Syria's 2022 #wheat harvest amounted to around 1 million tonnes, down some 75% from pre-crisis volumes, while #barley was almost non-existent, Mike Robson, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Syria Representative told Reuters.

(Note they also are obliged to blame climate change…)

#syria

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/exclusive-climate-change-conflict-decimate-syrias-grain-crop-un-fao-2022-09-20/

German producers warn of food shortages

“Act now – otherwise the refrigerators and freezers of the German population will soon be empty,”

Manufacturers of both frozen and fresh products say they cannot cope with soaring energy costs

“There are significant supply gaps in the daily food supply for people in Germany. The situation is more than serious,” an open letter from the industry said.

“Companies now fear that production lines will soon come to a standstill and that refrigerated logistics centers for food distribution will be closed. Some are even preparing for possible insolvency.”

https://www.rt.com/business/563407-food-shortages-warning-germany/

Danes’ backup plan for #EnergyCrisis: blankets.

Someone please explain that UBI is not “Universal Blanket Income.” 🤡❄️

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-22/blankets-for-bankers-as-danish-firms-turn-down-office-heating

the largest wholesale fresh produce market in the world is on fire.

#FoodWars #fire

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1574005954244485121

In wealthy Dubai, poor get free bread from machines

Anyone in need can now get hot bread just "by pressing a button"

#ubi #FoodAsUBI

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220927-in-wealthy-dubai-poor-get-free-bread-from-machines

“To be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal.”

- kissinger

Hurricane Ian is poised to strike at the nation’s production of phosphate fertilizer, threatening supply as the cost of growing food in the US rises by the most ever.

“Florida is home to Mosaic Co.’s phosphate rock assets, where they mine product, and to facilities where they turn that rock into fertilizers like diammonium phosphate and monoammonium phosphate, commonly known as DAP and MAP.

“Mosaic’s New Wales plant is ‘right in the middle of the damage swath,’ said Chuck Watson, a disaster modeler with Enki Research. It could ‘be out for weeks,’ he said in an email.”

#WarOnFarms #Fertilizer

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/hurricane-ian-threatens-to-make-food-inflation-worse-as-path-aims-at-fertilizer-hub-1.1824415

Hurricane Ian's damage to Florida fertilizer plant creates 'concern' about rising food prices

Hurricane Ian forced Florida fertilizer maker Mosaic Co. to halt operations across Polk County for an unspecified amount of time as disaster relief efforts get underway.

The company’s North American phosphate operations make up "approximately 50 percent of North American farmers’ supply of granular phosphate fertilizer, and 12 percent of the global supply" in a given year.

#fertilizer

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/hurricane-ian-damage-florida-fertilizer-plant-creates-concern-rising-food-prices

Bernese farmer’s 20 cows provide electricity and heat for several houses -- via biogas

Niklaus Hari converts manure and urine from his 20 cows into energy via a small biogas plant, providing electricity AND HEAT for several houses and a development. “The main thing,” he says, “is we need the cows for their [manure].”

This is ANOTHER reason the WEF is so eager to reach the “Post Animal Economy” — only takes a small number of livestock to provide meat, dairy, and manure for fertilizer and energy.

To take control over FOOD, FERTILIZER, and ENERGY, they must eliminate animals from homesteads.

— iceagefarmer

source

👉 Raising chickens & other birds — iaf_birds
👉 Goats & livestock — iaf_goats

#EnergyCrisis #WarOnPets

French refinery strikes takes half of the nation’s refining capacity offline - forcing France’s largest sugar maker, Tereos, to curtail production

Diesel and petrol stations in France are running out of fuel, according to an industry union, as a refining strike takes its toll. The strike, which among others, took Total’s 240,000 bpd Gonfreville refinery offline as well as a couple of Exxon’s, was expected to conclude on Thursday…but Friday, reports came in that strikes were disrupting Total’s oil products refining and delivery for a fourth day — 60% of the nation’s total refining capacity.

“There is no need to rush to the station (for gas),” TotalEnergies said on Friday. Despite those affirmations, France’s largest sugar maker, Tereos, said it had to curtail production somewhat at some of its factories after Total advised it that it would not be able to supply it with any more diesel until the end of the week.

France was already battling a shortage of refined products, with Russia’s exports to Europe “falling” in recent months.

[ see previous post on biogas . . . ]

source: oilprice.com

#EnergyCrisis #France #EU

PETA Calls for Strike on Sex with Meat-Eating Men

Recall the UN & EAT/Lancet's "Planetary Health Diet" are all about demonizing meat-eating to make it "socially taboo like smoking."

I will just skip the part where we comment on the irony of self-selecting out of reproduction.

#WarOnMeat

https://www.peta.org/blog/strike-on-sex-with-meat-eating-men/

Netherlands: greenhouses and growers increasingly shutting down operations due to energy prices. Those greenhouses accounted for nearly 40% of veg in Europe...

Video opens with a business owner heating her store with candles/terracotta: "I lost my customers with COVID, and now inflation is so high people don't have money to buy children's clothes."

The elderly person with candle/terracotta heater is, to me, iconic of the strangulation that is gripping Europe in this engineered energy crisis.

- iceagefarmer

Vegetable/legume company HAK STOPS production for 6 weeks starting 2023. Energy prices make it infeasible to produce, says the market leader best known for the glass jars of applesauce, peas and brown beans.

"It is not only the high price, but also the uncertainty, says director Timo Hoogeboom. "Today it is two euros for a cubic meter of gas, it used to be three euros. We don't know what it will be in January or February. So to be on the safe side, we will remain closed."

If it is no longer possible to pass on the higher energy prices to consumers, the availability of products may ultimately also be compromised. "If companies have to sell below cost for months, things go wrong." He does not expect any empty shelves for HAK for the time being. "But I don't rule it out for the chain, especially in January, February and March." A temporary energy ceiling for companies could help, the HAK director thinks.

"Companies will first look at how they can absorb the costs themselves, but if that is no longer possible, they will have to scale down," confirms food economist Morren. "I expect this to happen more widely."

source: https://nos.nl/l/2446920

- iceagefarmer

#EnergyCrisis #FoodWars #EU

Brazilian soybean processors have halted operations as crushing margins turned negative.

Abiove, a trade group representing global oilseed crushers in Brazil, confirmed the move, telling Reuters some of its members advanced scheduled maintenance stoppages that traditionally happen at the end of the year as soyoil prices dropped while soybean prices remained high, hurting margins.

https://www.agweb.com/markets/pro-farmer-analysis/some-brazilian-crushers-halt-operations

#brazil #FoodWars

STUDY: Gates-funded Impossible Burger poisons rats

Rats fed GM yeast-derived protein soy leghemoglobin – the Impossible Burger’s key ingredient – showed signs of toxicity.

If you recall, the FDA at first hesitated about this GMO "heme" to make the Gates-funded thing "bleed," but when Whole Foods was purchased by Bezos, they sold it without FDA approval. The FDA approved soon thereafter.

Reject the synthetic food — grow your garden.

- iceagefarmer

source: https://www.gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20099-rat-feeding-study-suggests-the-impossible-burger-may-not-be-safe-to-eat

Germany warns flood of electric heaters WILL crash power grid — yet retailers still have huge displays of space heaters — “dont be caught without one!”

This is 5th generation warfare - social engineering of civilians, weaponizing a population against itself!

#Germany #EnergyCrisis #DarkWinter

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/germans-panic-buy-electric-heaters-authorities-warn-winter-gas-shortage

Dolphins, skunks, foxes now apparently have #BirdFlu as well — Remember : the agenda is “animals are dirty and dangerous and we must separate MAN from NATURE into the SmartCities!”

In Maine, an elevated number of gray and harbor seal deaths have been attributed to the disease, while in Florida, officials believe a bottle-nosed dolphin succumbed to the virus. It's also been detected in skunks and foxes.

After proliferating globally, a historic wave of avian flu has entered Southern California, where it is worrying farmers and bird lovers and could add to complications with supply chains and food prices.

In late August, one New Jersey park had to close its trails to hikers. There were too many dead vultures on the ground.

https://news.yahoo.com/bird-flu-spreads-southern-california-120013425.html

Unbelievable - Terrible timing to not be able to export grains/oilseeds:

U.S. barge backlog swells on parched Mississippi River

Commercial barge traffic on southern stretches of the Mississippi River was at a standstill on Tuesday as low water levels halted shipments of grain, fertilizer and other commodities on the critical waterway, shipping sources said.

The supply chain snarl comes just as harvesting of corn and soybeans, the largest U.S. cash crops, is ramping up and as tight global supplies and strong demand for food and fuel have sent inflation soaring.

Around 100 tow boats hauling some 1,600 barges were lined up for miles waiting to pass through one trouble spot near Lake Providence, Louisiana, that has been largely closed since late last week, shipping sources said.

At least two other sections of the lower Mississippi have also been closed at times, disrupting the flow of grain to U.S. Gulf Coast export terminals, where some 60% of U.S. corn, soybean and wheat exports exit the country, they said.

Shippers have been loading less cargo per barge so vessels sit higher on the water, and towing companies have reduced the number of barges per tow by nearly 40% as the low water conditions narrowed the navigable channel.

#us #water #SupplyChain

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-barge-backlog-swells-parched-mississippi-river-2022-10-04/

Like it or not, gene-edited crops are coming to the EU

Political hacks are using the food crisis to push GMO foods, as was scripted years ago.

Also - file this with other abusive headline language pushing the agenda: "Lab-grown meat is coming whether or not you like it (wired Feb 2018)"

https://www.politico.eu/article/gene-edited-crop-eu-climate-change-drought-agriculture/

Force majeure declarations have begun due to barges stopped in Mississippi River due to low water levels

This affects not just the grains harvest, but fertilizer applications.

A logjam of ships, tugboats and barges due to low water levels on the Mississippi River is threatening to grind trade of grains, fertilizer and other goods to a halt, Bloomberg reports. Ingram Barge Company, the largest U.S. barge operator, declared force majeure in a letter to customers due to “near-historic” low water conditions on the Mississippi River. As of Wednesday afternoon, the Coast Guard said there was a queue of 122 vessels at Stack Island and 15 vessels at Memphis. Due to increased groundings, the number of vessels in tow is being restricted.

#fertilizer

https://www.agweb.com/markets/pro-farmer-analysis/low-water-levels-mississippi-river-threatens-shipments