{"id":62506,"date":"2022-04-21T10:07:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T15:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62506"},"modified":"2022-04-21T10:07:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T15:07:54","slug":"will-we-have-food-shortages-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62506","title":{"rendered":"Will We Have Food Shortages In America?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Will We Have Food Shortages In America?<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Aerial shot of a milling tractor (Tom Fisk\/Pexels).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Higher Food Prices And Shortages?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our system has been betting on higher food prices since earlier this year, and of course the war in Ukraine has put upward pressure on food an energy. But now one of our Twitter correspondents warns we may have food shortages in America as well. Let’s start with the case for higher prices, then consider his warning of shortages and what to do about them.<\/p>\n

Betting On Higher Food And Energy Prices<\/strong><\/p>\n

A month before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, our system’s top names had shifted to an energy and food focus, as we noted in a post here at the time (Why Civilizations Collapse<\/a>).<\/p>\n