https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/12/business/meat-plant-closures-smithfield/index.html
It wouldn’t hurt us to all eat less meat. More concerning is all the upstream animals that a going to start piling up. I suppose there are going to be alot of fat pigs around in a few months
https://www.cnn.com/...mithfield/index.html
It wouldn’t hurt us to all eat less meat. More concerning is all the upstream animals that a going to start piling up. I suppose there are going to be alot of fat pigs around in a few months
Or an opportunity for a whole lot of smaller processors.
Farmers aren’t going to just decide to have 20000 pets.
I noticed farmers are having to throw away much of their crops because of the short shelf life. The supply chain doesn’t exist to send food where its needed at the moment. All those veggies, even milk products, that are supposed to go to restaurants are just being plowed over or tossed. Meanwhile, food lines are cropping up all over the place. Could be just a short term connect the dots problem, but this is starting to cause a lot of stress for people who have no money and no food. I don’t think people are going to starve, but I can see a spike in crime like robbery and break and enter on the horizon. Its gunna get ugly out there.
30-40% of food in the us is wasted and gets thrown out after going bad. I think this waste is just shifting around. Restaurants were a huge contributor.
We had a huge meat processing plant close in CO after 2 workers died and many were infected with Covid-19
I’ve already seen several headlines and articles to the effect, “Looming meat shortages for the US!”
Up until now, hamburger meat hasn’t always been in the store, but I could buy plenty of steaks, pork chops, roasts, etc. But when the hoarders go after everything in the meat department, it’s going to be interesting.
Time to start issuing ration cards?
We’re ahead of the curve since we already eat a lot of vegan and vegetarian meals. We do eat meat sometimes but now we’ll just eat even less of it. Meat is not a necessity for good nutrition during a pandemic.
I’ve already seen several headlines and articles to the effect, “Looming meat shortages for the US!”
Up until now, hamburger meat hasn’t always been in the store, but I could buy plenty of steaks, pork chops, roasts, etc. But when the hoarders go after everything in the meat department, it’s going to be interesting.
Time to start issuing ration cards?
Still seems easy to get the less quick to prepare stuff. I roasted a turkey yesterday. Pretty easy when you’re home all day and can cover meat needs for like a week.
https://www.cnn.com/...mithfield/index.html
It wouldn’t hurt us to all eat less meat. More concerning is all the upstream animals that a going to start piling up. I suppose there are going to be alot of fat pigs around in a few months
“Smithfield employees accounted for more than half of the active coronavirus cases in the state. About 240 employees are sick, she said, out of roughly 430 active cases in the state”
Even with 3,700 employees, it seems odd that so many cases came from there. What were they doing? Licking each others eyeballs to start each day?
Sounds similar to what’s going on the Greeley.
Many wholesalers in UK have transitioned from restaurant deliveries to home deliveries to keep staff on
.
Isn’t this why people are panic buying live baby chickens? This has been reported multiple places, but here is one story:
I do appreciate this question/answer between the reporter and the Humane society President towards the end
Q. Your concern is that when this is all over, the shelters might see a lot of chickens
A. That’s not where the chickens should end up
https://www.cnn.com/...mithfield/index.html
It wouldn’t hurt us to all eat less meat. More concerning is all the upstream animals that a going to start piling up. I suppose there are going to be alot of fat pigs around in a few months
“Smithfield employees accounted for more than half of the active coronavirus cases in the state. About 240 employees are sick, she said, out of roughly 430 active cases in the state”
Even with 3,700 employees, it seems odd that so many cases came from there. What were they doing? Licking each others eyeballs to start each day?
I know, right? Everyone looks to be the recommended 6 feet away from those they are looking directly at. It’s almost as if particles don’t hit the wall 72" directly in front of where you breath. No one could have seen that coming.
Record cold storage for meat
I can’t post the article but it’s from March.
We won’t see a huge shortage for at least a few months if one occurs.
Near term price movement up for some products is expected
Sigh
https://www.cnn.com/...mithfield/index.html
It wouldn’t hurt us to all eat less meat. More concerning is all the upstream animals that a going to start piling up. I suppose there are going to be alot of fat pigs around in a few months
“Smithfield employees accounted for more than half of the active coronavirus cases in the state. About 240 employees are sick, she said, out of roughly 430 active cases in the state”
Even with 3,700 employees, it seems odd that so many cases came from there. What were they doing? Licking each others eyeballs to start each day?
I know, right? Everyone looks to be the recommended 6 feet away from those they are looking directly at. It’s almost as if particles don’t hit the wall 72" directly in front of where you breath. No one could have seen that coming.
I was talking about this in another post. There are many jobs that require close proximity and that is based on effeciency. What you will see is that in order for the same plant to keep their employees remotely safe and to produce the same amount of product it will have to be several times larger or the same plant with produce a fraction of the product.
This is true of nearly any assembly line product, meat, cars, electronic equipment etc etc.
Record cold storage for meat
I can’t post the article but it’s from March.
We won’t see a huge shortage for at least a few months if one occurs.
Near term price movement up for some products is expected
Sigh
Some products. Some companies can’t get rid of it fast enough and at a significant discount.
Buckhead Beef selling to the public for the first time ever.
My grocer supply chain has run out of our normal chicken (for reasons unknown to me). They’ve outsourced to another company, but the quality is not there and we have to buy in bulk. Very time consuming to break down and make look pretty.
As an entire country, I agree it doesn’t appear we will be running out of food anytime soon. People may have to adjust to different products than they are used to, but that’s a first world problem they are just going to have to deal with.
Record cold storage for meat
I can’t post the article but it’s from March.
We won’t see a huge shortage for at least a few months if one occurs.
Near term price movement up for some products is expected
Sigh
As an entire country, I agree it doesn’t appear we will be running out of food anytime soon. People may have to adjust to different products than they are used to, but that’s a first world problem they are just going to have to deal with.
Exactly. We will temporarily have to be like our grandparents and cook whatever is in season and available.
We’re ahead of the curve since we already eat a lot of vegan and vegetarian meals. We do eat meat sometimes but now we’ll just eat even less of it. Meat is not a necessity for good nutrition during a pandemic.
I don’t eat meat, but I worry about a brother-in-law and nephew who both consider the words “fruits” and “vegetables” verboten. BIL has a lot of guns. Hope he doesn’t go full Farmer Vincent on society.
https://www.cnn.com/...mithfield/index.html
It wouldn’t hurt us to all eat less meat. More concerning is all the upstream animals that a going to start piling up. I suppose there are going to be alot of fat pigs around in a few months
“Smithfield employees accounted for more than half of the active coronavirus cases in the state. About 240 employees are sick, she said, out of roughly 430 active cases in the state”
Even with 3,700 employees, it seems odd that so many cases came from there. What were they doing? Licking each others eyeballs to start each day?
Not to mention you’d assume a certain sanitary standard given they process food.
Let’s hurry up and get everyone back to work. What could go wrong?
Record cold storage for meat
I can’t post the article but it’s from March.
We won’t see a huge shortage for at least a few months if one occurs.
Near term price movement up for some products is expected
Sigh
As an entire country, I agree it doesn’t appear we will be running out of food anytime soon. People may have to adjust to different products than they are used to, but that’s a first world problem they are just going to have to deal with.
Exactly. We will temporarily have to be like our grandparents and cook whatever is in season and available.
Really this is an (individual) industrial workplace OH&S issue.
Up here we have probably over half a million camp workers, either living or working in close proximity, I’m surprised that something similar hasn’t happened yet.
But when it does nobodies going to be saying “oh no! We’re going to have to live without coal, gas, diamonds and gold!â€
Maurice
Record cold storage for meat
I can’t post the article but it’s from March.
We won’t see a huge shortage for at least a few months if one occurs.
Near term price movement up for some products is expected
Sigh
As an entire country, I agree it doesn’t appear we will be running out of food anytime soon. People may have to adjust to different products than they are used to, but that’s a first world problem they are just going to have to deal with.
Exactly. We will temporarily have to be like our grandparents and cook whatever is in season and available.
Really this is an (individual) industrial workplace OH&S issue.
Up here we have probably over half a million camp workers, either living or working in close proximity, I’m surprised that something similar hasn’t happened yet.
But when it does nobodies going to be saying “oh no! We’re going to have to live without coal, gas, diamonds and gold!â€
Maurice
Huh?