20 Facts About The Emerging Global Food Shortage That Should Chill You To The Core

[727Sky]

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/2...l-you-core

by Tyler Durden
Tuesday, Apr 05, 2022 - 05:30 PM
Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com,
A very alarming global food shortage has already begun, and it is only going to get worse in the months ahead. 
I realize that this is not good news, but I would encourage you to share the information in this article with everyone that you can.  People deserve to understand what is happening, and they deserve an opportunity to get prepared.  The pace at which things are changing around the globe right now is absolutely breathtaking, but most people assume that life will just continue to carry on as it normally does.  Unfortunately, the truth is that a very real planetary emergency is developing right in front of our eyes. 


The following are 20 facts about the emerging global food shortage that should chill you to the core…
#1 One of France’s most important government officials is telling us that we should brace ourselves for an “extremely serious” global food crisis…

France’s Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said the EU must get to grips with the prospect that the war in Ukraine could prompt an “extremely serious” global food crisis.

#2 Joe Biden recently admitted that food shortages are “going to be real”, and his administration is now openly using the word “famine” to describe what is coming…

The Biden administration is worried Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will cause famine in parts of the world, White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Cecilia Rouse told CNBC on Friday.

#3 It is being reported that food prices at German supermarkets will soon go up between 20 and 50 percent…

Just days after Germany reported the highest inflation in generation (with February headline CPI soaring at a 7.6% annual pace and blowing away all expectations), giving locals a distinctly unpleasant deja vu feeling even before the Russian invasion of Ukraine broke what few supply chains remained and sent prices even higher into the stratosphere…
… on Monday, Germany will take one step toward a return of the dreaded Weimar hyperinflation, when according to the German Retail Association (HDE), consumers should prepare for another wave of price hikes for everyday goods and groceries with Reuters reporting that prices at German retail chains will explode between 20 and 50%

#4 Rationing has already begun in Spain…

In Spain, the country started experiencing sporadic shortages of different products like eggs, milk and other dairy products almost immediately following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. In early March, major supermarkets like Mercadona and Makro began rationing sunflower oil.

#5 Rationing has also already started in Greece…

In Greece, at least four national supermarket chains have started rationing food products like flour and sunflower oil due to critically low supplies caused by the crippled supply chains coming out of Russia and Ukraine.

#6 The head of BlackRock is warning that this will be the very first time this generation “is going to go into a store and not be able to get what they want”…

On Tuesday, BlackRock Inc. President Rob Kapito told an audience in Austin, Texas, hosted by the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association, that an entire younger generation is quickly finding out what it means to suffer from shortages, according to Bloomberg.
“For the first time, this generation is going to go into a store and not be able to get what they want,” Kapito said. “And we have a very entitled generation that has never had to sacrifice.”

#7 Since this time last year, some fertilizer prices have gone up by as much as 300 percent.
#8 Many farmers in Africa will not be able to afford fertilizer at all this year, and it is being projected that this will reduce agricultural production by an amount capable of feeding “100 million people”…

With prices tripling over the past 18 months, many farmers are considering whether to forgo purchases of fertilizers this year. That leaves a market long touted for its growth potential set to shrink by almost a third, according to Sebastian Nduva, program manager at researcher group AfricaFertilizer.Org.
That could potentially curb cereals output by 30 million tons, enough to feed 100 million people, he said.

#9 Russia is normally one of the biggest global exporters of fertilizer…

Russia is a key global player in natural gas, a major input to fertilizer production. Higher gas prices, and supply cuts, will further drive fertilizer prices higher. Russia is one of the biggest exporters of the three major groups of fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium). Physical supply cuts could further inflate fertilizer prices.

#10 In a typical year, Russia and Ukraine collectively account for approximately 30 percent of all global wheat exports.
#11 Half of Africa’s wheat imports usually come from either Russia or Ukraine.
#12 Other nations rely on wheat exports from Russia and Ukraine even more than Africa does…

Armenia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Eritrea have imported virtually all of their wheat from Russia and Ukraine and must find new sources. But they are competing against much larger buyers, including Turkey, Egypt, Bangladesh and Iran, which have obtained more than 60 percent of their wheat from the two warring countries.

#13 One Russian official is warning that his nation may soon only export food to “friendly nations”…

A Russian government official has threatened that Russia will limit its vital food exports to only nations it considers “friendly”.
Dmitry Medvedev, a senior Russian security official who previously served as the nation’s president, has threatened that Russia may soon cut off the West from food exports.

#14 On Friday, it was announced that another 5 million egg-laying chickens in Iowa would have to be put down because of the bird flu.
#15 The death toll from the bird flu in Iowa alone will be pushed beyond 13 million as a result of this latest incident.
#16 Overall, this is what the total national death toll from the bird flu currently looks like: “22 million egg-laying chickens, 1.8 million broiler chickens, 1.9 million pullet and other commercial chickens, and 1.9 million turkeys”.
#17 China’s agricultural minister has announced that the winter wheat harvest in China could be “the worst in history”.
#18 We are being warned that the winter wheat harvest in the United States will be “disastrous” due to severe drought.
#19 During a recent interview, one prominent U.S. farmer stated that most Americans won’t like it when “your grocery bill is up $1,000.00 a month”.
#20 The head of the UN World Food program says that what the planet is now facing is unlike anything that we have seen since World War II…

“Ukraine has only compounded a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe,” said David M. Beasley, the executive director of the World Food Program, the United Nations agency that feeds 125 million people a day. “There is no precedent even close to this since World War II.”

We have been warned over and over again that this day was coming, and now it is here.
Like I said at the beginning of this article, I hope that you will share this information with as many people as possible, because this crisis really is going to affect every man, woman and child on the entire planet.
In my entire lifetime, I have never seen anything like this, and conditions are getting worse with each passing day.
A truly nightmarish global food crisis really is upon us, and hundreds of millions of innocent people are going to deeply suffer as a result.

[Schmoe1]

I heard a while back Bill Gates was buying up farmland for reasons I can't fathom.  I hate reading this shit, but it's important, so thanks.  All parts of the puzzle.

[GeauxHomeLittleD]

THIS!!!!

I heard a while back Bill Gates was buying up farmland for reasons I can't fathom. 

Funny (or not) all of these rich fat cats and holding groups (ehem... China) buy up American farmland left and right, Pedo Joe and his admin. lay down all of these "Green" regulations on farmers and then voila! America goads Russia into attacking Ukraine and the food famine can begin! 

This is some manufactured, well thought out and planned for BULLSHIT to force us into Agenda 2030!

[Ninurta]

I heard a while back Bill Gates was buying up farmland for reasons I can't fathom.  I hate reading this shit, but it's important, so thanks.  All parts of the puzzle.

Control. He who controls the food supply controls the population that eats it... or starves.

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[Ninurta]

THIS!!!!

I heard a while back Bill Gates was buying up farmland for reasons I can't fathom. 

Funny (or not) all of these rich fat cats and holding groups (ehem... China) buy up American farmland left and right, Pedo Joe and his admin. lay down all of these "Green" regulations on farmers and then voila! America goads Russia into attacking Ukraine and the food famine can begin! 

This is some manufactured, well thought out and planned for BULLSHIT to force us into Agenda 2030!

My Dear Old Dad tried to prepare me for this day, and I passed that on, and tried to prepare my own son for it. Looks like he and the grand kids are going to catch the brunt of it, as I likely won't live long enough to see the other end.

But we've got our own agenda for 2030, that doesn't exactly line up with the UN agenda.

A week or two ago, my son and the grand kids went out and collected bark (pine, I believe) to grind up into flour and bake what looks like a loaf of charcoal bread, to see if it can be done. apparently it can. They added some sort of spices to it and called it a "spice cake". They are surrounded by miles of woods in all directions, so I think they'll be fine with what knowledge I gave him and the knowledge he is adding to that on his own.

A lot of folks will not be, as they are utterly unprepared.



None of us care what farm land Bill Gates buys up. When you get hungry enough, trespassing becomes a way of life when food gathering becomes a priority.

And that brings us to the macro scale. Do you suppose all the current "migrations" are a fluke, a random chance occurrence? Nope, thy are just trespassing writ large.

It'll get a lot worse before it gets any better.

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[CelticBanshee3]

THIS!!!!

I heard a while back Bill Gates was buying up farmland for reasons I can't fathom. 

Funny (or not) all of these rich fat cats and holding groups (ehem... China) buy up American farmland left and right, Pedo Joe and his admin. lay down all of these "Green" regulations on farmers and then voila! America goads Russia into attacking Ukraine and the food famine can begin! 

This is some manufactured, well thought out and planned for BULLSHIT to force us into Agenda 2030!

My Dear Old Dad tried to prepare me for this day, and I passed that on, and tried to prepare my own son for it. Looks like he and the grand kids are going to catch the brunt of it, as I likely won't live long enough to see the other end.

But we've got our own agenda for 2030, that doesn't exactly line up with the UN agenda.

A week or two ago, my son and the grand kids went out and collected bark (pine, I believe) to grind up into flour and bake what looks like a loaf of charcoal bread, to see if it can be done. apparently it can. They added some sort of spices to it and called it a "spice cake". They are surrounded by miles of woods in all directions, so I think they'll be fine with what knowledge I gave him and the knowledge he is adding to that on his own.

A lot of folks will not be, as they are utterly unprepared.



None of us care what farm land Bill Gates buys up. When you get hungry enough, trespassing becomes a way of life when food gathering becomes a priority.

And that brings us to the macro scale. Do you suppose all the current "migrations" are a fluke, a random chance occurrence? Nope, thy are just trespassing writ large.

It'll get a lot worse before it gets any better.

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Guess I need to get busy washing up canning jars. We got our corn, potatoes, and green beans and crowder peas planted. It really does appear this is a man made disaster in the making.  Some day, some where, I hope these people have to account for what they are doing to us regular Joe's out here just trying to live their ordinary life. My heart breaks for all that are suffering needlessly around the world.

[727Sky]

[Michigan Swamp Buck]

I should have done more business with the local Amish farmers, likely will be soon. Time to do more networking. Might start attending at local churches too, find a few good ones and rotate a bit.

I got a few connections around here abouts, got to get back in the loop. The pandemic did a lot to destroy our social networking, we've been building it back some though.

[727Sky]

It is a shame with all the supposedly smart people in leadership rolls they could not figure out that being self sustaining as a country is just as important as self reliant for an individual. Globalist and seeking cheap labor cost by the corporations and letting a country's infrastructure requirements be handled by another country has always been stupid as in past history it has led to war, famine, and other bad things.. 

There are very few things (imports) we purchase and I can live without them.. We can walk into the forest/jungle and my wife can fill a soft sided sack with herbs and stuff to eat in less than 30 minutes; some of it is good... Living in a rural farming area plus the forest and our farm we will never starve IMO unless the weather goes totally wonky.. We might get bored of eating the same stuff but no starving as far as I can see. Chicken, Pork, and fish with rice gets old for a Texas kinda guy but certainly can fill you up..