GOYA Foods CEO Sounds Alarm On Food Crisis Coming
Apr 28, 2022 22:30:42 GMT -5
Post by PurplePuppy on Apr 28, 2022 22:30:42 GMT -5
GOYA Foods CEO Sounds Alarm On Food Crisis Coming
by Jeff Miller
April 27, 2022
OPINION: This article contains commentary which may reflect the author's opinion
Bob Unanue is the CEO of Goya Foods and a conservative.
As president of the largest Hispanic-owned food company in America, Unanue backed Trump.
It wasn’t popular – liberals tried boycotting Unanue’s business – but he didn’t give in.
Goya Foods serves primarily lower-income populations.
Goya Foods’ CEO is now warning of an impending “food crisis” in America.
Unanue is not referring to caviar when he talks about a “food crisis.”
He’s referring to rice, grains, beans, and other staples of a regular dietary regimen.
His words are as follows:
“We are on the precipice of a global food crisis. God created humanity.
Humanity has created every way to destroy itself — from nuclear to biological to chemical. But now we’ve waged a war — we’ve weaponized food.
In the Ukraine — between the Ukraine and Russia — they represent 50% of the world’s production of fertilizer, 30% of wheat, 20% of corn, 2.5 million acres of sunflowers, other food and minerals . . .
“We’re going to have to tighten our belt and consume less. We’ve gone from oil independence to oil dependence. We’ve given up that position — to have our oil at cost. . . When we bring in stuff from — let’s say, Thailand — coconut water. We’re paying 10 times the freight we usually pay…
“The biggest component in food and anything is transportation.
The transportation has skyrocketed because we’ve given up our independence.
When you have an unbalance in the food production — in 2008, the price of grains tripled. Why? Because we were planting corn for ethanol instead of rice and grains and other things . . .
When you have an imbalance in the world production — 50% of fertilizer — the farmers are paying double for fertilizer. They’re planting less. Their yields are gonna be less. Costs are gonna go up . . .
“It’s a very tight balance. And if we interrupt the food production, we will have a food crisis. Prices will go through the roof…”
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by Jeff Miller
April 27, 2022
OPINION: This article contains commentary which may reflect the author's opinion
Bob Unanue is the CEO of Goya Foods and a conservative.
As president of the largest Hispanic-owned food company in America, Unanue backed Trump.
It wasn’t popular – liberals tried boycotting Unanue’s business – but he didn’t give in.
Goya Foods serves primarily lower-income populations.
Goya Foods’ CEO is now warning of an impending “food crisis” in America.
Unanue is not referring to caviar when he talks about a “food crisis.”
He’s referring to rice, grains, beans, and other staples of a regular dietary regimen.
His words are as follows:
“We are on the precipice of a global food crisis. God created humanity.
Humanity has created every way to destroy itself — from nuclear to biological to chemical. But now we’ve waged a war — we’ve weaponized food.
In the Ukraine — between the Ukraine and Russia — they represent 50% of the world’s production of fertilizer, 30% of wheat, 20% of corn, 2.5 million acres of sunflowers, other food and minerals . . .
“We’re going to have to tighten our belt and consume less. We’ve gone from oil independence to oil dependence. We’ve given up that position — to have our oil at cost. . . When we bring in stuff from — let’s say, Thailand — coconut water. We’re paying 10 times the freight we usually pay…
“The biggest component in food and anything is transportation.
The transportation has skyrocketed because we’ve given up our independence.
When you have an unbalance in the food production — in 2008, the price of grains tripled. Why? Because we were planting corn for ethanol instead of rice and grains and other things . . .
When you have an imbalance in the world production — 50% of fertilizer — the farmers are paying double for fertilizer. They’re planting less. Their yields are gonna be less. Costs are gonna go up . . .
“It’s a very tight balance. And if we interrupt the food production, we will have a food crisis. Prices will go through the roof…”
Continued at link