(The Economic Collapse Blog)—A “perfect storm” of factors has created a global food crisis that just continues to intensify. While you are enjoying a warm dinner tonight, millions of parents on the other side of the globe will have nothing to give to their children. The world simply is not producing enough food to feed everyone, but I am entirely convinced that things are going to get dramatically worse by the end of this decade. Yesterday, I discussed the red horse of war. I believe that we are in the early stages of World War III, and during the years ahead we will see death and destruction on an unprecedented scale. Needless to say, conflict of that magnitude would greatly disrupt global food production and global supply chains, and as a result we would experience horrifying famines all over the planet.
The scenario that I just described is exactly what we see in the Book of Revelation.
In Revelation chapter 6, the black horse of famine immediately follows the red horse of war…
4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Right now, we are literally teetering on the brink of such a disaster.
According to the UN’s World Food Program, we are dealing with “a hunger crisis of unprecedented proportions” right now…
Conflict, economic shocks, climate change and soaring prices for food and fertilizer are all combining in a perfect storm to create a hunger crisis of unprecedented proportions. Right now, in some of the hungriest places around the world, there just isn’t enough food to feed the population.
They are not talking about a “perfect storm” that is coming someday.
They are talking about a “perfect storm” that is already here.
Last year, more than 3 billion people could not afford to eat a healthy diet…
Worldwide, more than 3.1 billion people could not afford a healthy diet, according to the report. That’s 42% of the world’s population, and a significant increase over pre-COVID levels.
Why aren’t we hearing more about this?
Just because our families aren’t facing severe hunger yet does not mean that we shouldn’t be paying attention.
According to an article that was posted by the New York Times, the number of countries that are “at risk of famine” just continues to grow…
The list of countries at risk of famine now includes Afghanistan, Syria and Mali. Humanitarian observers also worry that North Korea may be nearing a famine.
That same New York Times article pointed out that things are particularly dire in eastern Africa…
About 90 million people are facing severe hunger in Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Yemen. These countries, unfortunately, have their own histories of severe food shortages, but the world has never witnessed all of these countries descending toward mass starvation at the same time.
I am not the one that used the term “mass starvation” to describe what is happening in eastern Africa.
This is the New York Times that we are talking about.
Even they are admitting that this crisis has started to spiral out of control.
Here in the United States, there is still enough food to go around, but supplies of food have been getting tighter.
According to the Farm Bureau, the U.S. actually lost more than 140,000 farms during one recent five year period…
Between 2017 and 2022, the number of farms in the U.S. declined by 141,733 or 7%, according to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, released on Feb. 13. Acres operated by farm operations during the same timeframe declined by 20.1 million (2.2%), a loss equivalent to an area about the size of Maine.
And the size of the U.S. cattle herd is now the smallest that it has been in 73 years…
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Not many ranchers active today will remember the last time the U.S. cattle industry was this small. On January 1, 2024, the All Cattle and Calves inventory was 87.15 million head, the smallest total inventory since 1951. The All Cattle and Calves inventory is 1.9 percent smaller year over year and is the fifth consecutive year of declining cattle inventories, a total decrease of 7.65 million head or 8.1 percent since the most recent peak in 2019. The 2023 calf crop was 33.6 million head, down 2.5 percent year over year and the smallest calf crop since 2014.
Meanwhile, the bird flu continues to spread all over the country, and this has pushed up egg prices dramatically in recent months…
Data from the United States Department of Agriculture shows that Grade A egg prices per dozen jumped 40% from $2.13 to $3 between November and February.
Of course just about everything has been getting a lot more expensive since Joe Biden entered the White House.
Here are some more examples…
Boneless chicken breast has increased in price 26%, from $3.26 per pound in January 2021 to $4.11 per pound in February 2024.
White bread per pound is 30% more expensive, up to $2.01 per pound in February vs. $1.55 per pound in January 2021.
And white sugar has increased cost per pound from $0.68 to $0.98 in the last three years, a 44% increase.
I always warned my readers that the way that the global food crisis would initially manifest itself in the United States would be through much higher food prices.
And now I believe we are reaching a tipping point for certain commodities.
Just look at what is happening to cocoa prices. They just continue to shoot up at an exponential rate…
May ICE NY cocoa (CCK24) today is up +381 (+5.42%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK24) is up +377 (+6.55%).
The May NY and London cocoa futures contracts today both rallied sharply to new contract highs on continued concern about tight cocoa supplies from West Africa.
Lower cocoa production in the Ivory Coast, the world’s largest producer, is a major bullish factor for cocoa prices. Monday’s government data showed Ivory Coast farmers shipped 1.22 MMT of cocoa to ports from October 1 to March 10, down -29% from the same time last year. The Ivory Coast cocoa regulator said last Thursday it expects the Ivory Coast mid-crop, which officially starts in April and is the smaller of two annual harvests, to fall -33% to 400,000 MT from 600,000 MT last year. Trader Ecom Agroindustrial projects Ivory Coast 2023/24 cocoa production, which ends in September, will fall -21.5% y/y to an 8-year low of 1.75 MMT.
I know that I have said it before, but I will say it again.
If you love chocolate, stock up now while you still can.
The same thing could be said for many other food items as well.
During a recent interview with Fox News, prepping expert James Nelson explained that most Americans are woefully unprepared for any sort of a major supply chain disruption…
Nelson calculated that if a freezer goes out, people will only have that food for three days. If the power goes out, Americans are now reduced to five days of food in their homes. A local suburban or urban area will also have about two weeks of food and has generators if the power goes out, but when people are dependent on storefronts, they will quickly be emptied out.
“In the event of even a temporary supply chain collapse, most homes are within two weeks of being entirely dependent on handouts from a government entity or non-government organization,” Nelson said.
“Anybody who doesn’t have 3 to 6 months of basic staples and food within your home, and the ability to grow a garden. Then what’s your plan? I mean, these are not weird concepts to talk about,” he added.
He is right.
Our world is rapidly approaching a time of unparalleled chaos, and most of the population is completely and utterly unprepared for it.
If you plan to get prepared, now is the time.
Because it appears that the black horse of famine is getting ready to ride, and it won’t be too long before it finally gets released.
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Between the globalists, corporate interests, and our own government, the food supply is being targeted from multiple angles. It isn’t just silly regulations and misguided subsidies driving natural foods away. Bird flu, sabotaged food processing plants, mysterious deaths of entire cattle herds, arson attacks, and an incessant push to make climate change the primary consideration for all things are combining for a perfect storm to exacerbate the ongoing food crisis.
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Firstly none of the Seals are open, I can prove this via the simple fact that the Messiah has not received His crown yet. Revelation 5 is the crowning ceremony of the Messiah, and Revelation 5:13 is an event that will not go unnoticed. All of creation acknowledges Christ as King. Revelation 5:13 is the fulfillment of Philippians 2:10. Then after the Messiah receives His crown (kingdom) He goes forth conquering, which is the 1st Seal, Michael the Lion begins to make the last stand, which is Him putting His enemies under His feet, or you can say He is cleansing earth of evil before God comes down to earth.
The red horse is not war. The red horse harkens back to Elijah, when he slew the false prophets with the SWORD. The Greek word for SWORD in the 2nd Seal is judicial punishment, not war. The Greek word for SWORD in the 4th Seal is war. The 3rd Seal harkens back to Elisha, and it will be famine, but also a glorious wealth transfer from the wicked to the righteous.
While these food supply issues are real, just remember — if one person has a psychic vision of the future like Nostradamus did, it’s only one possible future. The vision does not prove that anyone’s religious dogma is correct, regardless of which books you publish the vision in, or who attempts to interpret it. The book of Revelation has been tampered with, and you don’t have to swallow it whole. Furthermore, the most popular concepts of God and time are inaccurate: there is no purpose in creating a script for your puppets to follow if you already know the outcome. That is not what God is.
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Prophecy is not a script for puppets to follow, it is God revealing the future that He knows to humanity which doesn’t know. So when prophecy is fulfilled, it is a confirmation of faith for God’s people, and it is evidence for non-believers to have reason to change and become believers. For example when Revelation 5:13 occurs, which is the crowning ceremony of the Messiah aka Yashua/Jesus, it is when the Messiah is deemed worthy to receive the Kingdom, when this event happens, ALL of creation will bow down and acknowledge the Messiah as King of the universe. For believers, it will be a confirmation that they are on the right path in life, for non-believers, it will be powerful evidence to change. Now of course the propaganda press will try to spin the event as an alien invasion, but the evidence will still be there. Frankly I made up my mind 20+ yrs ago that I don’t care if the Messiah returns in a space ship, He’s the only One promising me eternal life.
I predict this event will occur this year or next year via the 120 jubilee prophecy (6000 yrs) of Genesis 6 and connecting the star signs of Genesis 3 (3973 BC) and Revelation 12 (2017 AD) and the final 7 generations (490 yrs) prophecy of Daniel 9, which began when Sulieman rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem between 1535-1542, which gives us a timeframe of 2025-2032 via 1535-1542+490=2025-2032 and 3973+6000=2027-2028. These 2 prophecies converge in 2027-2028, which is when the antichrist (Azazel aka Apollyon) the one who birthed evil in Eden by deceiving Adam and Eve, is released from prison, and allowed to roam on earth freely for 7 years. Since the release of the beasts (Revelation 9) will occur in 2027-2028, the crowning of the Messiah (Revelation 5) must occur before that, and there must be a time period for the Seals to occur. So if it is fulfilled this year, it will allow 4 years for the Seals to occur. So get ready for the greatest event in human history:
Revelation 5
12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
13 And EVERY creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and ALL that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Fulfills Philippians 2
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus EVERY knee bows, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that EVERY tongue confesses that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.