Re:From Spain to Germany, farmers warn of fresh food shortages
by 6510 on Saturday March 28, 2020 @11:40PM
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So, to put it bluntly, people are sitting on ass and their food crops are rotting in the field?
Even if you do nothing the market will probably fix it: Less food in the markets > high demand drives up prices > higher salaries > slightly lower prices
At some point some people are hungry enough to get a... shall we say... real job?
With some regulatory sanity we subsidize it a bit.
Perhaps we should test and quarantine the farm workers when money stops being an issue.
Re:From Spain to Germany, farmers warn of fresh food shortages
by jmalicki on Sunday March 29, 2020 @12:16AM
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So in other words, after one famine where a large fraction of the population dies, the market will be better afterwards?
Especially with anti-price-gouging laws - this process is explicit forbidden from happening during a crisis.
Re:From Spain to Germany, farmers warn of fresh food shortages
by 6510 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @01:01AM
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nah, the regulators will move in and save us from ourselves.
Re:From Spain to Germany, farmers warn of fresh food shortages
by s1artibartfast on Sunday March 29, 2020 @09:37AM
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Regulators might be able to legislate food into existence in counties with strategic reserves, but not all places are so lucky. If there isn't enough calories produced, people would die. Most in low GDP countries which are net food importers.
Re:From Spain to Germany, farmers warn of fresh food shortages
by heavenlyblue on Sunday March 29, 2020 @07:07PM
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What if there’s simply not enough food?
Re:From Spain to Germany, farmers warn of fresh food shortages
by 6510 on Saturday April 04, 2020 @04:59AM
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You harvest what you grow. If there is not enough food we haven't planted enough.
Re:From Spain to Germany, farmers warn of fresh food shortages
by joejerryronnie on Sunday March 29, 2020 @02:34AM
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All we need to do is create an app to pick produce on demand, i.e. the Uber of migrant labor. All the hipsters in SF will flock to the central valley for gig work in the fields - problem solved. (I'm only half kidding. If lots of people are out of jobs and there are lots of jobs without people to fill them, it seems like a no brainer, yes?)
There won't be any sources for a while because this is literally just starting.
I mean 3billion people are on lockdown of some sort globally right now. Not hard to imagine it may be hard for workers to get to farms across borders, or even within borders. CA alone will probably see a shortage of migrants. No, I don't know for sure but I'm speculating that it's quite likely.
Supply chains have also been strained because people have been panic buying for what, 3 weeks now? You can't just snap your fingers and double your supply of vegetables.