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January 17, 2023
Warnings Of Global 'Raging Food Catastrophe' Ignored As Media Is Too Busy Playing The Propaganda Arm For The Democrat Party To Warn Americans Of 2023 Food Shortages
As we are not fans of the United Nations, it isn't often we cite the organization or leaders, but a quote from the United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres, reminded me of something we have often noted about America's MSM and how they are so busy playing the propaganda arm for the democrat party, they leave Americans uninformed of more important issues.
"We are on the way to a raging food catastrophe, and the world appears to be indifferent. People in five separate places are facing famine. At G20 Summit I warned that without coordinated action, this year’s crisis of affordability may become next year’s global food shortage."
While Guterres was speaking in regards to a global level, we are getting warnings about the food supply here in America, but not from the national media, but rather from sources such as AOL, DailyMeal, the Independent, and more along the lines of food websites.
Frankly, when people are hungry, or looking at their grocery bill at the check-out line which is double what it was just two years ago, or they are seeing less in their basket for the same budget they had just last year, they truly aren't all that interested in what democrats or republicans are doing unless it addresses the massive food inflation and upcoming shortages.
So if the MSM isn't going to keep Americans informed, it is up to Independent Media to do so, and collectively get the information out there to as many people as possible.
FOOD NEWS......
Beetleburgers are expected to be all the rage and expected to soon reach mass production to help "feed the world," according to StudyFinds. We're told in that article that "Mixed with sugar, the beetles supposedly taste just like real meat. They could also become alternatives to sausages or chicken nuggets."
The next bit of news that offers concern is warnings of rice shortages, and that scientists are planning to genetically modify rice.
Reducing the number of stomata that rice have makes them more tolerant to salt water, according to researchers at the University of Sheffield
As sea levels rise, seawater is reaching places it previously wouldn't, causing increasing damage to crops
Sheffield scientists had already discovered that rice with fewer stomata are more drought resistant, needing up to 60 per cent less water -- now, they have shown that the same plants are also able to grow in salty conditions
Rice is arguably the most important food crop on earth -- it is relied on by 3.5 billion people every single day, and 30 per cent of the world's freshwater supply is used to grow the crop.
Granted, rice is important, but considering the reports on how "mad scientists" want to put mRNA vaccines in our food supply, trusting any genetic modifications to any of our food, just isn't comforting.
Rice links will be towards the bottom of this piece with other links to foods discussed in this article, but with a little research, we find that Americans, and other citizens of different countries, can grow their own, at home.
It does take six months to harvest, so stock up now before the price goes through the roof, so to speak, and set yourself up a little rice garden, even indoors if need be, and start producing your own rice, knowing exactly what is in it.
The Sacramento Valley of California is one of just four regions that produce almost the entire U.S. rice crop. California is the main producer of both medium-grain rice and short-grain rice, according to the USDA. But as USA Today reported, the western part of the U.S. experienced its worst "megadrought" in 1,200 years in 2022, and that had a serious impact on farming in California.
Roughly 7 percent of California's crops were not planted in 2022 because there was a lack of water for irrigation. Rice was the hardest-hit crop because it relies on groundwater, resulting in more than half of the state's rice acres going unplanted, according to the USDA. (Source)
Citrus fruits are another food we are being warned about by BestLife, via Yahoo.
Key points:
• In October, the USDA warned that Florida's orange crop production is likely to drop to record-low levels as a result of Hurricane Ian, NBC News reported. According to the USDA's forecast, only about 28 million boxes of Florida oranges are expected to be produced this season—which would be the lowest level since 1943, and a 32 percent drop from the already-low production of 41 million boxes in 2022.
• John Matz, a citrus grower in Wauchula, Florida, told USA Today that he lost more than 50 percent of his crops due to Hurricane Ian blowing fruits off of his orange and grapefruit groves. "It's pretty disgusting to look at the amount of fruit that was on the ground," he said.
• Roy Petteway, president of the Peace River Valley Citrus Growers Association, said that subsequent issues from the hurricane are likely to lead to more trouble as time goes on. "Trees are very sensitive, they're not like squash or cucumber," Petteway told USA Today. "You might not see the full extent of the damage for eight months to a year."
Another expected shortage will once again be meats. What looked like good news to report, wasn't. I'll explain.
Beef slaughter is up by 13% and up 30% in Texas. The problem is the ranchers are having an issue in feeding their cattle, so they are slaughtering them before producing calves, meaning less meat in the near future.
That might sound like a good thing, but those cows being slaughtered would normally end up producing calves in the near future. They're being culled now, because there isn't enough food for them to eat—and that will result in less beef down the line.
"There isn't enough grass to eat and it's become too expensive to buy feed. We've had a large amount of culling this year because of drought," David Anderson, a livestock specialist at Texas A&M University, told USA Today. "We're sending young female heifer cows to feed lots because we don't have the grass to keep them."
As Kistner-Thomas bluntly told the newspaper, "There's going to be a shortage of beef and prices are probably going to go up."
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The website DailyMeal offers us a glimpse of other shortages to expect, including beer and champagne, which seems far less important than meat, vegetables, fruits and grains.
Some of those expected shortages include foods we have issued warning on before, such as lettuce, tomatoes, eggs, bread, and cooking oils.
They also point to issues with the butter supply (links to powdered/freeze dried butter down below), stating the following:
Refrigerated butter shelves in supermarkets aren't suddenly going to turn empty — the United States has been enduring some supply and cost issues with butter since the last few months of 2022. According to the Consumer Price Index, inflation on consumer goods led to a 9.1% average price hike in 2022, with food costs rising by more than 12%. While a range of issues is responsible for this economic crisis in general, butter experienced one of the steepest price upticks, specifically due to a lengthy labor shortage in the dairy farm sector and a subsequent reduction in milk production. Less work means less milk, which in turn means a lot less butter. According to the Wall Street Journal, the overall butter supply is the lowest it's been since 2017.
The Eat This, Not That website highlights that once again it will not only bread, but also other products made with wheat flour.
Just a few basic items made from wheat, include but are not limited to;
With no end in sight for the war between Russia and Ukraine, wheat products are going to continue to see price hikes and shortages of products made with wheat. As we have pointed out previously, the best bet at this point is to learn to make your own breads and pastas, from scratch. Fresher, no preservatives, and nothing store bought ever compares to homemade.
Mill your own wheat flour, or any type of flour you prefer, and have at it!
Americans should not have to search for news on upcoming shortages or food inflation as the national media should be reporting on it. It affects every household in America and just as the global warnings of "raging food catastrophe" are being ignored throughout the world, food issues that affect every American is being ignored by the MSM, in favor of playing the propaganda arm for the democrat party.
When I am searching for food news, shortages or inflation, the results on the first page should not to be DailyMeal, Eat This, Not That, Banking Rates and Breitbart.
That would not be happening if the MSM was doing it's job of reporting actual news rather than playing politics. We know this because when doing an internet search, the main engines always prioritize the MSM.
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