US Food Banks Warn Soaring Prices Will Affect Distributions
by Tyler Durden, June 27, 2021
Soaring food prices aren’t just impacting financially strapped families and the working poor. They’re also affecting the mission of US food banks who are spending a lot more on food than ever before.
"We’re already spending a lot more on food than we have in years past," said Greg Trotter, a spokesman for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, a large food bank, who spoke with VOA News. "Our food purchasing budget has doubled this year."
In the coming weeks and or months, food banks across the country may experience a surge in food demand from millions of folks who are set to have their stimmy checks expire. At least 25 states are ending federal unemployment benefits.
The perfect storm of factors (soaring food costs and unemployment benefits expiring) may stress food banks even further.
Global Famine: Why? Bioengineered Tiny Humans for a Zero Carbon Future
by Ice Age Farmer, June 21, 2021
As China arrests grains analysts for speaking about their grain shortages, and the US turns off the water to its crops, the question must be asked: why engineer a global famine? In this special Ice Age Farmer broadcast, Christian looks at their stated goals: a transhumanist future of bio-engineered tiny humans (with tiny carbon footprints, of course!), fed edible vaccines in fake food, unable to eat real meat. Only by understanding how extreme is the agenda we are facing can one fully appreciate the extent of the crisis they are manufacturing to achieve that agenda – and the urgency with which we must fight it. Spread the word.
Industry experts are warning that food shortages are "inevitable" in the UK as crops rot without reaching retail. Imports of beef from the EU are to be cut 85% under Brexit, leaving Brits asking "Where's the beef?" and seeing absurdly high prices. What's more -- the mainstream media is acknowledging the food shortages ahead, which means we are truly entering the "Problem/Reaction" stage of the dialectic intended to herd people into accepting the "Solution" of the fake food from the technocrats. The UK may be ahead of the curve here, but this is going global -- watch this video to find out why.
The historic drought across the Western U.S. is forcing farmers and ranchers to downsize. Growers are being asked not to water their crops, or to plant crops that use less water. Meanwhile, ranchers are selling off herds because they can't afford to feed them. The vice president of PRICE Futures Group, Jack Scoville, spoke with CBSN's Lana Zak about what this means for our nation's food supply chain.
Bald eagles kill 54 sheep at Magic Valley farm
by Hannah Welzbacker, June 2, 2021
In April, Rocky Matthews started finding dead lambs on his farm near Murtaugh Lake. At first, Matthews thought someone had killed the animals with a pellet gun.
The animals all had puncture wounds the circumference of a No. 2 pencil.
It wasn’t until he saw an eagle attack his flock that he realized the true culprit.
A large eagle nest has existed on his property for more than 20 years, but the birds have never affected his farming operations. Currently, the nest is home to two adults and at least two babies.
"They’ve never crossed paths till this year," he said.
Since the first death, Matthews has lost an estimated $7,500 in revenue from 54 dead lambs.
"The damage under the hide is a hundredfold from what you see on the exterior," Matthews said.
Drug War Crumbles As City Converts Old Police Academy into Cannabis Grow Facility
by Matt Agorist, June 1, 2021
As the drug war crumbles across the United States, those who profit from kidnapping, caging, and killing people over arbitrary substances are clawing to the shreds of their existence in a desperate yet failing attempt to keep it alive. Perhaps there is no greater symbol for the current paradigm shift than what’s taking place in Flint, Michigan. The city just agreed to sell the former police academy for $500,000 to a company who is going to turn it into a marijuana grow facility.
Naturally, the decision to do so did not sit well with those who still think that this incredible plant is somehow related to criminal behavior. According to mlive.com, the city council was split on their decision and the measure only passed with a 5-4 vote.
The bidding has been empty for years, is covered in graffiti and is an eyesore in the city. Yet somehow multiple people were opposed to selling it for 25 times more than the only offer ever to come in over the last several years of $20,000.
"It’s kind of ironic that the training facility for the police department, that used to go against marijuana, is going to possibly become a marijuana grow shop," Flint council member Santino Guerra, who voted for the sale said.
This was "absolutely fair and open bidding" and a "half-million dollars can do a lot for our city’s general fund," council President Kate Fields said, according to the outlet.
Before the grow operations could start at the old police academy, the company who purchased it, Evergrow LLC, would be required to obtain the approval of the Flint Planning Commission and apply for and receive a marijuana business license from the state. The company would also be required to file for and obtain all necessary permits, pay fees, pass required inspections, and receive a certificate of occupancy for the building.
This move to erase the police state culture and replace it with a free market version of what police used to justify their existence for so many years cannot be understated. And it has happened before.
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Soaring food prices aren’t just impacting financially strapped families and the working poor. They’re also affecting the mission of US food banks who are spending a lot more on food than ever before.
In April, Rocky Matthews started finding dead lambs on his farm near Murtaugh Lake. At first, Matthews thought someone had killed the animals with a pellet gun.
As the drug war crumbles across the United States, those who profit from kidnapping, caging, and killing people over arbitrary substances are clawing to the shreds of their existence in a desperate yet failing attempt to keep it alive. Perhaps there is no greater symbol for the current paradigm shift than what’s taking place in Flint, Michigan. The city just agreed to sell the former police academy for $500,000 to a company who is going to turn it into a marijuana grow facility.
