A disastrous situation': mountains of food wasted as coronavirus scrambles supply chain

[perugu_vada]

https://apple.news/A4I0a7LQOTm2J1zTnFFwbBg

As US food banks handle record demand and grocery stores struggle to keep shelves stocked, farmers are dumping fresh milk and plowing vegetables back into the dirt as the shutdown of the food service industry has scrambled the supply chain. Roughly half the food grown in the US was previously destined for restaurants, schools, stadiums, theme parks and cruise ships.

[Spartan]

why are they not canning them..?

[BeerBob123]

Just now, Spartan said:

why are they not canning them..?

cans levanta

[perugu_vada]

1 minute ago, Spartan said:

why are they not canning them..?

Preparing and packaging food for retail as opposed to wholesale, and getting it packed and shipped on trucks, is an entirely new and expensive problem.

[MagaMaharaju]

1 minute ago, perugu_vada said:

Preparing and packaging food for retail as opposed to wholesale, and getting it packed and shipped on trucks, is an entirely new and expensive problem.

yea that kind of arrangement takes time too. FDA approval undali