Psaki Warns of Global Food Shortages Due to Russia-Ukraine War
Food prices are up 24% from one year ago
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki warned of global food shortages due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, despite the media trying to cover it up days earlier.
Fox News’s Jacqui Heinrich asked Psaki:
“One more on the White House assessment of local food insecurity that’s sort of coming out of all this in Ukraine.”
“Is there any money that’s going to be allocated to provide diesel fuel to Ukrainian farmers to try to mitigate some of this?”
“While we’re not expecting a food shortage here at home, we do anticipate that higher energy fertilizer, wheat, and corn prices could impact the price of growing and purchasing critical food supplies for countries around the world,” Psaki said
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In February, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations recently reported that the international food price index hit an all-time high.
Food prices are up 24% from one year ago.
And it looks like it is getting worse.
“We’re going to get hit on every front, on every expense possible,” Oklahoma farmer Ben Neal told Fox News host Laura Ingraham.
“From fertilizers to fuel to labor, insurance – everything in between [including] our packing supplies.”
“These fertilizer prices haven’t really affected the grocery store prices yet. They will start coming this summer,” according to Neal.
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As Neon Nettle reported:
Food shortages are spiking across the United States even before the Ukraine conflict as Joe Biden struggles to resolve the supply chain crisis.
CEO and founder of Saffron Road, a producer of frozen and shelf-stable meals, Adnan Durrani told the Seattle Times:
“People are hoarding [food].”
“What I think you’ll see over the next six months, all prices will go higher.”
Food costs have soared since 2020, with meats, poultry, fish, and eggs increasing by 10.5 percent.
The exploding costs have also impacted the ability of suppliers to meet the demands.
Durrani also warned he is “keeping about four months’ supply on hand instead of the typical one or two months.”
Last week, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg claimed the current supply chain crisis in the U.S is because Biden “successfully brought this economy out of the teeth of the recession.”
