Our Food Supply Is a National Security Issue

Social issues, economics, and foreign policy won’t matter anymore if we all starve to death

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Have you received the latest bulletin from addicts of Dystopian Porn? Disaster is right around the corner! Food shortages and surging grocery prices shall descend upon us like a plague. And then there’s the question that nobody seems to be asking…

What can we do to halt this impending disaster?

I’ve been very clear about what I believe American priorities should be as we get ready to pass the 2023 U.S. Farm Bill. A lot of these fixes can be implemented through the little-known Office of Urban Agriculture & Innovative Production — which was established and funded as part of the most recent Farm Bill, in 2018.

But let’s delve deeper into what these solutions might look like, in practice. How exactly would they respect the sanctity of our planet? And, more palpably: why will applying them save us from worldwide chaos?

Supply-Chain Mitigation

Last February, agri-analyst Sara Menker told Yahoo!News that the global supply-chain disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic may only get worse, in coming years. Menker emphasizes the need for better long-term planning to make our own…