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    The Supply Chain Is Broken And Food Shortages Are Here

    If you are a reader of this site, you might be more interested in the food supply chain than most, at least when things are good. So, if you have been paying attention recently, you might find that there have been some severe disturbances in that supply chain.
    Several months ago, the immediate disruptions began at the beginning of the COVID-19 hysteria, when factories, distribution centers, and even farms shut down under the pretext of “flattening the curve.”
    As a result, Americans found necessities were missing on the shelves for the first time in years. Items like hand sanitizer and Clorox wipes were, of course, out of stock.


    Soon other items became noticeably missing as well.

    People began to notice meat, and even canned vegetables and rice were soon missing from the shelves. Most of this was simply the result of mass panic buying, although “preppers” were blamed for “hoarding.” Therefore, people who had not been prepping all along and were suddenly caught with their pants down.
    But that’s not the whole story.
    Manufacturing and packaging facilities and slaughterhouses shut down due to intrusive totalitarian government reactions to an alleged pandemic. Combined with panic buying, those facilities’ ability to replace what was bought up was drastically reduced. As a result, consumers were forced to wait weeks before buying what they needed (or wanted) again. Even then, they had to show up in the morning.

    We are still experiencing those shortages, though better hidden. As anyone who shops regularly can tell you, you can find what you need, but you may have to go to three stores to get it, where one would have done in the past. In this article, you’ll find some advice about dealing with the limited varieties of inventory that people are currently noticing at stores.
    War launched on the economy by state governments put millions of Americans out of work.

    Now, when most rational people would be happy to have a job at all amid such high unemployment, they were prepared to stop the machine’s wheels from working.
    Workers suddenly started to organize, strike, and walk off the job conveniently when the food supply was already broken. Of course, these workers had not organized or initiated a strike at any time before when working conditions were bleak, and wages were low.
    While extraordinary times beget extraordinary reactions, the timing of the newfound sense of workers’ resolve cannot go unnoticed.
    At the same time, we witnessed farms dumping thousands of gallons of milk down the drain, meat producers slaughtering animals and burying them, and farmers destroying crops all over the country and the world.
    The reason for this is two-fold.

    First, many major producers would not want a glut of their product on the market and see their prices dropdown.
    Second, with the totalitarian measures forcing the shut down of restaurants across the country, many farms and producers lost a massive part of their market, thus destroying it.
    A government genuinely concerned with its people’s health would have bought that produce and either distributed it or freeze-dried and stored it for the coming apocalypse.

    Indeed, the Trump administration attempted this with some very minor success and high cost. Food banks at least benefited. But the damage to the food supply was already done.

    And then came the winds.

    As time moved forward, we saw devastating straight-line winds blow across places like Iowa, destroying massive amounts of crops and farming infrastructure, effects rarely advertised on mainstream media outlets.
    Following those winds, we saw massive wildfires along the West Coast’s entirety from Washington to California and as far east as Colorado, South Dakota, and Texas.

    One need only take a look at the map at fires seemingly heading east, burning up prairies and farmland all along the way to see that the food chain will experience yet even more hiccups once the smoke has cleared.

    But while leftists claim the fires are the natural result of “climate change” and conservatives blame lack of adequate forest management (which has some merit), both completely ignore the fact that close to ten people were arrested for setting these fires.

    Repeatedly, arsonists are being arrested for starting blazes though the motive is unclear. Those of us who have studied history, however, can speculate with some certainty.

    But these problems are not unique to the United States.

    Countries all over the world are experiencing supply chain problems. Australia, for instance, is about to run out of its domestic rice supply by December entirely.



    Now, here we are, with winter fast approaching and the food supply decimated. The world’s population is walking around masked and terrified of getting within six feet of another human, and the cities all across America are on fire with violent riots.
    Communists and the inevitable response are clashing in the streets and threatening to turn in to a possible American Civil War 2.0. What role will hunger play in this scenario?
    At the moment, we can’t say for sure.
    But what we can say with certainty is that this will be a very long, very trying winter.
    Food shortages are coming, and they aren’t too far away.

    You do not have much time left before the items you can grab now are gone and gone for good. Here are some tips for shopping when there aren’t many supplies left on the shelves, and here’s a list of things that are usually imported from China that we haven’t been receiving in the same quantities (if at all) since the crisis began.
    Many of the readers of this website will be prepared, no doubt, but others won’t. Not only do we advise you to prepare – but we also advise you to be ready for the unprepared.

    https://www.theorganicprepper.com/su...ood-shortages/
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    have noticed that as well for a couple of months now and tried to share with others who poopooed me, but now they are seeing the same thing except for the junk bad for you like pop chips candy etc.....and it is going to get worse

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    Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control people
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    They have already told us that there is a great reset coming. This is a global reset

    The only way they will get people to accept their new world order is to make them desperate. Really desperate. We are starting down a path that will bring unimaginable horrors to almost every life. Food shortages are coming quickly. Get ready to play Hunger Games

    We should start considering how we will handle having neighbors and family knocking on your door begging for food.

    I recommend searching out iceagefarmer.com for in-depth research on food shortages
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    The supply chain issues depend on where you are and/or how far an item needs to be shipped.
    We went to the local meat market for some items.
    I asked the staff if they have any issues on meats and transportation.
    They said meats were no problem as they came from western Montana and central Washington.

    I stopped at a tactical supply business that recently opened in Post Falls Idaho to try and find a flashlight configured the way I want.
    I do not think such a beast exists.
    To the snoopers at the NSA, I would never want or feed self aware evil assemblies of metal, plastic and wood.
    I have good news for those that are mentally deranged and own such things.
    They had many cases of shoot pipe feed. (or is it food?)
    If I had the money, I could have hauled out over 20 cases each of 7.62x39 (Hungarian), 7.62x54R (Hungarian) or .223 Norma Match 77gr.
    They claimed they had 9mm but I did not see any on the floor and may have been in the back
    as the clerk needed to go to the back to get another item I needed.
    He claimed that there was no problem getting ammunition from his source in the calibers that are missing from the shelves in other stores.
    The price of the next shipment coming was going to be higher.
    The current stock was not going to go up in price when the shipment arrived
    The Norma Match .223 was $25/20 rounds.
    It was the same price per box or case.
    Send an E-Mail to: sales@ustacticalsupply.com
    I did not ask about shipping particulars.

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    No noticeable food shortages here, just higher prices. The Boogaloo has just started to blossom so everything may change this winter. I will have a steer cut and wrapped by November and have many cases of veg in storage. I'm prepped for 2+ years plus the occasional elk, you can have my share of deer meat!
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    Time ago this was sort of a "preppers board" I hope you all are well prepared. At any rate around these parts its just like Lenny said.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Plainsman View Post
    Time ago this was sort of a "preppers board" I hope you all are well prepared. At any rate around these parts its just like Lenny said.
    Agreed...not sure what this board has become.

    In this area the only thing I have noticed being missing and has been since March has been canned meat...maybe not missing but low on supply for sure.

    Ammo is low on supply for many many calibers...what you can get is very expensive, primers are very hard to find ( good quality) at a reasonable price.

    Having prepped for many years now these shortages do not affect me too much but it is here for sure.
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    Down here on da bayou, lots of veggies, like potatoes andpeas were missing or in very short supply. Local clerk at our super 1 said they put limits on canned goods because "folks were coming in and buying the whole shelf of stuff". pork aplenty but beef was noticeably low, again, "having trouble getting our orders as sent filled." They may order 500 lbs of various beef and get 100lbs instead. as noted, the crappy foods were stacked to the roof, pies, snack cakes ice cream, all plenty. I think this will change the closer we get to the election. Riots in the cities will slow or cancel truck deliveries. should be interesting. prep and pray the end has arrived.

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    Quote Originally Posted by consteacher1 View Post
    Down here on da bayou, lots of veggies, like potatoes andpeas were missing or in very short supply. Local clerk at our super 1 said they put limits on canned goods because "folks were coming in and buying the whole shelf of stuff". pork aplenty but beef was noticeably low, again, "having trouble getting our orders as sent filled." They may order 500 lbs of various beef and get 100lbs instead. as noted, the crappy foods were stacked to the roof, pies, snack cakes ice cream, all plenty. I think this will change the closer we get to the election. Riots in the cities will slow or cancel truck deliveries. should be interesting. prep and pray the end has arrived.
    Plenty on the shelves around here. Milk was on sale last week. Limit to 2 gallons so these so called hoarders, ( Preppers ) could not take away food products from those that really needed it. A week or so is fine but months to steal away food from people is ridiculous. These doom and gloomers have nothing to complain about when they see a shortage it is THEM that is doing it. LOL

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    When things are quiet/normal and supplies/stocks are abundant and you buy extra to stock up for hard times, wise prepping.

    When a disaster/event is imminent or has already begun and you go buy up all available stocks for yourself, that's hoarding.
    One wisely takes advantage of the times of plenty to fill the storehouse. The other greedily/selfishly grabs all available for themselves denying others access.
    There is a difference.

    Earlier this year TP was in short supply/unavailable and we saw people with carts piled high with it at Costco. That's hoarding. I already had three 36 packs in stock, thats prepping.
    Observe the masses then do the opposite.

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