criminals.

Americans are facing a plethora of economic troubles as huge debt, reckless spending and the targeting of our energy industry contributed to record gasoline prices and devastating inflation levels. The wages of workers are not keeping pace with the high inflation rates, so Americans are falling further behind economically.

To combat inflation, interest rates are increasing, which will make home buying more difficult and cause problems for our real estate industry.

While all these problems are truly dreadful, the scariest issue that will soon be facing Americans is an unfamiliar situation in the wealthiest country on earth, a food shortage. The last time the United States faced a real food shortage was during the Great Depression of the 1930s. At that time, there were “hunger marches” as millions of Americans were impacted by food shortages made worse by a severe drought in the Great Plains.

While we face nothing like that situation today, there are disturbing signs of trouble ahead. Already, Americans are noticing many shelves to be empty at local grocery stores.

The war in Ukraine has made a dire situation much worse. Both Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of food, such as wheat. In Ukraine, many farms have been destroyed during the war and able-bodied farmers are fighting on the front lines instead of tending to their fields.

To combat inflation, interest rates are increasing, which will make home buying more difficult and cause problems for our real estate industry.

While all these problems are truly dreadful, the scariest issue that will soon be facing Americans is an unfamiliar situation in the wealthiest country on earth, a food shortage. The last time the United States faced a real food shortage was during the Great Depression of the 1930s. At that time, there were “hunger marches” as millions of Americans were impacted by food shortages made worse by a severe drought in the Great Plains.

While we face nothing like that situation today, there are disturbing signs of trouble ahead. Already, Americans are noticing many shelves to be empty at local grocery stores.

The war in Ukraine has made a dire situation much worse. Both Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of food, such as wheat. In Ukraine, many farms have been destroyed during the war and able-bodied farmers are fighting on the front lines instead of tending to their fields.

The result was predictable, as global food prices soared 12% in the first few weeks of the war. The Executive Director of the World Food Program, David Beasley, called the escalating food shortages caused by the war a “catastrophe on top of catastrophe.” Even resident Biden admitted that the war in Ukraine will lead to “real” food shortages in the days ahead.

To make matters worse, there have been a series of unusual accidents at food processing plants and warehouses in recent months. There have been fires, unexplained accidents and even a deadly plane crash, which occurred Thursday, at a General Mills plant in Covington, Georgia. Sadly, two people were killed and there was considerable damage at the plant with numerous trailers being destroyed.

The plane crash occurred just two days after a fire destroyed the headquarters of Azure Standard, the nation’s largest manufacturer of organic and healthy food, in Dufur, Oregon.

With almost two dozen incidents in the last year, it is hard to imagine these events at similar facilities being purely coincidental. Regardless, the Biden administration has no answer to this dilemma. In fact, recent actions will make the situation even worse.

On April 14, Biden announced that a gasoline blend with 15% ethanol would be allowed during the summer. It is normally prohibited during the summer months because of negative environmental effects, such as increased pollution. The President waived this prohibition so that Americans would have minor relief in gasoline prices.

Unfortunately, this change will encourage more farmers to use their crops for ethanol, a biofuel that is made with corn. The result will be a shortage in food products, such as sweet corn, and corn feed, which is used to put weight on livestock. Thus, meat prices will soar to even higher levels.

The ethanol decision is particularly unwise as the country faces an upcoming food shortage. Nevertheless, the Biden administration is uninterested in addressing the real anxieties of Americans. Instead, their major areas of focus are pushing the climate change agenda, globalism, and retaining power. The actual economic condition of the American people is of little concern to Biden and his administration.

Curiously, as America faces this food crisis, approximately 250,000 acres of our farmland have been purchased by billionaire Bill Gates. In fact, Gates is the largest owner of farmland in the country.

Simultaneously, investors with ties to communist China have purchased almost 200,000 acres of our farmland. Both Gates and China are poised to reap massive financial benefits as food prices continue to rise. Even worse, it is a true national security dilemma for communist China to own such a significant amount of our country’s farmland as a food shortage is looming.

The United States Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as “a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.” Sadly, this “condition” is coming to America in the very near future.

To combat this crisis, the Biden administration should be working overtime to investigate the troubling incidents at food processing plants and encourage farmers to expand their food crops, not redirect them toward ethanol.

In addition, Biden and his administration should be focused on trying to negotiate a peace settlement to the war in Ukraine. Instead, this administration is allowing other countries, such as Turkey, to take the diplomatic lead in efforts to end the war.

It seems as if the President and his administration are doing everything possible to exacerbate the impending food shortage instead of solving it.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

DdB The question of course, is not what the DdB knows or thinks he knows at this time, but what did the Arsonist know or believe IF this were arson?

The business model for Azure Standard involves ordering food products that ship periodically by truck along pre-established shipping routes. (You pay the shipping costs as part of your purchase.) You meet the truck or pick the product up at a particular time on specified drop points and pick up your purchase off the back of the truck, or, at someone's garage. (= locker storage.) These are people who are trying to remain independent from normal in community food networks, Mormons,homesteaders, homeschoolers, etc.

An arsonist would reasonably consider that they were taking out the HQ computers that contain customer accounts and billing and product lists that control a widespread distribution network over a large area of western states. (The redoubt!) The arson would be directed at this destroying the computers and records of this distribution base, NOT the distributed processing and storage facuilities located in mulitple building. If arson...

About 7 or 8 years ago I signed up online with Azure Standard, but after reviewing I decided that I did not really need to wait for my food to be shipped to me since I had access to food equivalents with Natures Grocers, Sprouts, and Whole Foods all located closer than the drop off point. (I could also go to the Mercantile Food Mart in Lawrence KS if I wanted and stop for at Free State Brewery for a their food and beer!) I am also 7 or 8 miles from the Associated Grocers Food Distribution warehouse. (If that burns down that to me would be very suspicious .)

Anyway, Azure Standard sent an email, or I read a story that indicated that they were short storage space, and had stored some recieved products on pallets at the headquarters that spontaneously combusted or were too close to an electrical panel or something and that Arson was not suspected by the local fire department. (Something like a Grain Silo explosion or something.) SO, Does NOT look like Arson but accidental.

https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/fire-destroys-azure-standard-headquarter-facility/article_7df4657c-c03e-11ec-a8c2-5f88e266c6db.html

"Azure Standard founder and CEO David Stelzer issued the following statement: “While the HQ facility is a total loss, and a few product lines will be affected for the short term, other Azure Standard facilities are operating as close to normal as possible. Most importantly, we are grateful no one was injured. Our dedication to providing the highest quality food and products will continue as always. We ask for your patience and prayers as we take steps to adjust and rebuild. We appreciate our Azure community and the many expressions of support we are receiving and will continue to update our vendors and customers as needed. We expect the impact to be short-term, limited in scope and manageable.”

Now, HERE is your fear porn from 2020! (or is it?? See recent Traitor Joe the Resident statements about food shortages.)

https://thecommonsenseshow.com/activism-agenda-21-conspiracy/davos-great-reset-will-mark-end-nation-states-middle-class-and-all-civil-liberties

Hummm; "Home gardens will be outlawed, also being tested in New Zealand as well. "

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"Home gardens will be outlawed, also being tested in New Zealand as well."

"He don't know me vewy well, do he?" ~ Bugs Bunny

Mother Government can't find residential homes that have been turned into Marijuana Warehouses, nor can she find the pot plants among the rows of corn in rural areas!

She can't seem to stop drug cartels bringing in truckloads of drugs EVERY DAY across our porous southern border, not to mention what the Canucks are smuggling in! (j/k)

When she wins 'The War on Drugs' I'll start worrying about her confiscating my garden.

Until then, and as it ever was and ever shall be - we are on our own. Plan accordingly, FRiends. Get your taters planted! :)

[blam]

When The “Food System” Breaks Down, Everything Will Break Down With It

[sarge83]

I was told by my parents when I was a baby after all the bills were paid at times my parents would take the remaining money, but a container of formula for me, a large loaf of bread and a small jar of mayo in the summer and they pulled tomatoes out of my Mom’s parents garden and that is what they would eat during the summer when things got financially tight. They refused to go on welfare and both were working 40+ hrs a week, but in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky that sometimes still meant not having enough.

BTW I love a good mayo, salt and fresh tomato sandwich!

[SgtHooper]

“Well hell, lets all just hang ourselves shall we? The end is near; we’re going to starve to death.”

Eh, there’s a rope shortage, too.

[SgtHooper]

You don’t get out much do you. And if you have not stocked up, it may be too late for you.

[SgtHooper]

“When she wins ‘The War on Drugs’ I’ll start worrying about her confiscating my garden.”

Yeh, like the Norks, the Roosians, Chinks, etc., commies in general, who ultimately were reported by naybors, friends, relatives, etc. Just remember, “you didn’t build that”! It belongs to the party (the “rat” party).

[moovova]

Growing up, Mom’s favorite “menu stretcher” was a casserole with noodle, tomato, onion, (a little) hamburger and toasted bread crumbs on top. We’d eat that a couple times a week for supper. I didn’t complain...and still like it to this day.

Your parents are salt of the earth folks!

[jmacusa]

Time to get the guns out?

[FreshPrince]

Stock up? As I said:

“I for one have a lot of wheat stored up, on site natural gas well and a flour mill.”

My food stash is either frozen or canned.

Also have about 200 apple trees.

[LibertyWoman]

lmao!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

The rural neighbors I have live like I do, so I’m not too worried. We’ve got a great little ‘co-op’ here, spread over thousands of acres of tillable land and woods, with many hands and many talents.

Crop farming for animal feed, a dairy, home gardeners, hunters, camp cooks, everyone can butcher, mechanics, everyone is armed with plenty of ammo, can shoot straight and we have men with skid steers, shovels and backhoes. And they know when to shut up, LOL!

I haven’t lived in a city or town since the mid-1980’s. I’m never going back. Never! :)

[sarge83]

Thank you.

Your mom sounds like mine. Many times when they couldn’t afford meat she would buy two cans of spam and cut it up in this slices and do a homemade mix of brown sugar, mustard and touch of ketchup glaze to put over it and bake it. We would have mashed potatoes from the basement storage tater bin from the years previous garden and green beans she had canned or frozen and that would be supper.