By Ice Age Farmer Our food supply is under all-out attack. WA and MI have followed CA in mandating COVID-19 testing for farmworkers, which — as we have seen in Ontario — presages their shutting down farms where workers test positive. Depriving farms of harvest labor is unthinkable. More California […]
By Ice Age Farmer Wonder why there is a canned food shortage at your local grocery store? Washington State has been stocking away millions of dollars of non-perishable food — so have other US states, and the federal government — in anticipation of “the need ahead.” If states are preparing, […]
By Ice Age Farmer The global food supply is being destroyed, production dismantled, farmers put out of business and grain stores are on fire in the food wars. California is sending in “COVID-19 Strike Teams” to shut down farms that are not “properly distanced.” China bans cellphones in granaries. Australia […]
The COVID-19 pandemic exposes weaknesses in the supply chain when countries go into lockdown. Some are small, such as the toilet paper shortages early on, that, while annoying, were eventually resolved. But what happens when the effects of the pandemic reach the food systems of countries highly reliant on food […]
COVID-19 has led to a global economic slowdown that is affecting all four pillars of food security – availability, access, utilization, and stability – according to a new article from researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), published in the journal Science. Agricultural and food markets are facing […]
By Ice Age Farmer Even as NPR mocks “Bean Buyer’s Remorse,” we are hearing that food packagers and distributors are unable to source tin and steel from China, resulting in a shortage of cans for food. With an already faltering supply chain, COVID-19 harvest labor concerns, and massive flooding in […]
By Ice Age Farmer A controlled demolition of our global food supply is taking place at a staggering rate: Ontario FORCES closure of farms. China BANS sale of live poultry. Aldi Sud SHAMES customers for buying meat. MILLIONS of pounds of seed potatoes are DISCARDED in a giant hole. One […]
By Ice Age Farmer The EU’s “Farm to Fork” strategy was unveiled this week, describing the necessary shift in people’s diets to insects as protein and away from meat/dairy. The EU promises to apply prohibitively high luxury taxes to meat and dairy, and has allocated € 100s of billions to […]
By Free The People Matt Kibbe sits down with self-described Lunatic Farmer Joel Salatin and Rep. Thomas Massie to talk about the food shortages Americans are experiencing as a result of the coronavirus lockdown. The complex interactions that allow food to make it from farm to table have been disrupted […]
By Patrick Bet-David American Cattle Rancher Shad Sullivan has a virtual sit down with Patrick Bet-David to talk about the future of cattle and meat industry. Shad Sullivan is the R-CALF USA Private Property Rights Committee Chair. Sullivan is a fifth generation native to southeast, Colorado. Raised in the family […]