Dr Joseph Mercola frequently contributes to the debates over COVID mandates and “vaccine” risks. Today at NOQ, he sounds the warning on food shortages.
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
- Food shortages and skyrocketing food prices now appear inevitable. The global food price index hit its highest recorded level in March 2022, rising 12.6% in a single month. On average, food prices were one-third higher than in March 2021. In the U.S., food prices rose 9% in 2021, and are predicted to rise another 4.5% to 5% in the next 12 months
- Inflation was already ramping up well before Russia went into Ukraine, thanks to the uncontrolled printing of fiat currencies that occurred in response to the COVID pandemic. Governments’ COVID responses have also wreaked havoc with global supply chains, causing disruptions that continue to this day
- Ukraine has ceased exports of wheat, oats, millet, buckwheat and cattle, and Russia has banned exports of fertilizer
- Together, Russia and Belarus provide nearly 40% of the global exports of potash, a key fertilizer ingredient. Russia also exports 48% of the global ammonium nitrate, and combined with Ukraine, they export 28% of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium fertilizers. Experts are now predicting fertilizer prices may double as a result of Russia’s ban on fertilizer exports
- The long-term answer lies in regenerative biodynamic farming, which does not use any chemical inputs
The full report is here. For what it may be
worth, our experiences at various restaurants over the past couple of months include
reduced portions and downgraded cuts of meat.
Beef prices have gone up at the grocery store as well. So far, the
shelves are still full.
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