Incomplete main-stream-news links of announced United States food supply shutdowns, emergencies, outbreaks and recalls for the month of February, 2019:
Over one weekend, 03-04FEB2019, three USAFR C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft delivered food to three of the countries flooding the U.S. with illegal immigrants; Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras. The U.S. Air Force Reserve described the food aid mission as occurring periodically through out the year. The food is supposedly donated, but the cost of flying it to the recipients rests on the U.S. taxpayers.
In Djibouti, Africa, taxpayer funded U.S. Army veterinarians were deployed to help locals improve their livestock. It’s called a Veterinary Civic Action Project (VetCAP).
A very small number of crops are dominating globally: That’s bad news
Climate change is cooking salmon in the Pacific Northwest
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
$43.3 million in federal taxes awarded to Auburn for agriculture facility
ALASKA: Proposed state budget includes elimination of Division of Agriculture
Taxpayer subsidized fishing towns could lose millions under new governor
Bering Sea Pacific cod fishery could move toward quota system
Tribe takes state to court in attempt to protect herring
As the Bering Sea warms, this skipper is chasing pollock to new places
98% of Alaska’s fish are exported for use by non-Alaskans
ARIZONA: lawmakers exempt farmers from paying sales taxes…
Family farms made Phoenix livable, so why are so many going away?
If the above is true, then why are farmers being cut off from river water?
ARKANSAS: Al’s Bar-B-Q shutdown after 47 years
Plant Board Votes To Loosen Dicamba herbicide Restrictions
CALIFORNIA: Germany based maker of containers for food, Bericap, issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Ontario, 30 jobs gone by mid-April. TGI Friday’s issued yet another shutdown WARN, this time for its restaurant in El Cajon, 48 jobs gone by mid-April. Iconic maker of restaurant coffee makers, Bunn-O-Matic, issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Cerritos, 20 jobs gone by mid-April.
Nantucket Restaurant shutdown after 89 years, no reason given
After 102 years, Estrada’s Fine Mexican and Caribbean Cuisine shutdown
Chicken-killing Newcastle disease prompts widespread quarantines
‘dry farmers’ grow crops without irrigation
California must abandon 535,000 acres of prized farmland to meet water conservation goals
California expecting smallest avocado crop in a decade
In the leftist-liberal socialist ‘Golden State’, U.S. Navy sailors still have to help deliver food for the Meals on Wheels program in San Diego. Since January 2018, Makin Island Sailors delivered more than 550 meals to the local San Diego community.
CONNECTICUT: After at least 40 years Lynn’s Restaurant and Delicatessen shutdown
Compost heat recovery helps cut costs, boost revenue
DELAWARE: Federal prisoners to be used to operate Vertical Farms?
FLORIDA: Hamburger Mary’s closing two more locations due to Hep A investigation
Krewe De Gras shutdown after ten years
After 32 years Connie’s Hams & Catering shutdown by a greedy landlord
farmers plot new course after Hurricane Michael
hemp production still a cloud of smoke
GEORGIA: Months after Hurricane Michael, farmers still trying to recover
U.S. Army Officer Cadet School trainees took part in a 16FEB2019 food drive, in partnership with the Midland Feeding the Valley Food Bank, and Columbus Community Warriors Incorporated.
GUAM: Ban on scuba fishing proposed
Marine life at risk in U.S. Navy’s 2019 environmental impact statement
HAWAII:Still Lacks Enough Local Food Production
Indigenous agriculture has potential to contribute to food needs
Costco considers farming in Hawaii
Since July 2018, the U.S. Coast Guard and the British empire’s Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans joined forces to enforce international fishing laws across the Indo-Pacific: “Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing threatens food security, impacts the sustainability of fisheries, and causes irreparable damage to marine and freshwater ecosystems across the globe. Partnerships, like this one with Canada’s Department of National Defence and the United States Coast Guard, are the key to tackling IUU fishing that threatens many vulnerable coastal communities. We will continue to work with other countries and assist small island developing states in combating IUU fishing to increase security and protect the health of fish stocks around the world.”-Jonathan Wilkinson, minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
IDAHO: Legislation adds up costs of new hemp program
Land purchase paves way for nation’s largest research dairy
Idaho proposes requiring farmer consent for annexation
once-low-key Idaho Hop Growers Association is getting more active
ILLINOIS: Next money ‘crop’ for Illinois farmers, Solar panels?
Prisoners are prepped for farming
Taxpayer funded Grants Awarded to Grow Specialty Crop
IOWA: Pizza chain Old Chicago shutdown one of its seven locations in Iowa
Iowa’s first $260-million ‘agrihood’ promises farm-like living conditions in a congested metro area
loan delinquencies reach highest point in 9 years as crops prices slump (no thanks to capitalistic globalization markets)
KENTUCKY: Long John Silver’s suddenly laid off 20 people at its Louisville HQ
As tobacco sales dry up, farmers look to the state’s original crop; hemp
LOUISIANA: Dean of Southern University’s Agricultural College Resigns
Company sues state agriculture agency over faulty marijuana testing
MAINE: British empire Canada based Future Farm Technologies Extends 100-Acre Lease for CBD-Producing Hemp
MARYLAND: Long Beach Oyster House suddenly shutdown because “the new management had to walk away.”
farmers demand to use toxic pesticides despite warnings
MASSACHUSETTS: Papa Gino’s is closing six locations in Massachusetts and one in New Hampshire.
Big Y shutting down its grocery store in Adams, 90 jobs gone
After three years restaurant Roadworthy suddenly shutdown
nonprofits face eviction from taxpayer-owned farmland
Residents Urged To Check Plants For Invasive Lanternfly
MICHIGAN: ‘Taste’ and nutrition company Kerry issued a shutdown WARN for its factory in Kentwood, 107 jobs gone by the end of April!
Tom’s Food Markets shutdown its 36 years old location south of Grand Travis Resort
D&W Fresh Market sutting down its location in Portage, 50 jobs gone in March
A $30 million eel-fish farm in Michigan?
MINNESOTA: ‘Senior Dinning’ service Morrison Community Living issued WARNs for several locations, more than 250 jobs threatened by the end of April!
After six years Crave Burger shutdown
MISSISSIPPI: Taxpayer funded vaccines equal bigger catfish?
MISSOURI: After nearly 90 years of serving food in the River Market, Cascone’s Grill shutdown
MONTANA: Five Loaves Coffee House & Bakery shutdown after 14 years
6500 Montanan farmers sign up for $14 million in taxpayer funded tariff relief payments
NEBRASKA: After more than 60 years Conroy’s Family Bakery shutdown
Asian jumping worm poses future threat
loan delinquencies highest in 9 years
Man Killed by Bull While Checking Cattle
NEVADA: Farmers challenge new ‘water market’
Strangles disease killing horses
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Local ‘organic’ Farmers Frustrated by Recent USDA Labeling Decisions
Labor Shortage, Climate Change Challenges
NEW JERSEY: Belgium owned Anheuser-Busch issued a WARN for its Jersey City sales ops, 80 jobs gone by the end of April.
Why North Carolinian boats are fishing off New Jersey’s coast
NEW MEXICO: Local dairies now ground zero for PFAS contamination by the USAF
Air Force pollution forces dairy to kill 4-thousand cows!
NEW YORK: Raul’s Candy Store shutdown after 40 years
Local ag economy faces low profits, big risks
NORTH CAROLINA: Restaurant chain owner Monica Eats now chapter 11 bankrupt busted
That trendy CBD product in your smoothie is still illegal in North Carolina
NC State Study: Aquaculture Does Little, if Anything, to Conserve Wild Fisheries
NORTH DAKOTA: Senator misleads with her claim of record number of bankruptcies in ‘farm country’
State House passes bill that expands the strange ‘family’ corporate farm law
State Senate passes revised trespassing bill
State law’s definition of ‘farmer’ makes it almost impossible for farmers to get a tax exemption
OHIO: Actual Brewing now bankrupt dead after losing $558-thousand in 2018, due to low sales
After more than 43 years the Golden Dawn grocery store shutdown, the owners refused to comment
Farm Bureau members are disappointed with the results of the LEBOR vote
Popular Oklahoma City restaurant Chelino’s shutdown after 25 years
Bill would allow Oregon farmland to be rezoned along border with Idaho
Organic farms want taxpayer support
PENNSYLVANIA: The owners of La Trattoria suddenly halted the renovations to their restaurant and quit to focus on another business
PUERTO RICO: Chef José Andrés fights for an independent Agricultural Sector
1.4 million Puerto Ricans will face food aid cuts
Midwest states Look to Puerto Rico for Workers
RHODE ISLAND: Criminal Probe of Slaughterhouse Sought After Cows Shot and stabbed Multiple Times
Rhode Island farmland has the highest national average cost per acre at $13,800
SOUTH CAROLINA: Lincoln Park Bar and Grill suddenly shutdown
SOUTH DAKOTA: foreclosure case could involve more than 31-thousand head of cattle
TENNESSEE: After only a year Taco Garage shutdown
After 44 years the Gold Rush Bar shutdown due to expenses going through the roof
Top ten agriculture plants in Tennessee
TEXAS: Boiler Nine Bar + Grill shutdown due to not being able to pay management fees
Grocery giant Kroger shutdown its 59 years old store in Denison, 60 jobs affected
Taylor Farms Recalls Chicken Products Due To wrong labels
UTAH: Newcastle chicken disease found in Utah home
Controversy over water reform rules
VERMONT: Renewable energy growing among animals and crops
tiered system of fees imposed on hemp growers
VIRGINIA: About 25 Navy and Air Force culinary students, instructors and support staff lent their skills to the lunchtime feeding operation at The Hope Center, with the goal of easing hunger and financial stress for less-fortunate citizens: “This is the first time since I’ve been down here that we’ve had the military come down in a volunteer capacity to cook.”-Scott Fisher, executive director The Hope Center
After only one year Smokey T’s Southern Kitchen shutdown
Ledo Pizza suddenly shutdown its Short Pump location
Virginia Diner Shoppe shutdown its Richmond-Carytown location, not willing to renew the lease
WASHINGTON: Food service company HMS Host issued a mass-layoff WARN for its ops at SeaTac, 202 jobs gone by the end of March! Legacy Fruit Packers suddenly shutdown its ops in Wapato, 199 jobs instantly gone! Also in Wapato, Valley Fruit suddenly shutdown, 1-thousand and nine jobs instantly gone! In Seleh, Larson Orchard Management suddenly shutdown, 807 jobs instantly gone! Last year the above fruit growing/packing companies were sued by H-2A immigrant workers (Larson Orchard settles lawsuit with H-2A workers), as a result the above affected fruit growing/packing farms were forced to shutdown and sell-out (confirms purchase of Washington fruit companies) to several companies, including a company partly owned by billionaire Bill Gates!
Washington DC: U.S. farm debt soars: “Farm debt has been rising more rapidly over the last five years, increasing by 30% since 2013 – up from $315 billion to $409 billion, according to USDA data, and up from $385 billion in just the last year, to levels seen in the 1980s.”-Sonny Perdue, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Dairy farmers get more taxpayer funded help under new farm bill
WEST VIRGINIA: State Department of Agriculture employees get into a physical fight
A volunteer with the Fort McCoy Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers group helps distribute food 4FEB2019, at the Oasis Church in Tomah.
WYOMING: Earliest known seed-eating perching bird originated in Wyoming
Highway shutdown due to badly behaving bison
Wyoming ranch manager goes missing in Canada
U.S. FOOD CRISIS, January 2019: “WE ARE BEATING A DEAD HORSE!”
James Cook University (JCU) held a Health and Humanitarian Action in Emergencies (HHAE) course as part of a global disaster coordination plan, during the first week of June 2019. The concept for HHAE was originally developed by the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, United States, and JCU’s College of Health of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences.
U.S. Marines arrive at Soto Cano Air Base, 05JUN2019, officially for ‘security’ ops (Honduras is one of the countries flooding the U.S. with illegals), but their secondary mission is to be on ‘standby’ for natural disaster response.
U.S. Marine wearing gas mask during humanitarian assistance training at Marine Corps (pronounced -core-) Air Station Iwakuni, 10JUN2019.
Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief was the main topic at the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium (PALS) on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, 06JUN2019.
03JUN2019, USAF Personnel from Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, and Yokota, Japan, traveled all the way to Oregon to take part in the now yearly Cascadia Airlift exercise, as part of Oregon National Guard’s preps for the coming Cascadia Subduction Zone event.
For some reason the USAF is now using Lambos to attract potential recruits during Eglin AFB, Florida, ‘resiliency’ events.
Lamborghini Gallardo speeds along the flight line during the Arctic Thunder Open House at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July, 2018.
Lamborghini accelerates past a BT-13, June 2018. “Sunday driver!” yelled the BT-13 pilot.
U.S. Army food inspection specialists check expiration dates of food in Poland, 29JAN2019, as part of anti-Russia NATO ops.
Near the island of Fiji, U.S. Coast Guard personnel join with Canadian counterparts, as well as the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, to enforce international fishing laws. In the pic a Coast Guard ‘small boat’ approaches a suspected illegal fishing boat, 25JAN2019.
The South Dakota Air National Guard’s 114th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Weapons Element has joined the ever growing war on hunger in the U.S.A.: “For our first year we feel like we had a good start…..Even though the donation may seem small…”-Technical Sergeant Karl Hoskins