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Picaro

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Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2025, 11:15 AM

Jun 11

Trump’s regime is creating the potential for famine in the US. If you take out the labor infrastructure the food chain collapses.

A larger and larger percentage of our food will have to imported. Prices will skyrocket. Huge numbers of people will be unable to buy food and will begin to literally starve. Food riots will break out.

Farmers will be unable to continue and will have to sell their farms, but there might be few buyers.

Feedlots will be filled with starving cattle.

The seeds of the next Great Depression are being sown today.

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The food chain will be broken [View all] UpInArms Jun 11 OP

What is the time from slaughter to meat counter? lapfog_1 Jun 11 #1

Also ... we used to have actual butchers in our grocery stores UpInArms Jun 11 #2

Even butchers in the meat markets start with a dressed side of beef or pork. House of Roberts Jun 11 #5

The grocery stores often have their own distribution points that do that type of packing radical noodle Jun 11 #22

We have light duty butchers in supermarkets here Bernardo de La Paz Jun 11 #28

Am glad you have that UpInArms Jun 11 #29

Great Post, UIA BlueGreenLady Jun 11 #3

Interesting Info... LoCo Cat Lady Jun 11 #4

"no skilled meat cutters are waiting at the doors of those plants to continue the work" Ray Bruns Jun 11 #6

Should this take place, at whatever scale Prairie_Seagull Jun 11 #7

I would however point out that moniss Jun 11 #14

Soybeans are also animal food UpInArms Jun 11 #23

safeway and save mart have full butcher service . AllaN01Bear Jun 11 #8

But as House of Roberts said, they start with a dressed side of beef. erronis Jun 11 #12

And some safeways have just voted to strike. niyad Jun 11 #19

Not my Safeway. nt Nittersing Jun 11 #24

At the King Soopers where I shop, beveeheart Jun 12 #32

Great post Picaro Jun 11 #9

Yes indeed and "planned" scarcity moniss Jun 11 #10

Yes, they are definitely planning on there not being nearly enough food for us. Planned starvation. LiberalLoner Jun 11 #25

Cripple the FDA and disrupt the meat processors - what could possibly go wrong? Eugenics on full display. NoMoreRepugs Jun 11 #11

How did the cattle farmers vote in 2024? In 2020? In 2016? In 2012? In 2008? Orrex Jun 11 #13

They all voted for the UpInArms Jun 11 #15

And now they're hoping to ride out the storm until Democrats bail them out Orrex Jun 11 #16

More people will need to suffer before they get their heads out of their asses. Joinfortmill Jun 11 #17

I don't suppose the plant owners will be fined kkmarie Jun 11 #18

Time to go vegan. OMGWTF Jun 11 #20

I have never felt more sickened than I do today about the quality of our 'leadership' at this moment... Moostache Jun 11 #21

Meatheat MAGAts vow to go vegan BoRaGard Jun 11 #26

At this point, I'm seriously wondering what the breaking point is going to be. Initech Jun 11 #27

There are still some small slaughter and dressing that cater to niche ranching. haele Jun 11 #30

It's going to take a while to get to that point. maxsolomon Jun 11 #31