U.S. States Are Starting To Ration Rice & Flour, We're running out of rice and flour!!! Options

[illriginal]

The New York Sun today ran an article discussing possible food rationing in the U.S.

Since last autumn, in as many as 60 nations “food security” has moved from an issue many never or hardly ever thought about to become the number one issue in life.

Food security involves having and sustaining the supply of proper food sources for entire nations and populations.

The New York Sun article by Josh Gerstein today featured these paragraphs:

"Major 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. There are also anecdotal reports that some consumers are hoarding grain stocks."

"'At a Costco Warehouse in Mountain View, Calif., yesterday, shoppers grew frustrated and occasionally uttered expletives as they searched in vain for the large sacks of rice they usually buy.'"

“'Where’s the rice?' an engineer from Palo Alto, Calif., Yajun Liu, said. 'You should be able to buy something like rice. This is ridiculous.'”

"The bustling store in the heart of Silicon Valley usually sells four or five varieties of rice to a clientele largely of Asian immigrants, but only about half a pallet of Indian-grown Basmati rice was left in stock. A 20-pound bag was selling for $15.99. "

More: http://www.nowpublic.com/world/will-u-s-ra...tions-concerned




So now we're running out of rice and flour... do you guys realize how many countries depend on this resource from us?... Haiti, by the way; has run out of food. There's Haitians running away from Haiti because of starvation hittin alarming rates.

[misoshiru]

i don't care. it doesn't affect me. china's going to take over as having the leading economy of the world in the next few decades. kicking the US off its rice export list wouldn't hurt them. and by then, the US will just have to go along with whatever china says.