As many of you are aware, I belong to several MAG's (Mutual Assistance Group). I met with one last evening for our monthly meeting. You can guess that the main discussion was, "what are we forgetting"? A list was immediately started and thank the good Lord, it was short.
I was surprised to not see food on the list so I brought it up.
The general consensus amongst the whole group was, "we are squared away here". I then, as I tend to do, threw a wrench into the discussion: What happens when folks show up at your doorstep you were not planning on?
Well of course a mild uproar erupted. The general thought was, "we would tell them to leave." So I responded with, "if your son, daughter, mother, etcetera showed up, you would turn them away?" Everyone started to look at their plate. I added more food to the list.
With that written, a good friend sent me the article below. It goes into governments are starting to warn against hoarding.
WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) - World Bank President David Malpass on Monday warned people and businesses against hoarding food and gasoline despite the surge in prices sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and massive sanctions imposed on Moscow.
Malpass told a virtual event hosted by the Washington Post newspaper the sanctions would have a bigger impact on global economic output than the war itself. But he said that based on current assessments, he does not anticipate the crisis ending the global recovery and reducing global GDP.
He said he expected a robust response by producers around the world to increase supplies as needed, and saw no need for people to have extra stockpiles in their kitchens or restaurants.
He said he anticipates big increases in supply of energy outside of Russia and food outside of Russia and Ukraine that will ease the impact of war-driven price spikes and help sustain recovery.
He said that energy supplies may be increased faster than food supplies, given that agricultural adjustments typically take about a year. - Reuters
