Food supply chain is breaking

[mefordis]

So glad we got a 3rd full size freezer when we did. They are back ordered to July now.

This is going to affect vegetables, too. I suggest freezing as much meat and veg as possible. It going to get pretty grim.

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/...ds-chairman-claims-plant-coronavirus-closures

 

[NYCgrrl]

So glad we got a 3rd full size freezer when we did. They are back ordered to July now.

This is going to affect vegetables, too. I suggest freezing as much meat and veg as possible. It going to get pretty grim.

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/...ds-chairman-claims-plant-coronavirus-closures

It's been reported for 2-3 weeks now and explains why meat costs have gone up and availability of certain meats have lessened. Haven't heard of produce being affected yet but would probably be specific crops as opposed to all.
Three full freezers- how many people do you feed?

 

[Farro]

It's been reported for a 2-3 weeks now and explains why meat costs have gone up and availability of certain meats have lessened. Haven't heard of produce being affected yet but would probably be specific crops as opposed to all.
Three full freezers- how many people do you feed?

All I did was get an extra package of bacon.

(grilled cheese and bacon sandwiches every Friday night!)

 

[Diznygrl]

I refuse to read Fox News so I'm not clicking that article, but I saw this somewhere else and it said that while you might not have exactly the type of meat you want and may have to select alternatives while this gets sorted out, the food supply as a whole is not in danger and there will still be plenty of food.

 

[dtrain]

The only shortages will come from dumb people panic buying. Get only what you need for the week at your supermarket and chill out.

 

[Brett Wyman]

Yay more panic!

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

All I did was get an extra package of bacon.

(grilled cheese and bacon sandwiches every Friday night!)

We usually do BLTs, add bacon, on homemade bread or on pretzel rolls.

 

[gotomu212]

I think it’s important to take the source of the op ed into mind. Tyson is under increased pressure from state and local governments for not responsibly responding to employee safety needs. Meat processing has always been a dangerous job that needs increased worker safety, and these plants have had incredible outbreaks, often putting entire cities at risk. Reading the op ed it sounds like Tyson trying to cover itself by scaring people that they might starve to death if we impose basic safety measures on the plants. Reports from workers paint a picture of ridiculously shoddy safety theater.

 

[billlaurie]

The only shortages will come from dumb people panic buying. Get only what you need for the week at your supermarket and chill out.

The problem is there are A LOT of those people, which leaves next to nothing for the rest of us (i.e., TP).

 

[Southernmiss]

Local butchers and farmers markets and produce stands are still available in my area.

I think it’s important to take the source of the op ed into mind. Tyson is under increased pressure from state and local governments for not responsibly responding to employee safety needs. Meat processing has always been a dangerous job that needs increased worker safety, and these plants have had incredible outbreaks, often putting entire cities at risk. Reading the op ed it sounds like Tyson trying to cover itself by scaring people that they might starve to death if we impose basic safety measures on the plants. Reports from workers paint a picture of ridiculously shoddy safety theater.

Read the old book the Jungle if you want more details on how things were. Processing plants are historically known for shoddy safety practices.

Maybe another one of the 'good' to come of coronavirus is changes to our food supply.

 

[godisney14]

The only shortages will come from dumb people panic buying. Get only what you need for the week at your supermarket and chill out.

Maybe some “dumb” people don’t want to visit the market every week.

 

[anthony2k7]

Entirely understandable. Supply chains are breaking on various places and ways.

In the UK farmers are panicing because we cannot have our usual influx of cheap European labour to pick the fruit and veg from the land because of the virus. So a lot of fruit/veg just wont get harvested.

Seems to suggest there was no planning on how brexit would have affected this lack of labour anyway though!

 

[NYCgrrl]

The only shortages will come from dumb people panic buying. Get only what you need for the week at your supermarket and chill out.

Well of course I don't consider myself dumb (who does?) but I neither "panic buy" or buy all my food weekly. If most people did shop this way those 34+ cubic ft behemoths in many American kitchens wouldn't be purchased or so highly desired.

 

[georgina]

I participate in a CSA at a local farm, so I am expecting my fruit and vegetable supply to remain stable. They also sell eggs and grass-fed beef and lamb. The only shortage I have found consistently around here in stores is chicken.

 

[cabanafrau]

Local butchers and farmers markets and produce stands are still available in my area.



Read the old book the Jungle if you want more details on how things were. Processing plants are historically known for shoddy safety practices.

Maybe another one of the 'good' to come of coronavirus is changes to our food supply.

It's been decades, yet I cannot get that book out of my mind -- as hard as I try. Definitely not a light, breezy beach read!

 

[Farro]

I participate in a CSA at a local farm, so I am expecting my fruit and vegetable supply to remain stable. They also sell eggs and grass-fed beef and lamb.

I didn't read anything about vegetables?

I needed to learn to cook fish anyways. I can only handle shrimp!

 

[cmrdgrs]

So glad we got a 3rd full size freezer when we did. They are back ordered to July now.

This is going to affect vegetables, too. I suggest freezing as much meat and veg as possible. It going to get pretty grim.

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/...ds-chairman-claims-plant-coronavirus-closures

Three freezers? I assume you have a backup generator for that amount of valuable food.

 

[cmrdgrs]

I do understand that people are worried. In the end, I guess I'm just an idiot, I just can't be a hoarder and leave my neighbor with nothing. It goes against my grain. Everyone talks about how we are "all in this together" -- no we're not, if we can't be reasonable and share the food/essentials too.

Clearly in the zombie apocalypse I'm not going to last.

 

[NYCgrrl]

I didn't read anything about vegetables?

I needed to learn to cook fish anyways. I can only handle shrimp!

Don't think vegetables were mentioned in the article but I only skimmed it; perhaps the inclusion of produce is the opinion of the OP. I can imagine a crop failure due to weather or lack of workers as affecting availability but not so far a lack of long distance drivers.

 

[hopemax]

I am not overly concerned.

While the US, and the World has a long, long way to go towards herd immunity, the processing plants are going to get there, a lot faster at the rate things are going. There will be a temporary shortages, like the toilet paper situation, but I don't call that breaking. The processing plants will be the new "case studies" for watching if immunity is long lasting, if mild/asymptomatic cases generate a strong enough reaction to create the antibodies necessary, etc. I am pessimistic on why Tyson is actually warning, but won't say more, for the moderators sake.