Nope. I’m not reading another bummer today. Quota met.
Nothing terrible new in it but perhaps one key factor to convince so many skeptics especially in the US (but also worldwide) that climate change is real and will have a dramatic effect on all of us now (and not just in 20-30 years where nobody seems to care) might be through food shortage, constantly higher supermarket prices etc. for all of us
This is why countries like China are weaponizing food and access to food.
It’s no wonder a Chinese company (WH Group) acquired Smithfield Foods, the largest pork producer in the US.
Yeah, the Smithfield purchase made me say goodbye to Smithfield anything. It’s not a problem with the hams - you can get Smithfield ham in everything but name pretty easily; certainly online.
And not just food, water too
One of many articles on the situation:
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southwest/a-saudi-owned-company-profit-arizonas-water/
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The Saudis already have the most powerful weapon.
Oil.
Probably worth including almonds (among other stuff) in CA when we’re talking about water usage and droughts.
Recommend watching S3 of Goliath on Prime, which is fictionalized but still pretty frightening.
As many contributors know, I live on a small, cold, wet island off the coast of Northern Europe. We have always had to import a large percentage of our food needs. Well, when I say “always”, I mean since the middle of the 19th century when there was a significant population move from rural to urban areas. When I was a young man , many day-to-day foods were seasonal as there was not the transport or food supply systems to import. So, I remember lettuces and tomatoes being warm months foods. Now, we demand tomatoes always be available, which means importing from Spain where the effects of rising temperatures now threaten the supply. Perhaps that’s going to mean a return to winter salads being shredded red cabbage, onion and grated carrot. And those green beans imported from Kenya, eh? It may be no bad thing.
