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Can you elaborate? Because as it stands the US throws away 30-40 percent of its own food supply[1]. When Russia supplied free grain to Africa, because they cou
by rjzzleep 3y ago
Can you elaborate? Because as it stands the US throws away 30-40 percent of its own food supply[1].
When Russia supplied free grain to Africa, because they couldn't sell it due to sanctions the West complained that accepting free grain would be "too dangerous a price to pay"[2]
[1] https://www.rts.com/resources/guides/food-waste-america/ https://www.rts.com/resources/guides/food-waste-america/
[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-23/russia-in-africa-putin-seeks-to-counter-western-influence-with-free-grain https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-23/russia-in...
- blue_pants 3y agoHow generous of them https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-russian-stolen-grains/ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-russian-stolen-grain... https://web.archive.org/web/20220627050935/https://www.bbc.com/news/61790625 https://web.archive.org/web/20220627050935/https://www.bbc.c...
- rjzzleep 3y agoMaybe read up where the Ukraine grain was destined to begin with[1]. It's really sad that over the last two years the once serious bloomberg became another mouthpiece of war propaganda. [1] https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/wheat/reporter/ukr https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/wheat/reporte...
- empath-nirvana 3y agoShipping free grain to places with food security problems actually does make the problem worse, because it bankrupts local farmers. It's fine in an emergency, but in general it's better to subsidize local farmers than to send food.