Last week, a fire ravaged a Festive Foods plant near Waupaca, Wisconsin. Festive Foods is a leading co-packer of USDA-certified frozen pizza and appetizers.
Seventy firefighters spent nearly 12 hours trying to contain the blaze, reportedly sparked by work being done in the plant’s compressor room. … [bold, links added]
At least 12 U.S. food processing facilities have burned down in the last six months. This comes as 37 million chickens have been killed on U.S. poultry farms this year due to the avian flu — the worst outbreak in recorded U.S. history — and the deaths of at least 2,000 cattle in Kansas during a heat wave this month.
Food security is essential to national security. As Russia’s war in Ukraine upends global food markets and as high gas prices and supply chain disruptions in the U.S. have sent costs higher and grocery store inventories lower, the Biden administration should be doing everything it can to fortify U.S. production.
Fires at large food processing plants can starve the nation’s food supply. …
A 2019 fire at Tyson’s beef processing plant in Holcomb, Kansas — the second-largest beef packing plant in the U.S. — halted its production for four months, disrupting the entire supply chain and causing price spikes.
Multiple “fact-checkers” have asserted there is nothing to see here, that the unusual string of industrial fires can be explained away as accidents.
Still, with farmers warning of upcoming food shortages due to soaring prices on diesel fuel, fertilizer, and seeds, the string of fire disasters seems like another issue the Biden administration should be concerned about — if not actively investigating.
For that’s what’s coming next — a global food crisis.
“For so long, we’ve enjoyed lots of food in this country, so we’ve never ever faced a food shortage and I think that’s coming in the coming months,” John Boyd Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association, said during an interview on NewsNation’s “On Balance” with Leland Vittert last week.
Asked if food shortages were a possibility, Kyle Kotzmoyer, a legislative affairs specialist for the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, told the state legislature earlier this month, “If the farmers cannot get crops out of the ground, then there is no food on the shelves.”
Mr. Kotzmoyer said he has already heard of farmers selling seed corn or beans back to dealers so they can plant hay, which has “more return on investment” because of soaring diesel prices.
“We have reached that point to where it is very close to being a sinking ship,” Mr. Kotzmoyer testified. “We are teetering on the edge right now.”
Once again, you would think President Biden would be doing everything within his power to stave off this looming crisis. Fires at food processing plants should be investigated, and federal safety protocols enforced.
The same goes for the avian flu outbreak in our poultry sector and the recent cow deaths in Kansas.
The federal government should be releasing more acreage as cropland, and American farmers should be allowed to plant as much land as they want penalty-free from the Conservation Reserve, which pays landowners an annual rent to idle fragile cropland for 10 years or more.
Read rest at Washington Times
More proof that democrats and leftists hate humanity if they can’t control all of it.
Care to explain that?
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, America was experiencing skyrocketing food prices as were countries around the world.
“Fires at large food processing plants can starve the nation’s food supply.” Poor safety.
“we’ve never ever faced a food shortage” Ever heard of the Dust Bowl?
“American grocery shoppers get their first experience in using war ration book two in purchasing processed foods during World War II. “
With Biden’s polls falling in flames like the Hindenburg this will only end up with Biden at Americas #1 Worst Presidents ever Even Carter beats Bide in the polls
Assuming this article is right when we are told: At least 12 U.S. food processing facilities have burned down in the last six months. What’s the reason for these fires and so many just happen to be food processing plants?
All of the events listed here may seem minor when viewed in isolation, but put together as in this article, it looks potentially serious and something the Fed should be interested in.
When we see the president needing cards to read when speaking, meeting people etc., and falling from time to time, I wonder if he would know about these events? Somehow, I think not.
You were doing OK until you went tinfoil hat with your last para. Remember Trump? You have a very, very short memory. Or something.
Yes, there ios a problem, like there was/is with baby formula, which is the result of cost cutting safety measures to enhance short term profits.
“avian flu — the worst outbreak in recorded U.S. history” and what is a major contributor to avian flu? Poor hygiene. aka cost cutting to increase profits.
“deaths of at least 2,000 cattle in Kansas during a heat wave this month”, so this must be normal; then as there is no AGW, is there? But wait, it is abnormal.
Just like the people who were wearig those Pyramid shaped hats think it would improve their Brain Power it just proves they were suckers for some crazy cult just like with Global Warming/Climate Change its become radical and dagnerous new age pagan cult calling for the Sacrifice of Virgins and Kids