WSJ: The Iran War’s Other Energy Shortage—Food

"...The Iran war will constrain the supply not only of oil and gas but of food. Two shocks hit the global food system following American and Israeli attacks on Iran, but only one was widely reported. First, the Strait of Hormuz was effectively closed beginning Feb. 28, day one of the war. Second, on March 18, Iranian missiles struck Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar. In both cases, media coverage has focused on petroleum prices. That framing is dangerously incomplete.

The two events compound each other’s effect on the global food supply. ..."

(cw: autoplay of video of orange faced man)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-iran-wars-other-energy-shortagefood-9be83005?st=TQEm4K&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

#FoodSupply #hunger #IranWar

Lots of conversations recently about planting more veg this year to donate, like Plant a Row for the Hungry, as prices rise and the economy goes to 💩, etc.

What vegetables would you focus on for this?

#Gardening #foodsupply #mutualaid

The Russian Cover-Up That Could Break the Global Food Supply Chain

https://youtu.be/8tv4fNNjlZU

#Geopolitics #FoodSupply #InvestigativeJournalism #GlobalEconomy #SupplyChainCrisis #Russia #NewsAnalysis #Agriculture

Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high

The United Nations body confirmed 2015 to 2025 were the hottest 11 years ever measured, but a still bleaker message was that the rising temperature experienced by humans on the surface was only 1% of the faster-accumulating heat in the wider Earth system.

Just wait for it . Don't look up .

#AgeofExtinction #Anthropocene #climatechange #FoodSupply #GlobalHeating #Environment #Earth

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/23/earth-being-pushed-beyond-its-limits-as-energy-imbalance-reaches-record-high

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻?
Urban consumption and imports are driving 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗶𝗹𝘀, 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱.
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: https://www.kenresearch.com/competition-benchmarking/bahrain-edible-oil-market?utm_source=Mastadon&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Aniket

#BahrainMarket #EdibleOil #FoodSupply #RetailGrowth

from The Humanist Report:

"Farmer Kowalski (aka @PrairieFireNeb) joins the show to talk about a lesser discussed consequence of Trump’s illegal war with Iran: the near-inevitable surge in grocery prices. Additionally, Kowalski explains how devastating Tehran’s black rain will be on Iran’s agriculture for years to come."

https://youtu.be/87Q4U0gt6Pg

#IranWar #SupplyChain #FoodSupply #Agriculture #StraitOfHormuz #HumanistReport #MikeFigueredo

Dubai Faces Shortages in Fresh Food Supplies Amid Regional Tensions

📰 Original title: Peligran los suministros de alimentos a los países del Golfo

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/dubai-faces-shortages-in-fresh-food-supplies-amid-regional-tensions/?redirpost=0881b971-b582-423c-8abe-1bdb21ecd19a

#geopolitics #gulfcountries #foodsupply #logistics

The Guardian: ‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock

Iranian blockade of the strategic strait of Hormuz is hitting global fertiliser supply chain

"...Between a quarter and a third of the global trade in the raw materials for fertiliser passes through the strait, as well as a fifth of seaborne crude oil and gas.

The de facto closure of the strait is affecting the transport of ammonia and nitrogen, which are key ingredients in many synthetic fertiliser products...."

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/05/big-burden-for-farmers-gulf-shipping-crisis-threatens-food-price-shock

#inflation #foodsupply #foodsecurity #fertilizer