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“UK Woman stops eating to afford feeding her child” — while these headlines are sad, it seems they are more about tugging on heartstrings to justify the concepts of Nutritional Security, i.e. food as UBI (Universal Basic Income), and push the zeitgeist forward into mindset of food scarcity.

#UK #FoodPrices

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/18596099/cost-of-living-food-bills-skip-meals-tea-ellen-auckland/?rec_article=true
Monkeypox warning for “meat eaters” from NHS

The “Animals are dirty and dangerous” narrative has gone into hyperdrive!

“the infection can also be spread by animals and eating meat.”

Such a contrived way to push the #PostAnimalEconomy

#Monkeypox #WarOnMeat

https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/20159989.monkeypox-nhs-issues-warning-anyone-eats-meat-uk-cases-rise/
Bird Flu Outbreak Plunges US Egg Production To 7-Year-Low

Bloomberg reports the production of US eggs in April plunged as millions of egg-producing hens were slaughtered to mitigate the virus' spread. The latest data from the USDA shows egg production fell 3.9% to 7.55 billion, while the number of egg-laying birds dropped 5.3% from a year ago.

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/us-egg-production-hits-seven-year-low-amid-bird-flu-outbreak

#BirdFlu #FoodPrices #USA
Forwarded from Geopolitics & Empire
GREAT RESET - NO CHICKEN SOUP FOR YOU!

A plate of chicken rice, one of Singapore’s most popular meals, is poised to get more expensive after Malaysia moved to restrict exports. The export ban will likely further push up the price of chicken, Singapore’s most widely-consumed meat. https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/singapores-beloved-chicken-rice-is-about-to-get-more-expensive-041939147.html
Forwarded from UNN
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Canadian Freight Train mysteriously derailed with 43 cars carrying desperately need fertiliser.... Strange coincidence?!
100-year-old Prosser grain silo destroyed in dramatic fireball

A spectacular fire demolished M & E Seed and Grain Co. in Prosser and left one person with burns. A smoldering pile of twisted metal and charred lumber was all that remained Thursday morning after firefighters battled the blaze in downtown Prosser all night. A few firefighters remained at the scene to monitor the fire.

#fire

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article261810032.html
Another egg producer burns to the ground - “It was unbelievable how quick it grew, it was insane,” Andy Trebesch said. “It was the whole sky, it was quite large.”

Tens of thousands of chickens burned at the farm, started in 1918, sold more than three million eggs a day to some of the nation’s largest retailers.

#fire

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2022/05/29/wright-county-egg-farm-fire/
U.S. wheat crop hit by dry winter then soggy spring, adding to global tightness

North Dakota farmer Dwight Grotberg wanted to plant more wheat this spring to capitalize on soaring prices since Russia's invasion of Ukraine cut grain exports and left the world short of millions of tonnes of wheat supply.

Heavy rain has prevented Grotberg from planting as much wheat crop as he wanted and is hampering farmers across the state, the top U.S. grower of spring wheat.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-wheat-crop-hit-dry-051508669.html
Egypt BANS all transactions of wheat other than selling to the government. This is the next domino to fall as the big producers ban exports — countries that need imports (like Egypt) start to take total control of what remains and ration it:


Egypt banned trading of wheat by third parties until the end of August, the cabinet said on Tuesday, preventing any sales other than to the government.

Egypt aims to buy the whole harvest from local farmers, as it targets 6 million tonnes of domestic wheat this year after the Ukraine war cut it off from much of the Black Sea wheat it relied on.

#Egypt #Ukraine

https://www.reuters.com/article/egypt-wheat-idAFC6N2X1004
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The Russian government plans to allow ships carrying grain supplies to leave the port of Odessa in Ukraine, according to a report, easing a blockade that has triggered fears of widespread shortages and hunger.

The Russian leadership has agreed with Kyiv and Ankara on a scheme to release grain shipments from Odessa, which has been subject to a blockade, the pro-government Izvestia reported, citing government circles.

"In the territorial waters of the neighboring country, Turkish military forces will take over the demining and they will also escort the ships as far as neutral waters," Monday's report said.

Russian warships would then escort the vessels carrying grain to the Bosporus. https://www.dailysabah.com/business/economy/turkey-russia-agree-on-ukrainian-grain-exports-from-odessa-izvestia
Spain: 80% of stone fruit production lost

Frosts took a severe toll on pome and stone fruit trees in northeastern Spain in late March. The production in the regions of Aragon and Catalonia suffered historic volume losses in a year in which production costs have soared due to inflation.

"We have lost 80% of our stone fruit production," said Sergio Alonso, commercial director of the Cosanse cooperative in Zaragoza. In the case of cherries, the damage has not been as severe and we have been able to save 50-60% of the production, while in that of apples and pears we will have 60-70% of the production.

#spain

https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9433209/we-have-lost-80-of-our-stone-fruit-production-this-year/