It
is no secret that the cost of food is rising, and this is due to inflation of
fiat currencies around the world and a growing shortage of staple food crops.
As predicted, thieves are increasingly targeting food rather than inedible
goods and money because of its increasing value, as was the case in Brazil
recently when criminals stole 55 tons of corn from a moving train.
According to reports, the
bandits greased a portion of the tracks on which the train had been traveling
between the city of Sao Paulo and the port city of Santos. The slippery tracks
created conditions where the train had to slow down significantly, which
allowed the hijackers to bring in a towing mechanism and lift the containers of
corn www.cheapuggbootsuk.me.uk from the train cars and into their own possession.
When all was said and done, the
thieves were able to successfully lift about 55 tons of corn from the train
before it reached the port which, based on current corn prices, is valued at
roughly $15,000. The same train was also carrying sugar, but reports do not
indicate whether or not the thieves also took this staple crop.
Back in March, NaturalNews
covered the potential collapse of American agriculture due to the drying up of
water aquifers . This is just one of the many causes contributing to the
decline of agriculture both in the US and around the world. Combined with the
mass printing of rapidly-inflating fiat currencies, the situation is truly dire
for the world's agricultural systems, which in the future may see more raping
and pillaging like what occurred in Brazil.
That anyone would go through
this much trouble to steal $15,000 worth of corn kernels says a lot about the
current state of our world. Desperation is increasing in many countries around
the world as citizens watch their economies disintegrate and their currencies
dissolve. And the thing of highest importance when these systems fail is not
necessarily guns and gold, but rather food.
Many governments already
recognize this reality, though, which is why some of them are now stockpiling
food in of potential food shortages. The collapsing US economy, for instance, is sure
to result in widespread UGG
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unrest. And this combined with ever-rising
food costs in general makes food even that much more of an attractive target .