The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is
on the flip side, it doesn’t bother me much at all.
The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is
on the flip side, it doesn’t bother me much at all.
Sure, just-in-time supply chains maximize profit at the expense of resilience, not just in agriculture. It’s long past time for it to become a legislative target for legitimate reasons of national security (for all nations). On the flip side this shock will accelerate solar hydrogen to ammonia fertilizer production, which already works fine, just needs scaling.
Iran allowing non enemy ships through Hormuz (kind of genius really) makes this pretty nothing burger except for the US and it’s allies.