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Watchman: Americans Must Leave the Food Industrial Complex and Build Their Own Farms or Buy From Small Mom-And-Pop Ranches

HNewsWire: by Tyler Durden A devastating wildfire ravages parts of the Texas Panhandle, home to more than 85% of the state’s cattle herd. This comes when the nation’s cattle herd has collapsed to a seven-decade low, pushing up retail beef prices at the supermarket to record high levels. Texas A&M Forest Service said the wildfire, called Smokehouse Creek fire, has scorched more than 850,000 acres (344,000 hectares) of grasslands as of Wednesday. Source: Bloomberg Reuters spoke with state Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who warned the wildfire has likely killed tens of thousands of livestock and destroyed grain in storage bins. “It’s almost like gasoline when it goes up,” Miller said, adding, “We have now lost over a million acres. Miller said the wildfire rages in the Panhandle area, where 85% of the state’s herd is located. It’s important to note that…

in the United States, Here It Is. Americans Who Never Would Have Contemplated Shoplifting Before Are Stealing Food to Survive… One of the things that we often say in preparedness circles as we watch chaotic Black Friday scenes or fiery riots unfold is, “You think it’s bad now? Just wait until people are hungry!” Well, guess what? People are hungry. Food insecurity and hunger I wrote the other day about how the response to the pandemic has destroyed the personal finances of American families. An area that deserves more attention is food insecurity. Food insecurity is defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life at a household level. Hunger, on the other hand, is a personal, physiological condition that results from food insecurity. The word “hunger,” the panel stated in its final…