Authored by Robert Wheeler via The Organic Prepper blog,
Over the past few weeks, I have been writing articles regarding a coming food shortage.
I’ve been pointing out that the food shortage is going to hit the United States
hard but that it is also going to hit the rest of the world.
Food
Shortages Hit China: There Is "Not...Enough Fresh Food To Go Around"A worldwide fit of hysteria over COVID, resulting in the
shutdown of the world’s economy, interruption of the supply
chain, and the destruction of food products, as well as
international trade wars and natural disasters, are going to collide with one
another and make this winter one of the toughest on record.0 / 00:30
China
is publicly acknowledging a coming food shortage.
But while many have dismissed my claims, I’d like to draw your
attention to the fact that China is now publicly acknowledging a coming food
shortage. (And as noted in this article,
when they admit there’s a problem, it’s a BIG problem. ) In fact, China even
has an anti-food-wasting campaign going on across the country right this minute
encouraging people to eat half portions or at least make sure to finish their
plates.
In an October 5, article for the New York Times entitled “China’s mealtime appeal amid
food supply worries: Don’t take more than you can eat,” Eva Dou
writes,
On the surface, China’s campaign to encourage mealtime thrift
has been a cheerful affair, with soldiers, factory workers and schoolchildren
shown polishing their plates clean of food.
But behind the drive is a harsh reality. China does not have
enough fresh food to go around — and neither does much of the world.
The pandemic and extreme weather have disrupted agricultural
supply chains, leaving food prices sharply higher in countries as diverse as Yemen, Sudan, Mexico and South Korea. The United Nations warned in June that the
world is on the brink of its worst food crisis in 50 years.
“It’s scary and it’s overwhelming,” Arif Husain, chief economist
of the United Nations World Food Program, said in an interview. “I don’t think
we have seen anything like this ever.”
Those are strong words, to say the least.
Right now, the food products in China that are facing the
toughest situation are corn and pork. China’s pork industry was hit hard by
African Swine Fever (at least we are told) and flooding ruined a large portion
of China’s corn crops. But it’s not just those two products that are at risk.
Fresh food of every kind is in short supply for the same reasons as the United
States, i.e. insane shutdown policies.
China is claiming that it is not in a food crisis currently and it is
attempting to reassure the population that it has enough wheat in reserve to
feed everyone for a year. But the reality is different from the claims, as
China’s pork prices rose 135 percent in February, and floods killed so many
vegetable crops.
You may wonder how this shortage in China affects us.
Ironically, China is dependent on the United States to bridge
its corn shortfall. Despite the fact that we are allegedly in a trade war with
China and the fact that Americans will soon be facing a shortage of food of
their own, it’s likely that the good ol’ USA will tell its citizens to take one
for the team yet again and help stabilize the brutal Communist dictatorship
that Americans built by shipping their jobs overseas with Free Trade.
Political
unrest goes hand in hand with food insecurity.
And it’s true that China’s government may not view the food
crisis as the biggest concern. Instead, it views political unrest as the
biggest threat. Political unrest, unfortunately for the Chinese Communist
Party, is a direct result, especially in China, of food insecurity.
Both of its major political disruptions – the 1950s and 1980s –
came at a time when food was in scarce supply.
But, for now, China is attempting to convince its population to
embrace austerity voluntarily and through social shaming (like America’s masks)
in order to stave off the crisis a little longer. Dou describes the “Clean
Plate’ push in her article by writing,
Beijing’s solution has been a sunny “Clean Plate Campaign”
launched in August, with the aim of curbing food use without prompting public
alarm. Like the American Victory Gardens of World War II, the campaign is as
much about trying to unite the country around a patriotic mission in a time of
hardship as it is about securing the food supply.
Restaurants across the nation are dishing out “half-servings” in
line with the drive. Some, such as the upscale Peking duck chain Quanjude, have
instructed servers to nag diners not to waste. Other restaurants are fining
people for leaving too much on their plates.
At one elementary school in southern China, students must send
teachers short videos of their dinner each night to verify they are cleaning
their plates, according to the state-run People’s Daily. A number of university
canteens are giving away fruit and other small gifts to students who finish
their lunches.
Even billionaire Jack Ma, founder of the online retail giant
Alibaba, has been filmed trying to save food. A recent viral video shows him
asking for his unfinished crab and lobster to be boxed up to go.
“Pack it up, pack it up, pack it up!” he says in the video. “I
will eat it on the plane.”
Government officials are, of course, forbidden from holding
lavish banquets during this period.
This is
a global problem.
World Food Program economists have already estimated that 270
million people globally are suffering from hunger this year. That’s more than
twice last year’s amount. That number does not include China, the United
States, and Europe as they are all considered food-secure countries.
Given what everyone can see with their own
eyes on American shelves and the recent “clean plate” campaign
in China, the term “food secure” is being used liberally these days.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/food-shortages-hit-china-there-notenough-fresh-food-go-around
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