Archive for the 'Food' Category
Pandemic Effects Could Leave 54 Million Americans Without Food
June 1st, 2020Via: Guardian: A record number of Americans face hunger this year as the catastrophic economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic looks set to leave tens of millions of people unable to buy enough food to feed their families. Nationwide, the demand for aid at food banks and pantries has soared since the virus forced […]
Why We Have So Many Problems with Our Teeth
May 29th, 2020Since switching to a mostly paleo diet, I’ve had four cavities, three of which are shown on the quote below. I had none before. *groan* Maybe the damage was done during the doughnut and pasta days of decades ago??? I don’t know. Anyway, if you have supported Cryptogon lately, thank you. Via: Scientific American: Indeed, […]
U.S. Grocery Costs Jump Most in 46 Years, Led by Rising Prices for Meat and Eggs
May 13th, 2020Via: CNBC: Prices Americans paid for eggs, meat, cereal and milk shot higher in April as people flocked to grocery stores to stock up on food amid government lockdowns designed to slow the spread of Covid-19. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that prices U.S. consumers paid for groceries jumped 2.6% in April, the largest one-month […]
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 […]
