Food Rationing Happening in the United States »
Posted By Neophile 5 months, 3 weeks ago in StyleMajor retailers in New York, in areas of New England, and on the West Coast are limiting purchases of flour, rice, and cooking oil as demand outstrips supply.
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texangelwings5 months, 3 weeks ago
This will only get worse as time goes on, if farmers don't start growing food, instead of crops for fuel!
Thanks Neo!
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Aidenag5 months, 3 weeks ago
That really isn't as large of an issue as people are making it out to be. The real issue is the population boom we are going through. Sure biofuels are contributing to it to a certain extent, but what it all comes down to, is that we are reaching a population level where it is becoming hard to feed everyone. Especially with so many 3rd world nations becoming rich lately, and thus eating more food.
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BB645 months, 3 weeks ago
I live in Wisconsin and own property. Currently most of the farm land is in the process of being converted into corn because that's where the big money is. Between the subsidies and other cash incentives it's a huge boom for the farmer. And all for ethanol. A product that reduces your fuel effiecency by about 10%, the same amount they blend with gasoline. Go figure. It doesn't burn cleaner. It takes 5 gallons of fossil fuel to produce 1 gallon of ethanol. It can't be shipped via pipeline so it must be trucked everywhere. Another knee jerk reaction by the left for a problem that really doesn't exist.
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libsRfunny5 months, 3 weeks ago
I suspect the "rationing" is more related to preventing small retailers and high-volume users of rice, flour, etc. from hoarding it to either resell at higher prices or to cut their own business costs.
Years ago, during the heady days of the early '90s when the economy was better, gas was cheap, food plentiful, and no "global warming" scares, I worked in retail. We "rationed" baby formula purchases - but not because there was a shortage.
Because we sold it so cheap, we had small store owners coming in and cleaning out the shelves. We sold it cheaper than they could get it wholesale -- we sold it at a loss, which was made up on the profit on diapers and other baby items. But we only took a loss if the small store owners removed all stock from our shelves and the intended customers had to go elsewhere and pay a higher price on baby formula.
Sounds to me like that is exactly what is happening, according to the story.
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awongscreen5 months, 3 weeks ago
I agree with the over population statement but not too much on getting rich nation eating more food. The problem is simply too many people for earth to handle.
I was being view as evil and anti-social every time I voice the over population issue as nobody wants to face the fact that human beings have become the major threat to earth.
When we look at the problems we have now, such as traffic congestion, poverty, energy and resources depletion, environmental pollution, crime, war, etc. All these are related to overpopulation.
Business do not want to talk about it as it was widely believed that sales growth with population. Governments do not want to do anything as they want to please businesses and afraid to lose the next election if they address the issue. Probably the only government that actually tried to control overpopulation is the Chinese government. We might not like the Chinese government behaviour but this is probably the few things it did right.
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normallysilent5 months, 3 weeks ago
It would help if everyone did like they were asked to do back during WW2. Plant those gardens. Provide for yourself a little. Help take the load off the system. The food tastes better and you know what is on it. I have been giving food away to friends and family because I can see I have way more than needed to last until this years crop is ready.
Its nice going to the cellar instead of the store.
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CRYMTYPHON5 months, 3 weeks ago
What percentage of people in the area of the story, have a single square space of greenery to grow anything?
How many have a cellar ?
The U.S. ( and the rest of the world ) is a more urban population that it was in WW2.
When you live in an apartment on the 10th floor of a city building, you can only shop cheaper.
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capecoralM5 months, 3 weeks ago
In addition the man made global warming crowd is saying that we should all move closer together and into urban centers to stop global warming. The Man made crowd told us we should use food staples to manufacture ethanol. We are seeing the result of this approach to an unproven and primarily political issue in today's shortages. I am afraid we are only seeing the beginning. The people who have pushed for this approach of using food for fuel will NEVER admit they are wrong and reverse the damage they are creating as we write here.
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CRYMTYPHON5 months, 3 weeks ago
Are you or are you not, being paid to mention tree hugging ethanol crowd as many times as possible?
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Dionys5 months, 3 weeks ago
"Its nice going to the cellar instead of the store."
Absolutely. There's something to be said for planting a victory garden. It's especially gratifying to rip up all that useless grass from friends' yards when you help them to plant a garden. It's probably one of the easiest and most rewarding things you can do to help save the planet. On top of that the food tastes 10x better. Tomatos actually taste like tomatos.
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walden35 months, 3 weeks ago
normallysilent-
i thought you'd like these lyrics-
"Well, let the wild winter wind bellow and blow.
I'm as warm as a July tomato.
There's peaches on the shelf, potatoes in the bin.
Supper's ready, everybody come on in.
Taste a little of the summer.
Grandma put it all in jars.
Well, there's a root cellar, fruit cellar, down below.
Watch your head now, and down we go.
Oh, she got magic in her, you know what I mean.
She puts the sun and rain in with her beans.
What with the snow and the economy and everything,
I think I'll just stay down here and eat until spring.
She cans the pickles, sweet and dill,
And the songs of the whip-or-will,
And the morning dew and the evening moon,
I really gotta go down and see her soon.
'Cause the canned goods that I buy at the store
Ain't got the summer in 'em anymore.
You bet, Grandma, as sure as you're born,
I'll take some more potatoes and a thunderstorm."
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saintetienne5 months, 3 weeks ago
waldrip, what in God's name are you babbling about now? Isn't there a tire to change on your trailer, or something?
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saintetienne5 months, 3 weeks ago
"It would help if everyone did like they were asked to do back during WW2. Plant those gardens. Provide for yourself a little. Help take the load off the system."
normallysilent, what you speak of is HERESY! Heresy, I say! Heresy, slander and lies!! NO ONE must provide for themselves!! There is a government to do that for us! NO ONE must assume ANY personal responsibility - - it is fully up to our government to provide for us, to tell us what to do, to solve every problem that comes down the pike!! I know this, because Barack Obama TOLD me so!! He says we must rely on HOPE! HOPE and his able leadership is all we need to solve all the world's problems!! We citizens needn't lift a finger - Barack will take care of EVERYTHING for us!! He will broker world peace, solve the oil crisis, provide jobs for everyone, reduce the world population, and free donuts for everyone on Fridays!! I tell you, HE is the ANSWER. All we have to do is vote, and wait....
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BB645 months, 3 weeks ago
Saint, you are toooo funny. Who needs the ethanol anyway. Obama is one of those light rail/mass transit guys. They feel you and I should only be permitted to travel using mass transit or bikes. Probably would like us to carry identity papers too. Not showing that we're register voters or citizens but that we might go to church or perhaps own a gun.
The government plan you're talking about is the Womb to the Tomb plan. Don't know where I heard it but I think it started when Bill was still president.
Have a great evening!
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bill29365 months, 3 weeks ago
Well in Middle America (Texas), went to the store yesterday and found bags and bags of rice. 50# bags no limit ~$20 a bag, no rationing. Beans in bags up to 50# no rationing. I almost think that the stores with 'storages' are those that choose to have 'shortages', then blame the economy and run up the price.
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BB645 months, 3 weeks ago
I don't think Bill distrusts market forces, it's a law of supply & demand. We won't see reductions in food stuffs on our shelves. However, we used to be the breadbasket of the world and gave away billions in aid. Taxpayers would provide funding to buy up excess crops and ship them to poor nations. That's not the case anymore. Our liberal tree hugging friends want us to fuel our cars with ethanol so the farmers are planting more fuel corn reducing any surpluses. The left has always said they were for population control and that there were too many people on earth. Well, in a round about way they've won both fights here. They're forcing us to use a bad product that isn't very friendly and they're starving poor countries, reducing their populations. Way to go lefties!
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bill29365 months, 3 weeks ago
Yes it does, nothing like creating a panic for Costco to run prices up. For all we know, Costco may have a glut of Rice, and are telling everyone there is a shortage to run up the price. I notice the locations that this is happenning. Where I live I have 4 different grocery chain in town and can choose which to go to. But if these people are in a limited market, they might believe the shortage claim. Interesting they are talking about Rice from India in California. As they had a bumper crop of rice in Texas.
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Gransater5 months, 3 weeks ago
Whether or not there is a shortage, it sure is an indication that people feel insecure about the economy, even here in the US.
Blaming it on icreased population elsewhere is horse puckey. It would be more accurate to blame it on shift to growing crops for biofuels. The world population haven't suddenly increased to a degree to cause these shortages. The increase is high, but steady, and have been for decades. What has changed drastically is the acreage devoted to growing crops for biofuels. It pays farmers a lot more than growing food crops. This is about to change. The question is how many of these poor people are going to be able to afford the high cost of feeding themselves. Geopolitically we have some challenging times ahead of us.
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normallysilent5 months, 3 weeks ago
I was helping get emergency supplies delivered in NE Ohio in "78". Hearing about anything less coming at me really doesn't have much effect any more.
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