Shortages in Electronics
Apr. 29th, 2025 04:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithMost electronic products are made overseas. As shipping shuts down, they will run out. If you have been planning a purchase, grab it now while you still can.
Although that blogger doesn't predict food shortages, I am aware that a substantial amount of food is also imported. Let's look it up. Bear in mind that these are overall percentages. Most or ALL of some foods are imported because they are difficult or impossible to grow here, so those could easily disappear altogether.
Although the United States buys more vegetables from Mexico than from any other country, only 35% of the U.S. vegetable supply is imported. Most fruit in the U.S. — around 60% — is sourced from other countries.
Taken together and measured against those nations’ share of total US rice imports last year, the foreign rice supply now faces an average added tariff of more than 33% beginning April 9. In particular, more than 60% of US rice imports are aromatic varieties, including jasmine and basmati that domestic producers generally do not grow. Overall, foreign rice imports make up more than one-fifth of US usage.
Plus of course, incompetent or evil government is not the only threat. There is also climate change (admittedly also caused by human incompetence), other crop failures, other social factors, and so on.
Food Shortages May Be Rampant In 2025—Here's Why
If gardening is an option for you, now is a good time to do that. If not, then look for local food sources such as Community Supported Agriculture, farmer's markets, or U-pick farms / orchards. This site has many free ebooks about food, foraging, gardening, storage, and other survival skills.
Although that blogger doesn't predict food shortages, I am aware that a substantial amount of food is also imported. Let's look it up. Bear in mind that these are overall percentages. Most or ALL of some foods are imported because they are difficult or impossible to grow here, so those could easily disappear altogether.
Although the United States buys more vegetables from Mexico than from any other country, only 35% of the U.S. vegetable supply is imported. Most fruit in the U.S. — around 60% — is sourced from other countries.
Taken together and measured against those nations’ share of total US rice imports last year, the foreign rice supply now faces an average added tariff of more than 33% beginning April 9. In particular, more than 60% of US rice imports are aromatic varieties, including jasmine and basmati that domestic producers generally do not grow. Overall, foreign rice imports make up more than one-fifth of US usage.
Plus of course, incompetent or evil government is not the only threat. There is also climate change (admittedly also caused by human incompetence), other crop failures, other social factors, and so on.
Food Shortages May Be Rampant In 2025—Here's Why
If gardening is an option for you, now is a good time to do that. If not, then look for local food sources such as Community Supported Agriculture, farmer's markets, or U-pick farms / orchards. This site has many free ebooks about food, foraging, gardening, storage, and other survival skills.
