Food Shortage

U.S. food banks already dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face a new challenge — surging food prices and supply chain issues walloping the nation.

At the beginning of next year, California will begin enforcing an animal welfare proposition approved overwhelmingly by voters in 2018 that requires more space for breeding pigs, egg-laying chickens and veal calves — only 4% of hog operations now comply with the new rules.

The recent food and fuel shortages in South Africa have become so severe that talks of cannibalism are being thrown around by those still fighting to keep their communities from literally burning down.