Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns, emergencies, outbreaks and recalls for the month of October, 2018:
how America treats its black farmers
Trump boosts dairy industry
Farmers struggle to store crops
Grains try to avoid market meltdown
Ag Economy Barometer falls to lowest reading since October 2016
Agricultural damage from Hurricane Michael forecast to top $1.3 billion
Farmers face ‘new normal’; hurricanes
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
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ALABAMA: USMCA trade deal impact on Alabama farmers
cotton farmer devastated by Hurricane Michael
ALASKA: Can pot save the pumpkin farm?
Muskox transported from Greenland to Alaska
ARKANSAS: Hog Haus Brewing forced to shutdown after the building was sold-off
Arkansas farmers, politicians welcome new trade deal
ARIZONA: Impasse Over Who Loses Water, and How Much, Could Sink Arizona
Arizona meat processor recalls 6.5 million pounds of beef
self-driving tractors
CALIFORNIA: Switzerland based Nestlé issued massive, yet supposedly temporary, layoff WARNs, at least 1-thousand California jobs suspended right after Thanksgiving! Los Amigos Harvesting issued a shutdown WARN for its Watsonville ops, 175 jobs gone by April 2019! Bon Appetit food magazine issued a shutdown WARN for its San Francisco office, 91 jobs gone four days before xmas. Jack in the Box issued a layoff WARN for its San Diego HQ, 66 corporate jobs gone in January 2019. Also in San Diego, Phils BBQ issued a temp-shutdown WARN, 118 jobs suspended in January 2019! Pepsi Bottling Group issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Buena Park, 95 jobs gone right after xmas. Stockton Spaghetti Restaurant issued a shutdown WARN, 51 jobs gone by the end of the year. Popular restaurant Mexicali West issued a shutdown WARN for its Bakersfield location, 55 jobs gone by the end of the year due to the property being sold to a secretive developer.
America’s first autonomous robot farm replaces humans
Hemp farming in California plagued by roadblocks
Agriculture Checkpoint Moved to Ease Traffic Delays
New California law aims to protect pollinators
Pluto’s restaurant in downtown Chico is shutting its doors after 15 years, due to recent 10% crash in customers
Zacky Farms (aka Zacky & Sons Poultry) suddenly shutdown its 47 years old poultry factory in Fresno, (323 jobs lost without proper warning, according to the days late WARN), the local mayor said Zacky Farms promised him they were going to expand the operation!
And without warning Zacky & Sons Poultry also shutdown its Stockton location, the WARN said 142 people suddenly lost their jobs!
Starbucks closing a Folsom store
La Victoria bakery closing shop after 67 years
Camino is closing after 10 years in Oakland
Lagunitas Brewing Cuts More Than 100 Jobs due to being taken over by Heineken!
U.S. Marines and Sailors helped supply 23-thousand pounds of apples to more than 4-hundred food pantries in the San Francisco Bay area, 04OCT2018!
COLORADO: 45-year-old Lakewood chicken restaurant closing
Denver-based frozen fruit snack firm files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
CONNECTICUT: IMCMV Connecticut issued a shutdown WARN for its Margaritaville restaurant in Uncasville, 59 jobs lost by January 2019 due to not being able to justify renewing the lease.
After 40 years Black Duck Cafe Announces Closing: “In the last 6 months, we’ve been experiencing slower business and now have fallen on significant financial hardship…”
Anthony’s Sub Shop closing after more than 30 years
DELAWARE: Destructive spotted lanternfly spreading south through Delaware
two more cases of West Nile Virus in horses
FLORIDA: Without warning Blackfinn permanently closes its doors
Crestview Hooters restaurant closing after 15 years
At Eglin AFB, U.S. Army 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) helped distribute more than two tons of food to local families, 17OCT2018!
Tyndall AFB video showing food distribution after Hurricane Michael:
Florida National Guard’s 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2-124 Charlie Company, provided food and water to at least 750 citizens in Panama City, in just one day, as a result of Hurricane Michael.
GEORGIA: 
Georgia National Guard distributes food after Hurricane Michael, 12OCT2018.
GUAM:
Stacks of donated pet food await the U.S. Coast Guard, 26OCT2018, to be delivered to Saipan as a result of Typhoon Yutu.
HAWAII: Wailana Coffee House closing after 48 years due to skyrocketing costs just to maintain the operation
IDAHO: Confusion in Boise as a vindictive food vendor started a rumor that Fatty’s Bar was bankrupt and shutting down, it was news to the new owner of Fatty’s
Idaho ranks as top U.S. producer of four commodities
ILLINOIS: CherryBerry self serve yogurt in Springfield closing
Last Bonanza steakhouse in Illinois closing
Treasure Island Foods suddenly shutdown remaining stores after 55 years, official WARNs put job losses at 486!
INDIANA: Brown County’s Nashville House Restaurant Closing After 91 Years
Papa Roux shutting down after 11 years due to everything: “Too much constant issues and problems with everything from the city, the landlord, the facilities, my vendors, the employee pool in this town is actually not what it was 11 years ago.”-Art Bouvier
IOWA: New North American trade deal good for Iowa
KANSAS: Farmers Frustrated by Winter Wheat Planting Delays
KENTUCKY: Mellow Mushroom shutdown its Lexington Green pizza joint
LOUISIANA: “This is the worst agriculture crisis to hit Louisiana in my 53 years of farming.”-James Guillot
MAINE: organic farmers’ group gets $600000 to train beginners
MARYLAND: Brio Tuscan Grille closing its downtown Baltimore restaurant
Ellwood Thompson’s closing grocery store
MASSACHUSETTS: See inside the marijuana facility
MICHIGAN: Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries issued a shutdown WARN for its Bays Bakery, 50 jobs gone by January 2019.
GR’s Marie Catrib’s closing for good
Baby food maker Gerber laying off 50 people
Tumultuous markets in its seed, pesticide and herbicide businesses have wiped $4.6 billion off DowDuPont’s agriculture division
MINNESOTA: Hemp could become a leading Minnesota crop
Wet weather worries farmers
MISSOURI: Tanner’s Bar & Grill closing 27 years old Waldo location
Price Cutter grocery store on Division & Glenstone To Close
Coffee Cartel closing after 22-years
MONTANA: record 22000 acres of hemp planted in 2018
NEBRASKA: Chef fired after serving kangaroo meat to students (I don’t understand, people in Australia eat it, isn’t there a food crisis going on?)
NEVADA: Wildflower Café in Incline Village closing after 3 decades
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Six months after opening in Portsmouth, 900 Degrees Pizzeria shutdown claiming there are not enough people willing to work there
NEW JERSEY: Acme grocery in Park Ridge to close
Yet another Pei Wei restaurant closes in N.J.
NEW MEXICO: State requests public input on future growth of hemp
Farm Credit invested $1.3 million in Junior Livestock
NEW YORK: Nathan’s Famous issued a shutdown WARN for its Brooklyn-NYC restaurant, 20 jobs gone by January 2019. It was revealed by a WARN that Molloy College suddenly canceled its contract with food service provider Compass Group-Chartwells, 26 jobs gone. Food service contractor Jan Services-Gourmet Garage issued a shutdown WARN for multiple locations, 92 jobs gone by the end of the year.
Stewart’s Shops closing two low-volume grocery stores
Tortilla Flats in West Village closing for good
Tonarlo’s Pizza and Restaurant in Conklin will shut down after 15 years
Hinerwadel’s clambake closing after 104 years
NORTH CAROLINA: Less than seven months after its opening Dapper Doughnut shutdown its Morganton location
100 years old restaurant’s closing leaves residents heartbroken
Wrightsville Beach Eatery Closing After 32 Years
Sugarland bakery files for bankruptcy suddenly closes shops
02OCT2018, U.S. Coast Guard C-130 drops a weeks worth of food to a disabled cargo ship that was heading for Haiti, from Greece.
NORTH DAKOTA: Over 17 Inches of Snow Fell in North Dakota and It’s Only October
Snow Storm Hammers Grain Farmers
OHIO: Renick’s Family Market closing after nearly 60 years
Just Pies closing 2 central Ohio stores
Tremont General Store announces its closing
Red Restaurant Group (Red, The Steakhouse, Moxie The Restaurant) chapter 11 bankrupt busted
Union Street Grille in Bryan closing “Due to circumstances way beyond our control”
Seven crew members and a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Ohio Army National Guard’s Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, deployed to Florida to help deliver food and water in support of Hurricane Michael recovery efforts.
OKLAHOMA: Department of Ag. suspends all pending & expanding poultry farm operations
OREGON: Alameda Brewhouse closing doors
PENNSYLVANIA: After 47 years Barn Door Food & Spirits closing, no reason given
PUERTO RICO: A Local Food Revolution
After Hurricane Maria, farmers struggle to rebuild
RHODE ISLAND: 2 People Die While Fishing
council OKs zoning change for ‘farm brewery’
SOUTH CAROLINA: More than $100 million in damages to crops after Florence
researchers optimizing pulse and cereal crops for organic production
SOUTH DAKOTA: volatile Per Pair and Yearling Monthly Pasture Rental Rates
Farmers back in the field after harvest delays
TENNESSEE: Changes coming to Industrial Hemp Pilot Program
University of Tennessee serves food made with insects
TEXAS: Italian restaurant is closing in Fort Worth, and it won’t be the last, More than 600 chain restaurant locations are expected to close this year
Fuego Burger is closing one of its locations, due to the greedy landlord refusing to fix a roof leak that’s literally flooding the restaurant
El Fenix Mexican Restaurant shutdown its Wichita Falls location without warning
Iconic Chu-Mikal’s Cafe shutdown
Mid-County creamery closing after only two years
Albertsons, Tom Thumbs closing 4 North Texas grocery Stores
Three Houston-area Randalls grocery stores closing in December
UTAH: drought emergency declared for all of Utah
Plans to tap more Bear River water raise concerns
VERMONT: Keurig-Dr Pepper laying off about 500 employees!
Perfect Wife closing Saturday after 23 years
VIRGINIA: Kroger closing Wards Corner Norfolk location, going against original plans
WASHINGTON: Twin City Foods issued a shutdown WARN for its Stanton location, 65 jobs gone by December.
Washington DC: Capitol Hill cocktail bar files for bankruptcy
WEST VIRGINIA: Excessive rainfall soaked apple harvest
DNR and Dept. of Agriculture team up on Hunters Helping the Hungry
WISCONSIN: Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries issued a shutdown WARN for its bakery in Madison, 159 jobs gone in January 2019!
Soggy weather delaying fall harvest is ‘just another nail in the coffin’
WYOMING: Lift is grounded, restaurant is closing after sale
Controversial Wyoming agriculture lawyer joins Interior Department
Wyoming court rules controversial ag-gag law violates free speech
U.S. FOOD CRISIS, September 2018: “SIGNIFICANT CHANGES”
U.S. Army personnel tested water purification systems, and electrical power generators, at Soto Cano Air Base, 17JAN2019, in preparation for a natural disaster.
National Guard units from four states took part in disaster response training in San Francisco, during the last week of January, which included responding to ‘chemical incidents’.
On 31JAN2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the seizure of nearly 285-thousand counterfeit sports-related items worth an estimated $24.2-million USD, as well as the arrests of 28 people (including immigrants), as part of Operation Team Player. Many fake sports memorabilia are being sold at flee markets/swap meets/’pop-up tent’ locations run by illegal immigrants.
