** THEY ARE SILENCING THE TRUTH [Grocery stores falling short on food]

rice pasta salmon flour and chocolate are you guys ready for these fall food shortages we thought we had problems the last few years right but I don't know guys sometimes I'm starting to see those as the good old days you know what I mean they summarize the whole U.S economic situation in this one clip check it out so in terms of the economy itself yeah Republicans uh ignore the fact that prices are up 20 since Biden took office mortgage rates have tripled delinquencies on credit cards and car payments are going up banks are lending less because of stupid regulations and higher Capital requirements other than that the economy is great Stu that's got a pretty long list you've got right there I think that pretty much sums it up with what's happening with our economy right now basically a whole lot of things getting swept under the rug and of course the government just completely denying everything and saying that everything's just A-Okay wouldn't you say guys food security this is what today's video is about we're definitely a Financial Freedom channel right here but I think securing your food supplies definitely a precursor to reaching your financial goals I mean am I right now according to World Bank food security is defined when all people at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and their food preferences for an active and healthy life but with a number of threats to our U.S food supply food security isn't all that Securities days y'all know what I mean I mean we're talking about threats like war and political conflicts economic changes disease and more often than not climate change and variable weather you guys are seeing it right been pretty hot lately some really aggressive storms hurricanes tornadoes earthquakes tsunamis now they're not declaring a public emergency that's a whole other video in and of itself but I think we can all definitely agree that we're going through what's called a global food crisis and that means a whole Cascade of food shortages that are going to affect Americans well into 2024. and I think you guys have noticed this as well guys food items that have surprisingly been harder to come by lately and if they are there they're a lot pricier than ever before or at least you know if you're purchasing them at your local grocery store but let me know if you guys agree so let's go over the food shortages right now but before I do if you own a home make sure your home is protected get your free home warranty quote there's a link in the description down below so the first on the list is rice so a shortage of rice is still on the table into the second half of 2023. the world's rice supply has been well in short supply since Russia's invasion of Ukraine add to the fact that the damaging weather that's been happening in major rice producing countries like China and Pakistan and now even more concerning factors are at play El Nino a weather pattern that results in a typical or atypical warming of the water's surface in the Eastern Pacific Ocean it began to emerge again at the beginning of the summer causing even more unpredictable weather patterns for many different countries India also announced in July that it would be halting its exports of all non-basmati rice or white rice in order to protect its own stockpiles and their resources now some areas of the world have felt these effects more than others but for most the largest issue will continue to be the damage of our wallets really as they said at the global level the most evident impact of the global rights deficit has been and it still is decade high rise prices number two pasta Mamma Mia it's pasta okay well now I don't know how many of you guys used to be Mario Brothers fans anyway so the whole pasta problem in Italy it actually got so bad this year that the country's government they met for a crisis talk back in May in order to stop it from boiling over even more overall price hikes were passed on to Consumers all throughout the country and some areas like the province of Siena in Tuscany they reported an increase of over 50 percent for pasta a lot of factors are at play here as well like the high cost of ingredients like pasta's main component we feet as well as increased packaging and Logistics prices so I was talking to a friend of mine in Nebraska he told me how they have very little pasta on the shelves they are from Safeway to Walmart to Dollar General and small mom-and-pop markets now apparently this started over a year ago and now the area that used to be for pasta have other merchandise like tons and tons of red sauce but no pasta some of them over there have even started growing extra spaghetti squash to compensate now according to data from Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis the cost of spaghetti and macaroni right here in the United States it has risen to an average of 1.47 cents per pound in 2023. now if you compare that to the average cost of 1.21 per pound during the same time last year it's a pretty big difference next on the list is chocolate so last year Hershey's they set off a panic when it warned of a possible candy shortage leading into Halloween this time the shorter seems to be much more widespread Coco has become a hot commodity and Reuters reports that current prices are the highest they've been in New York in nearly 12 years and it's even higher in other parts of the world including London and since cocoa is such a fertilizer dependent crop it was also affected by the drying up of fertilizer exports from Russia and Ukraine because of the war last year's droughts also affected yield crops or crop yields and El Nino is even threatening to decimate production now the weather phenomenon tends to cause drier weather conditions throughout West Africa including areas of Ghana Cameroon Nigeria and Ivory Coast which together are responsible for about 75 percent of the world's cocoa production now there's also the sugar shorter that's happening because of bad weather and less exports coming from India this together with the endless demand of the sweet stuff certainly doesn't help this whole chocolate catastrophe either now I'm telling you guys if you haven't yet subscribe to the channel and turn that notification Bell on that way you guys don't have to worry about missing out on any of these updates that are for sure going to affect you and your wallet or just one big happy Financial Freedom fam here on the channel so appreciate you guys for being here and always I thank you guys for lighting up the like button totally appreciate that all right so next on the list we got salmon some people say it's salmon some people say salmon whatever the case is either way there's expected to be a little bit of a shortage of it you know how they say there's plenty of fish in the sea right well that may not be the case anymore fishermen in both California and Alaska have noticed a steep decline in Salmon populations over the past year with Chinook or King Salomon taking the largest hit now this is one of the healthiest and largest salmon species that is commonly found at grocery stores and often served at restaurants right here in the United States now according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife the number of three-year-old Farm run Chinook likely to return to the Sacramento River this year to spawn will be fewer than 170 thousand one of the lowest forecasts in 15 years and in Alaska it's just more the same some factors that they mentioned warmer Waters due to climate change droughts in California and other things like overfishing pollution and disease have also been detrimental California officials even ban both commercial and recreational salmon fishing for the entirety of the 2023 fishing season and this is the first time that a band like this has happened for salmon fishing since 2008 and you guys all know what happened in 2008 right so last but not least flower the price of flour is already up eight and a half percent compared to last year and they're predicting that Americans will continue to feel the effects of a flower shortage in 2024 and that includes a lot of our favorites like bread pizza dough pancakes cookies and baked goods all kinds of stuff right and the underlying cause isn't even the war in the Ukraine it's droughts that are happening right here in the United States two out of the main varieties of wheat Hard red winter and hard red spring wheat are primarily grown in the south and Central States now these areas have faced extremely dry conditions over the past year the USDA estimates that an astounding 75 percent of the wheat growing in these regions are currently experiencing drought conditions experts still hold out hope that the soft red winter wheat the third major type of the wheat grown in the United States which is often used for cakes cookies and crackers would help or could help to pick up the slack but since this type of weed is harvested from September through December they really can't tell just yet the authorities hold press conferences live on media every day so it kind of keeps the extremely severe situation in the Forefront of our minds extremely important to stop the spread of this swine plague as soon as possible as they tell us now I myself I'm highly suspicious and I find it extremely disturbing that media every day blow up stories about Pig Farmers inside the restricted area that are now worried about their livestock whether they have to get rid of it altogether and how hard it will become to to really stop this disease from spreading all over the country and here's something that I picked up from Sweden so apparently their media has been going ballistic over a completely new situation that has the potential to hit the food supply extremely hard it's the African swine plague that they found in wild boars of the woods a large Forest area in the middle of Sweden has been declared a restricted area Hunters are searching the woods for dead wild boars that they've already found several new cases of dead wild boars that have tested positive for the plague the Swedish authorities hold press conferences live on media every single day so that basically people don't forget about what they're calling an extremely severe situation Pig Farmers inside the restricted areas are they're worried about their livestock and whether they have to get rid of it all together they're already expecting a shortage of pork and ridiculously high prices on the meat that can be delivered to stores over there now I don't know how long this is going to be until it reaches American soil but let's just keep an eye out here guys and when we talk about how the United States economy has been doing under President Joe Biden it's a bit like examining a mixed bag of goodies since the bite Administration took office in January of 2021 the economy has been chuggled along with growth at about 6.1 percent but now it's not exactly the kind of skyrocketing growth that makes headlines but it's still technically growth especially when you consider that the global economy has been stuck in neutral for a long time but really the usual question that I get from you guys is why doesn't it feel like it right like that's just something that we're gonna have to look into next time make sure you guys do not miss the next one if you guys made it this far on the video definitely consider dropping a like for the video also consider subscribing to the channel and I'll see you guys on the next one