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They are talking about global food shortages. Doesn’t any food grow in America? Does it all come from overseas?
RW, “global” means in the whole world. America produces same foods as Russia and Ukraine, except maybe sunflower seeds of which Ukrainians seem to be the world leaders, so buy those in bulk now. Check for bugs and shells. But as markets are global, it will affect prices.
America is a food exporter (except for luxury crops, such as out of season fruits). Thus there is no danger of a food shortage in America (absent something catastrophic such as a nuclear war). There can be distribution issues (often caused by unwise government policies), but they work themselves out. The worst that happens in the US is higher prices (since there is a global market and shortages elsewhere result in higher global prices).
Eretz Yisrael does rely somewhat on imported foods, and along with the rest of the Middle East, will have shortages (meaning higher prices) due to the disruption of food exports from Russia and Ukraine. Thus American farmers instead of selling wheat to an frum bakery in Brooklyn for “X” dollars, will sell it to a bakery in Israel for “X+Y” dollars, which will give “Y” dollars of extra happiness to the American farmer.
Markets can adjust relatively quickly. Some countries already are limiting exports of their local staples (cooking oil, rice,m wheat etc). There will be periodic shortages of certain products but unlikley to be be long-term shortages unless there is a long-term drought from global warming or something unrelated to Russia.
The is expected to be a shortage of Ukrainian shmurah matzah next Pesach due to the war.
Global Warming is science fiction.
Americans don’t really think about where their food comes from. I live in an area that is a breadbasket and use fruits and veg that are in season. I really think twice before I buy a lemon for $1 that has been shipped over 3K miles. For items like coffee, I buy locally roasted beans.
היד ה” תקצר?
Amil: To be a good progressive, you should be sticking only to consuming locally harvested coffee.
THERSE NO FOOD SHORTAGE IN BORO PARK!!!!!!
They need food they should speak to us chassidem!!
Were not running out of kugel.
Litvocks.Re: shmurah matzah – if anyone is in the business, I suggest ordering shmurah and regular matzah from Ukraine now. They are overflowing with grain that Russians are blocking in Black sea. So, making matza or any other long-lasting product would make economic sense for everyone.
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