Farmers around the world are facing an excess supply of potatoes right now, because many restaurants have been closed and the amount of fries being ordered has reduced dramatically.
In places like Belgium, Canada, and other regions, people are being encouraged to order more fries to help reduce the amount that might get wasted.
There are hundreds of thousands of tons of potatoes that are at risk of being wasted now.
In the image above you can see many cars lining up for a recent opportunity in Seattle, that had farmers giving away 200k pounds of potatoes that had been donated from growers around Washington. The initiative was put on thanks to help from the Emergency Food Network.
"We started dumping potatoes [Tuesday] as we have no home for them because of this COVID-19 disaster,... The potato supply chain has definitely been turned up side down. If you would like a few bags come on by." - Ryan Cranney, owner of Cranney Farms
Farmers in Idaho have also been giving away excess potatoes for free to anyone who is interested in grabbing a bag or two.
Not only would those potatoes mostly have gone to waste anyways, but they are doing something good to give back to their community as well during these times that so many are struggling.
In Idaho they are giving away more than 2 million potatoes.
Those farmers who are struggling to get rid of their products also haven't been too happy with the limits that many retailers have placed on purchases, this could be negatively impacting their livelihood. They want retailers to remove those signs that limit purchases and instead put up signs that encourage community support for those farmers, asking people to buy more dairy products.
Already, in some circumstances you might have seen your local stores remove those limitations already, as the supply chain for toilet paper, and other items, continues to improve around the world.
Hello dear friend @doitvoluntarily
It is a shame to read this type of news, I think that all the sectors of food production must be happening, the good thing about the bad news is that they at least give them free and do not go straight to waste.
I wish you a great week
Unfortunate story. some of the African countries badly need this food
With so many farm subsidies in the USA, the whole agricultural system has been out of balance for far too long. This international economic crisis has caused an already strained system to undergo some extremes.
In the United States, it was ridiculous to put limits in toilet paper to start. It is a product that is not imported but made in the USA. There is a huge paper industry which kept on going.
The lunacy of believing the press is reaching epic proportions.
As for this initiative, it is the glut before the famine. The idiots behind all this do not realize the damage being done. Millions will end up starving as farm go under and product goes to waste.
Just like with oil, there will be a shortage within a year and prices will skyrocket.
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