I'd wonder if "clean plate" messaging is less about food production/import capacity and more about supply chains. Starving people don't need to be encouraged t

I'd wonder if "clean plate" messaging is less about food production/import capacity and more about supply chains. Starving people don't need to be encouraged to eat everything on their plate. On the other hand, quarantines probably stressed their distribution networks pretty bad-- cutting major internal routes off, diverting supplies for cities in lockdown, dealing with goods perishing on loading docks and unharvested crops plowed under. Every kilo of demand saved is a kilo less they have to cram into the transport infrastructure.