Feast to Famine?

With all of the current crises both domestic and international, a looming fertilizer and food-storage shortage has so far failed to captivate the American public as much as the war in Ukraine, the lockdowns in China, or the court saga of Amber and Johnny. Yet America’s harvest this year is already threatened by an acute fertilizer shortage and crippling fuel prices. Moreover, in one of the stranger stories emerging from an already surreal political landscape, a lot of American food-processing facilities lately have been going up in smoke — literally.

Back in April, a few in the mainstream media began noticing a startling trend: Food-processing facilities all across America have been catching fire over the past several months, a trend that has included several eye-catching episodes such as small plane crashes and massive explosions. No less an eminence than Fox News’ Tucker Carlson took note of the odd string of “coincidences,” which others in the media establishment have been quick to dismiss as random occurrences.