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Fortunately most of the food we consume is produced inside of the United States. Unfortunately most of that food has to travel long distances via trucks or trains.
If freight companies (trucking and railroads) begin to become insolvent, it will be very hard (or very expensive) to obtain non-regional items (i.e. Florida Oranges in Colorado). However, regional items will still be available (i.e. bread in Kansas).
What is possibly worse is the realization that many grocery stores continuously operate on credit to pay for the sometimes four times a week shipment of groceries to keep up with demand. If that credit becomes unavailable, the grocery stores will be unable to pay the trucking companies (or their employees for that matter) and will not be able to stock shelves.
I think the possibility of a food shortage is about 35% (I know I am just throwing a number out there). That being said, if the dollar collapses, credit becomes completely unavailable and unemployment jumps to the 20%-25% range it is completely possible that bread lines could form.
In short, if it has come down to Americans worrying about weather or not a food shortage will occur; don't you think it would be better to be prepared if one did occur? It is better to be prepared for what might happen than be woefully unprepared for what does happen. Have a few extra cans of soup around the home, a couple boxes of rice. If you have a family, think about how much you eat on a day to day basis.
We Americans are a resilient people. Trust in God, our great spirit and ingenuity and we will prevail through anything inconsequential or disastrous.
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What is shortage of food?
a famine 0_0 not good though
What is an example of a shortage that has a limited amount of?
Food available because the items are sold out
What caused damage to the US economy in the late 1920's?
a shortage of workers
Are scarcity and shortage the same?
no definitely not, a scarcity is when the is a small amount of a non-renewable substance (water, clean air, food); and a shortage is a small amount of something we can have again soon (PS3's, chairs, paint)
What are economic factors?
food(shortage, cost to purchase), War and politics, cant afford to purchase land, no jobs
When the US entered world war 2 a shortage of what spurred?
a shortage of food spurred
What is a shortage of food mean?
Food shortage is when there is not enough food. When the amount you have does not equal or exceed the amount that you need, you have a shortage. In this case, the shortage is of food.
What is food shortage?
Food Shortage is when there is not enough food available for people to eat. If a food shortage persists it turns into a famine.
What is global food shortage?
Food Shortage is when there is not enough food available for people to eat. If a food shortage persists it turns into a famine.
What is another word general shortage of food?
general shortage of food
What is a lack of food?
It's when you are on a shortage of food, like when Ethiopia went to their shortage of food lack of food: hunger, famine
Effect from shortage rice?
Food shortage and a possible famine in the area.
What was the US Civil War economy like?
people were getting sick cuz of the shortage of food. The money was running out for food. and imports and exports were halted.
What is famines?
an extreme shortage of food
What is a extreme shortage of food?
Famine
What is a food shortage?
It is called a Famine
A name for severe food shortage?
A famine
