It’s Friday y’all. Time to discuss the food shortages that are coming our way and what big Agri giants like Tyson are doing about it. First, let’s talk about the effects this insane weather is having on cattle. According to Callie Burnett at AG Daily, this weather is taking its toll on the cattle in various ways (Burnett, 2020). We have infections in their muscles, illness, and like us, complete confusion of what season we are in. In her article, she talks about an illness in the muscles called Backleg. I will leave you a link to the article. The weather chaos is also taking a toll on other livestock as well, but she focuses on cattle here.
In August of 2019, Smithfield announced on their site they are going into the plant-based protein industry. Think about for a minute. The biggest pork producer is going all-in on fake meat. That should speak volumes about the situation. Smithfield is using Pure Farmland company to do this. They have products that look so much like meat, that if you set them side-by-side with meat you wouldn’t know the difference. I have been a meat-eater all my life. Their ground “beef” product looks exactly like ground beef.
The next article is on the food shortages Whole Food is having with lentils, rice, and beans. Suppliers are closing doors because they don’t have products to sell. This is serious when a company Jeff Bazos owns can’t fill their contracts. US Dry Bean Council shows which state produces the most beans for Americans. The only problem with this site is you have to be a member to get more information.
Billionaires are funding startup projects like Plenty which was funding by Softbank Vision Fund. Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son led the way with a $200 million grant for the indoor farm. Eric Schmidt and Jeff Bezos are also going all-in with this startup indoor farm. The produce is grown in a verticle structure which looks like a wall. The amazing thing about this is that it can produce 530 times greater yields than traditional farms. This will be the future of farms and gardening.
Memphis meat is going on the fake meat craze. Do I see this taking off? Yes especially if the government does decide to tax red meat. According to Sophia Ankel and Jack Derwin, governments around the world are considering putting a tax on red meat. This is being pushed as a climate change issue, I say hogwash. It’s about controlling people and their choices. These governments don’t care about the climate or the living conditions of factory farms or they would have done something about it along time ago.
Raised & Rooted is a company owned by Tyson Foods. Yep! Fake meat being produced by the biggest chicken company in the world. They are one of two of the biggest abusers of chickens in the world and now they care about the environment. They have been pouring sledge from their livestock in water reserves across the world and now we are supposed to believe they care about the climate. Do you have any idea how awful the antibiotics and hormones they used on their chickens are to the environment that they are now in love with? The damage is so great I don’t think anyone can really calculate the damage.
The next big corporation that should have a visit with the grim reaper scheduled for them is Nestle. They have been stealing water rights from communities around the world at an unbelievable pass and getting away with polluting water. Wait a minute, they have seen the light and reformed their ways by creating no buying out the competition in the fake meat industry called Sweet Earth. How ironic? Our last article is on beans again. More of, the dry beans took a major hit this year. This country depends on dry beans for so many uses. As I said earlier, suppliers for Whole Foods has closed their doors.
Bottom line, this is the future of our food system. Traditional farms are taking a beating, while large companies like Tyson are putting their money in the fake meat industry. These companies know what is coming with the collapse of our food system. They have been betting on fake meat to be their rescue. My questions are this, how long have they known this and why to hell were we not informed about it sooner?
References:
Burnett, C. (2020) Extreme weather brings increased risk of backleg in cattle. https://www.agdaily.com/livestock/extreme-weather-increased-risk-blackleg-cattle/
Smithfield (2019). Smithfield Foods Launches Plant-Based Protein Portfolio Under Pure Farmland™ Brand. https://www.smithfieldfoods.com/press-room/company-news/smithfield-foods-launches-plant-based-protein-portfolio-under-pure-farmland8482-brand
Pure Farmland (2019) https://pure-farmland.com/
Production Facts (2020). https://www.usdrybeans.com/industry/production-facts/#site-main
Shreiber, J. (2017) Billionaires make it rain on Plenty, the indoor farming startup. https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/19/billionaires-make-it-rain-on-plenty-the-indoor-farming-startup/
Martin-Hemphill, R. (2020). BRIEF: Is a whopping $161m Series B enough cash for Memphis Meats? https://agfundernews.com/brief-is-a-whopping-161m-series-b-enough-cash-for-memphis-meats.html
- Sophia Ankel and Jack Derwin, Business Insider Australia (2019) Governments around the world are considering taxing red meat like tobacco in an effort to curb climate change. https://www.businessinsider.com/red-meat-could-be-taxed-to-help-curb-climate-change-2019-8//?r=AU&IR=T
Tyson Foods Unveils Alternative Protein Products and New Raised & Rooted® Brand
Nestle USA agrees to acquire Sweet Earth. https://www.nestle.com/media/news/nestle-usa-acquires-sweet-earth
Pratt, S. (2019). Dry beans absorb major hit. https://www.producer.com/2019/11/dry-beans-absorb-major-hit/
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