Rachel Strohm

1504 days ago

What we have learned is that the entire system is highly vulnerable to relatively small – and probably impossible to predict – supply shocks. An egg carton here and a garage mechanic there are all that stand between us and the collapse of the complex network of supply chains which keep us alive.

Liebig’s law writ large

consciousnessofsheep.co.uk

New deliveries of eggs to British supermarkets are being snapped up as quickly as the shelf stackers can get them onto the shelves.  At the same time, tons of eggs are going off in warehouses which currently hold massive stocks of food.