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Re:In Mongolia, a killer winter is ravaging herds and a way ... by rjzzleep on Friday March 08, 2024 @06:28AM (#39640070)
Can you elaborate? Because as it stands the US throws away 30-40 percent of its own food supply[1].

When Russia supplied free grain to Africa, because they couldn't sell it due to sanctions the West complained that accepting free grain would be "too dangerous a price to pay"[2]

[1] https://www.rts.com/resources/guides/food-waste-america/

[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-23/russia-in...

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Re:In Mongolia, a killer winter is ravaging herds and a way ... by blue_pants on Friday March 08, 2024 @08:05AM (#39640694)
How generous of them

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-russian-stolen-grain...

https://web.archive.org/web/20220627050935/https://www.bbc.c...

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Re:In Mongolia, a killer winter is ravaging herds and a way ... by rjzzleep on Friday March 08, 2024 @08:27PM (#39648547)
Maybe read up where the Ukraine grain was destined to begin with[1].

It's really sad that over the last two years the once serious bloomberg became another mouthpiece of war propaganda.

[1] https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/wheat/reporte...

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Re:In Mongolia, a killer winter is ravaging herds and a way ... by empath-nirvana on Friday March 08, 2024 @10:06AM (#39641666)
Shipping free grain to places with food security problems actually does make the problem worse, because it bankrupts local farmers. It's fine in an emergency, but in general it's better to subsidize local farmers than to send food.
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