Archive for the 'Food' Category
Facing Meat Shortages, Some Americans Turn to Hunting During Pandemic
May 4th, 2020Via: Reuters: Game and fish agencies from Minnesota to New Mexico have reported an increase in either hunting license sales, permit applications, or both this spring. Indiana saw a 28% jump in turkey license sales during the first week of the season as hunters likely had more time to get out into the woods, said […]
Gluts Forming Across Multiple Sectors of Wrecked Economy
May 1st, 2020Via: Bloomberg: The length of almost two football fields, the cargo ship Jupiter Spirit arrived in Los Angeles’ harbor on April 24 after an almost three-week journey from Japan, ready to unload its cargo of about 2,000 Nissan Armada SUVs, Rogue crossovers and Infiniti sedans in a quick, half-day operation. But when the ship, operated […]
Las Vegas Casinos Turned Into Food Banks
May 1st, 2020Via: Daily Mail: Mass lay-offs of casino staff in Las Vegas have left thousands of unemployed workers in dire need of support, and food banks have popped up to sustain the needy. Las Vegas, casinos are being transformed into food banks for those unemployed workers, some of whom may of worked there just months earlier, […]
Guess Who’s Growing Your Meat?
April 30th, 2020Via: Corbett Report:
World Food Programme Warns at Least 30 Million People Could Die of Starvation During Pandemic
April 24th, 2020Via: The Globe and Mail: The head of the World Food Programme, who recently recovered from COVID-19, says at least 30 million people could die of starvation if the UN agency doesn’t receive critical funding needed to feed the world’s most vulnerable during the global pandemic. David Beasley, executive director of WFP, says the organization […]
‘Breadlines’ Erupt Across America As Lockdowns Crush America’s “Working Poor”
April 11th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: The economy has crashed into a depression, 16.78 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits, and consumer sentiment crashed the most on record. This American horror story has taken only three weeks to play out, the fastest and most severe economic crash in the country’s history, and still, we don’t know the true […]
Miles-Long Line of Cars at Florida Food Bank
April 6th, 2020Via: DailyMail: Dramatic images from South Florida on Monday show a long line of cars backed up bumper to bumper on a roadway while motorists wait hours to get food from a food bank. A drone captured aerial shots of vehicles waiting in line in Sunrise, Florida, just northwest of Fort Lauderdale, on Monday. The […]
California Governor Deploys National Guard
March 21st, 2020Via: Los Angeles Times: Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday deployed the California National Guard to assist food banks statewide serving residents whose needs have not been met due to food shortages during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Newsom said the short-term deployment will initially assist a food bank distribution warehouse in Sacramento County and will also […]
Missouri Farmer Wins $265 Million Verdict Against Monsanto
March 2nd, 2020Via: Sierra Club: A Missouri peach farmer notched a rare courtroom victory this month, defeating the former Monsanto Co. and chemical giant BASF in the first of what is expected to be a series of court fights over claims that the companies are responsible for pesticide damage that has wiped out orchards, gardens, and organic […]
Thousands of Frozen Meat Containers Pile Up at Chinese Ports
February 18th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: Thousands of containers of frozen pork, chicken and beef are piling up at some major Chinese ports as transport disruptions and labor shortages slow operations, people familiar with the matter said. Deliveries are mounting at ports including Tianjin, Shanghai and Ningbo because there aren’t enough truck drivers to collect containers due to travel […]
