CRISIS Another US Food Processing Plant Erupts In Flames

[jward]

Another US Food Processing Plant Erupts In Flames

by Tyler Durden
Tuesday, Jun 14, 2022 - 10:45 PM

Another food processing plant went up in flames. According to local news Stevens Point Journal, a fire ripped through a pizza-making plant in Wisconsin on Monday.
More than 70 firefighters from multiple fire departments battled a massive fire at Festive Foods in eastern Portage County that began around 0900 local time. The American Red Cross arrived on the scene shortly after to provide food and water to firefighters. They snapped two pictures of the blaze, showing flames erupting from the facility's roof and a column of thick dark smoke pouring into the air.

Firefighters were able to get the blaze under control in the early evening, and damage to the food processing plant has yet to be fully assessed. However, Festive Foods' Facebook page indicates the plant is "temporarily closed."

"Today festive foods experienced a heartbreaking event. As many of you have seen in the news we have had a terrible fire run through our plant," a post on Festive Foods' Facebook read.

Festive Foods manufactures frozen pizzas for supermarkets in a 120,000 sq. feet facility and considers itself a "leading co-packer of USDA-certified frozen-topped pizza, sandwiches, dough products, and stuffed appetizers." The company sells its products to supermarkets nationwide.

Walmart is a seller of at least one of the company's brands.

While the fire seems insignificant, it's part of a much larger issue of a spate of "accidental fires," one by one, taking out America's food supply chain over the past year (source of the list via The Gateway Pundit):

1. 1/11/21 A fire that destroyed 75,000-square-foot processing plant in Fayetteville
2. 4/30/21 A fire ignited inside the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Monmouth, IL
3. 7/25/21 Three-alarm fire at Kellogg plant in Memphis, 170 emergency personnel responded to the call
4. 7/30/21 Firefighters on Friday battled a large fire at Tyson's River Valley Ingredients plant in Hanceville, Alabama
5. 8/23/21 Fire crews were called to the Patak Meat Production company on Ewing Road in Austell
6. 9/13/21 A fire at the JBS beef plant in Grand Island, Neb., on Sunday night forced a halt to slaughter and fabrication lines
7. 10/13/21 A five-alarm fire ripped through the Darigold butter production plant in Caldwell, ID
8. 11/15/21 A woman is in custody following a fire at the Garrard County Food Pantry
9. 11/29/21 A fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. at the Maid-Rite Steak Company meat processing plant
10. 12/13/21 West Side food processing plant in San Antonio left with smoke damage after a fire
11. 1/7/22 Damage to a poultry processing plant on Hamilton's Mountain following an overnight fire
12. 1/13/22 Firefighters worked for 12 hours to put a fire out at the Cargill-Nutrena plant in Lecompte, LA
13. 1/31/22 a fertilizer plant with 600 tons of ammonium nitrate inside caught on fire on Cherry Street in Winston-Salem
14. 2/3/22 A massive fire swept through Wisconsin River Meats in Mauston
15. 2/3/22 At least 130 cows were killed in a fire at Percy Farm in Stowe
16. 2/15/22 Bonanza Meat Company goes up in flames in El Paso, Texas
17. 2/15/22 Nearly a week after the fire destroyed most of the Shearer's Foods plant in Hermiston
18. 2/16/22 A fire had broken at US largest soybean processing and biodiesel plant in Claypool, Indiana
19. 2/18/22 An early morning fire tore through the milk parlor at Bess View Farm
20. 2/19/22 Three people were injured, and one was hospitalized, after an ammonia leak at Lincoln Premium Poultry in Fremont
21. 2/22/22 The Shearer's Foods plant in Hermiston caught fire after a propane boiler exploded
22. 2/28/22 A smoldering pile of sulfur quickly became a raging chemical fire at Nutrien Ag Solutions
23. 2/28/22 A man was hurt after a fire broke out at the Shadow Brook Farm and Dutch Girl Creamery
24. 3/4/22 294,800 chickens destroyed at farm in Stoddard, Missouri
25. 3/4/22 644,000 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Cecil, Maryland
26. 3/8/22 243,900 chickens destroyed at egg farm in New Castle, Delaware
27. 3/10/22 663,400 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Cecil, MD
28. 3/10/22 915,900 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Taylor, IA
29. 3/14/22 The blaze at 244 Meadow Drive was discovered shortly after 5 p.m. by farm owner Wayne Hoover
30. 3/14/22 2,750,700 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Jefferson, Wisconsin
31. 3/16/22 A fire at a Walmart warehouse distribution center has cast a large plume of smoke visible throughout Indianapolis.
32. 3/16/22 Nestle Food Plant extensively damaged in fire and new production destroyed Jonesboro, Arkansas
33. 3/17/22 5,347,500 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Buena Vista, Iowa
34. 3/17/22 147,600 chickens destroyed at farm in Kent, Delaware
35. 3/18/22 315,400 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Cecil, Maryland
36. 3/22/22 172,000 Turkeys destroyed on farms in South Dakota
37. 3/22/22 570,000 chickens destroyed at farm in Butler, Nebraska
38. 3/24/22 Fire fighters from numerous towns are battling a major fire at the McCrum potato processing facility in Belfast.
39. 3/24/22 418,500 chickens destroyed at farm in Butler, Nebraska
40. 3/25/22 250,300 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Franklin, Iowa
41. 3/26/22 311,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota
42. 3/27/22 126,300 Turkeys destroyed in South Dakota
43. 3/28/22 1,460,000 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Guthrie, Iowa
44. 3/29/22 A massive fire burned 40,000 pounds of food meant to feed people in a food desert near Maricopa
45. 3/31/22 A structure fire caused significant damage to a large portion of key fresh onion packing facilities in south Texas
46. 3/31/22 76,400 Turkeys destroyed in Osceola, Iowa
47. 3/31/22 5,011,700 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Osceola, Iowa
48. 4/6/22 281,600 chickens destroyed at farm in Wayne, North Carolina
49. 4/9/22 76,400 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota
50. 4/9/22 208,900 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota
51. 4/12/22 89,700 chickens destroyed at farm in Wayne, North Carolina
52. 4/12/22 1,746,900 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Dixon, Nebraska
53. 4/12/22 259,000 chickens destroyed at farm in Minnesota
54. 4/13/22 fire destroys East Conway Beef & Pork Meat Market in Conway, New Hampshire
55. 4/13/22 Plane crashes into Gem State Processing, Idaho potato and food processing plant
56. 4/13/22 77,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota
57. 4/14/22 Taylor Farms Food Processing plant burns down Salinas, California.
58. 4/14/22 99,600 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota
59. 4/15/22 1,380,500 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Lancaster, Minnesota
60. 4/19/22 Azure Standard nation's premier independent distributor of organic and healthy food, was destroyed by fire in Dufur, Oregon
61. 4/19/22 339,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota
62. 4/19/22 58,000 chickens destroyed at farm in Montrose, Color
63. 4/20/22 2,000,000 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Minnesota
64. 4/21/22 A small plane crashed in the lot of a General Mills plant in Georgia
65. 4/22/22 197,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota
66. 4/23/22 200,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota
67. 4/25/22 1,501,200 chickens destroyed at egg farm Cache, Utah
68. 4/26/22 307,400 chickens destroyed at farm Lancaster Pennsylvania
69. 4/27/22 2,118,000 chickens destroyed at farm Knox, Nebraska
70. 4/28/22 Egg-laying facility in Iowa kills 5.3 million chickens, fires 200-plus workers
71. 4/28/22 Allen Harim Foods processing plant killed nearly 2M chickens in Delaware
72. 4/2822 110,700 Turkeys destroyed Barron Wisconsin
73. 4/29/22 1,366,200 chickens destroyed at farm Weld Colorado
74. 4/30/22 13,800 chickens destroyed at farm Sequoia Oklahoma
75. 5/3/22 58,000 Turkeys destroyed Barron Wisconsin
76. 5/3/22 118,900 Turkeys destroyed Beadle S Dakota
77. 5/3/22 114,000 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania
78. 5/3/22 118,900 Turkeys destroyed Lyon Minnesota
79. 5/7/22 20,100 Turkeys destroyed Barron Wisconsin
80. 5/10/22 72,300 chickens destroyed at farm Lancaster Pennsylvania
81. 5/10/22 61,000 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania
82. 5/10/22 35,100 Turkeys destroyed Muskegon, Michigan
83. 5/13/22 10,500 Turkeys destroyed Barron Wisconsin
84. 5/14/22 83,400 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania
85. 5/17/22 79,00 chickens destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania
86. 5/18/22 7,200 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania
87. 5/19/22 Train carrying limestone derailed Jensen Beach FL
88. 5/21/22 57,000 Turkeys destroyed on farm in Dakota Minnesota
89. 5/23/22 4,000 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania
90. 5/29/22 A Saturday night fire destroyed a poultry building at Forsman Farms
91. 5/31/22 3,000,000 chickens destroyed by fire at Forsman facility in Stockholm Township, Minnesota
92. 6/2/22 30,000 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania
93. 6/7/22 A fire occurred Tuesday evening at the JBS meat packing plant in Green Bay.
94. 6/8/22 Firefighters from Tangipahoa Fire District 1 respond to a fire at the Purina Feed Mill in Arcola
95. 6/9/22 Irrigation water was canceled in California (the #1 producer of food in the US) and storage water flushed directly out to the delta.
96. 6/12/22 Largest Pork Company in the US Shuts Down California Plant Due to High Costs
97. 6/13/22 Fire Breaks Out at a Food Processing Plant West of Waupaca County in Wisconsin

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[Millwright]

Frozen pizza...

THAT is gonna hit hard.

 

[Melodi]

OK this is the one on the 14th so while upsetting has already been reported, I think it is on the main thread for this.

 

[jward]

Many of the factions watching and waiting for food scarcity to become critical are also seeing this incident in KS as a part of a targeted effort against food supplies :: shrug ::

Yesi
@yesisworld

Thousands of cattle have dropped dead in Kansas and CBS news is attributing climate change as the culprit. But it’s funny I looked up the weather in June in Kansas going back 15 years and it’s been 88-95 degrees. Same as now. How come they weren’t dying before?


Evan McDermod
@evan_mcdermod

10,000 cattle have reportedly died from a “heat wave” in Kansas. I’ve never heard of cattle dying in this fashion. This is a coordinated effort to desecrate our food supply. Pure evil.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1537283649619509249

View: https://twitter.com/evan_mcdermod/status/1537283649619509249?s=20&t=Vwr2bWhLwqguV2rj7EnArw

 

[TheSearcher]

Desecrate?

I'm assuming the word "decimate" was intended. And I would agree.

 

[Melodi]

I can remember cattle dying in some of the heatwaves of the 70s and 80s but usually, it is also related to a lack of water. So I wonder if some of the wells or water holes dried up suddenly or the water systems broke down? Heat exhaustion can happen when it is 100 or more degrees, 88 to 95 is pretty low unless something else is also going on.

 

[Bubble Head]

I am sure the cowboys would have moved them if they could. Apparently death came on them very fast. Like poison from a common source such as water or air. Feed is possible but like I said they would had began moving them as they began dropping. Be nice to know if they were on pasture or in a feedlot. Also the exact location. I am not buying heat since feedlots run in much hotter weather without problems. Sometimes they run water trucks down the alleys to spray the pens. Keeps the dust down and cools the cattle.
Got to place this in the 5th column until proven wrong.

 

[Bubble Head]

The pizza fire is globull warming. You can see that right away.

 

[Ogre]

I’ve never heard of cattle dying in this fashion.

It happens.

 

[Bubble Head]

It happens.

Where and how many? Feed lots are monitored 24/7 with pen riders that react quickly to situations and sick cattle. Open pasture not so much but still checked daily. I have been in the lots around Amarillo that hold 55,000 cattle or more and the temperature was 110 or more. Break down in water supply is fatal just as a bearing going out in the feed mixing area. That is why they have back ups to this types of situations.

 

[dstraito]

Control the people through famine!

Depopulation by famine!

History repeating?

 

[Ractivist]

It appears they all died in the feed lot, given there proximity to each other. I'd not dismiss nefarious means being behind this. Did any other herds die off, or just this one? They tend to stack up on each other, side by side for great distances. For just one to be hit like this is odd, let alone it wasn't that extreme of heat, under a hundred. I'd not like to be dressed in black in that environment, but just the same, it's an oddity, in a time full of other oddity's. Occam's razor will soon have a new definition, the .gov did it. It's that simple and plain to see, right?

 

[rafter]

Many of the factions watching and waiting for food scarcity to become critical are also seeing this incident in KS as a part of a targeted effort against food supplies :: shrug ::

Yesi
@yesisworld

Thousands of cattle have dropped dead in Kansas and CBS news is attributing climate change as the culprit. But it’s funny I looked up the weather in June in Kansas going back 15 years and it’s been 88-95 degrees. Same as now. How come they weren’t dying before?


Evan McDermod
@evan_mcdermod

10,000 cattle have reportedly died from a “heat wave” in Kansas. I’ve never heard of cattle dying in this fashion. This is a coordinated effort to desecrate our food supply. Pure evil.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1537283649619509249

View: https://twitter.com/evan_mcdermod/status/1537283649619509249?s=20&t=Vwr2bWhLwqguV2rj7EnArw

If true this is BS. The only way that would happen is if 1. they went without water....or 2. they were poisoned. I'll take door number 2.

 

[Raggedyman]

gotta love alla dem COOO-inkydinks

they want us DEAD and the sooner ALL OF US recognize that the better off we'll be.

DEATH TO GLOBALISM
DEATH TO GLOBALIST SKUM​

 

[rob0126]

Control the people through famine!

Depopulation by famine!

History repeating?

I know I'm beating a dead horse but, Stack it to the rafters, if you are able.

 

[Publius]

Is the same going on in Europe or we the only country on the planet where this is happening?

 

[bassaholic]

I like my pizza burnt.

 

[Countrymouse]

Many of the factions watching and waiting for food scarcity to become critical are also seeing this incident in KS as a part of a targeted effort against food supplies :: shrug ::

Yesi
@yesisworld

Thousands of cattle have dropped dead in Kansas and CBS news is attributing climate change as the culprit. But it’s funny I looked up the weather in June in Kansas going back 15 years and it’s been 88-95 degrees. Same as now. How come they weren’t dying before?


Evan McDermod
@evan_mcdermod

10,000 cattle have reportedly died from a “heat wave” in Kansas. I’ve never heard of cattle dying in this fashion. This is a coordinated effort to desecrate our food supply. Pure evil.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1537283649619509249

View: https://twitter.com/evan_mcdermod/status/1537283649619509249?s=20&t=Vwr2bWhLwqguV2rj7EnArw

uh.........NO.

Something like that does not just 'happen'.

I'm thinking, if not something 'natural' like anthrax---then---------gassed, maybe?

(reminds me of the scenes in Close Encounters)

 

[Countrymouse]

It appears they all died in the feed lot, given there proximity to each other. I'd not dismiss nefarious means being behind this. Did any other herds die off, or just this one? They tend to stack up on each other, side by side for great distances. For just one to be hit like this is odd, let alone it wasn't that extreme of heat, under a hundred. I'd not like to be dressed in black in that environment, but just the same, it's an oddity, in a time full of other oddity's. Occam's razor will soon have a new definition, the .gov did it. It's that simple and plain to see, right?

I wouldn't put too much in the "proximity"--these are probably the cattle lined up after being laid there by bulldozers or some such machine.

Cattle do not line up and die in neat, orderly rows...........

 

[Warm Wisconsin]

Many of the factions watching and waiting for food scarcity to become critical are also seeing this incident in KS as a part of a targeted effort against food supplies :: shrug ::

Yesi
@yesisworld

Thousands of cattle have dropped dead in Kansas and CBS news is attributing climate change as the culprit. But it’s funny I looked up the weather in June in Kansas going back 15 years and it’s been 88-95 degrees. Same as now. How come they weren’t dying before?


Evan McDermod
@evan_mcdermod

10,000 cattle have reportedly died from a “heat wave” in Kansas. I’ve never heard of cattle dying in this fashion. This is a coordinated effort to desecrate our food supply. Pure evil.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1537283649619509249

View: https://twitter.com/evan_mcdermod/status/1537283649619509249?s=20&t=Vwr2bWhLwqguV2rj7EnArw

This video is being proven to be a deep fake. However, a number of news channels have reported this as fact based off this fake video. This is a prime example of how deep fakes can be used to manipulate people.

 

[Texican]

It appears they all died in the feed lot, given there proximity to each other. I'd not dismiss nefarious means being behind this. Did any other herds die off, or just this one? They tend to stack up on each other, side by side for great distances.

The film showed a skid steer moving the dead cows and placing them in a row. Not certain if the video has been spliced to show more actual dead cows than actually died.

Texican....

 

[Millwright]

MEH

Grease fire from cheep pepperoni.

 

[jward]

Some discussion that it could be the heat because the cattle use the overnight hours to cool as well, and given the time of the season hadn't yet lost their coats.
..I dunno. And, don't forget there is that bio-lab out thatta way.

Idea the cattle death was anything but natural and unfortunate seems a bit woo-ish.
..but so does most of the truth, these days eh.

If true this is BS. The only way that would happen is if 1. they went without water....or 2. they were poisoned. I'll take door number 2.

 

[jward]

Hot zone in the heartland?

As the United States struggles with the coronavirus pandemic, a years-long debate over the new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility—to be located smack in the middle of Kansas cattle country—raises worrying questions about the safety of American biodefense labs.

By Elisabeth Eaves

This article was produced in a partnership between The New Yorker and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Please see source for content and photos
Hot zone in the heartland? - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists


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NBAF will be a state-of-the-art biocontainment laboratory for the study of diseases that threaten both America’s animal agricultural industry and public health.

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Some discussion that it could be the heat because the cattle use the overnight hours to cool as well, and given the time of the season hadn't yet lost their coats.
..I dunno. And, don't forget there is that bio-lab out thatta way.

Idea the cattle death was anything but natural and unfortunate seems a bit woo-ish.
..but so does most of the truth, these days eh.

 

[JMG91]

Is the same going on in Europe or we the only country on the planet where this is happening?

One of our members posted incidents from Switzerland, I think it was? in the Q thread. Food processing plants, and organic food warehouses--like our Azure Standard--mysteriously going up in flames. It's not just here.

 

[jward]

I'm still seeing it widely reported and not retracted.

At least 2,000 cattle dead amid high heat, humidity in Kansas, state reports

There were at least 2,000 cattle deaths in southwest Kansas last weekend, Kansas Department of Health and Environment spokesperson Matthew Lara said.

www.usatoday.com

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TOPEKA, Kan. -- Thousands of cattle in Kansas have died as a national heat wave scorches the U.S., leaving one of the country's leading cattle farming states with a loss amid rising production costs.

At least 2,000 cattle have died as of Tuesday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment told ABC News.

At least 2,000 cows dead in Kansas amid continuing heat wave

Experts say that multiple factors led to the heat stress that caused the cows to die.

abc30.com

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Extreme heat and humidity kill thousands of cattle in Kansas
https://www.washingtonpost.com › nation › 2022/06/16

10 hours ago — At least 2,000 cattle are known to have died as of Tuesday, a spokesman for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said, according to ...
~~~~~~
Did High Heat And Humidity Really Cause Cattle Deaths In ...
https://www.drovers.com › news › beef-production › di...

3 hours ago — While there's no way of knowing just how many cattle have died from the heat this week, Reuters quoted the Kansas Department of Health and ...

This video is being proven to be a deep fake. However, a number of news channels have reported this as fact based off this fake video. This is a prime example of how deep fakes can be used to manipulate people.

 

[jward]

EllisDon
@EllisDon

The world's largest #cricketproduction facility is officially complete! Aspire Food Group's new plant in London, Ontario, is ready to produce 9000 metric tons of crickets annually for human and pet consumption. Learn more here: https://canadianmanufacturing.com/manufacturing/aspire-food-group-completes-production-of-manufacturing-facility-282031/

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1535293162221998083

View: https://twitter.com/EllisDon/status/1535293162221998083?s=20&t=JCAtP49zuXzavmRv9HFfBQ

 

[Mtsilverback]

EllisDon
@EllisDon

The world's largest #cricketproduction facility is officially complete! Aspire Food Group's new plant in London, Ontario, is ready to produce 9000 metric tons of crickets annually for human and pet consumption. Learn more here: https://canadianmanufacturing.com/manufacturing/aspire-food-group-completes-production-of-manufacturing-facility-282031/

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1535293162221998083

View: https://twitter.com/EllisDon/status/1535293162221998083?s=20&t=JCAtP49zuXzavmRv9HFfBQ

There is that Biblical dietary law thing.

What would your preference be? Red or Green Soylent?

 

[jward]

I'm strictly old school, the jug o' wine, loaf o' bread n love kinda eater- and I don't drink, and no longer tolerate most breads

 

[lisa]

If you Google "are our food sources under attack" they say it's all just coincidence and minor stuff... no big deal. I guess we'll see in the coming months.

 

[jward]

US national news
·
Yesterday
Many recent fires at food processing plants were accidental, fire officials and fact-checkers say

 

[jward]

FACT FOCUS: Food plant fires fuel conspiracy theory
By ANGELO FICHERA
May 3, 2022

A massive fire burns inside a Walmart distribution center in Plainfield, Ind., near the Indianapolis International Airport, March 16, 2022. The incident has been cited in a baseless conspiracy theory suggesting fires at food processing and other facilities are part of a plot to cause a food shortage in the U.S. (Mykal McEldowney/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

The fire at a Perdue Farms soybean facility in Virginia on Saturday was relatively small. Firefighters had it under control about an hour after arriving and the plant remains fully operational.
“It was an accidental fire,” said Capt. Steven Bradley, a spokesperson for the Chesapeake Fire Department, attributing it to an equipment malfunction. “Nothing suspicious.”

Try telling that to the internet, where the incident became the latest fodder for an unfounded and growing conspiracy theory alleging that fires at various U.S. food processing plants and other facilities are part of a deliberate effort to undermine the food supply.
The baseless narrative has spread widely as Russia’s war on Ukraine has disrupted the global food supply, driving up prices for commodities such as grains and vegetable oils and threatening food security in some parts of the world.
Here’s a look at the facts.
CLAIM: Suspicious fires at food processing plants in the U.S. are being used to create food shortages.

THE FACTS: Widely shared social media posts in recent weeks have featured lists, maps and headline montages about such fires to suggest a nefarious plot is at play — even though fire officials in many of the cases say the blazes were accidents, not the work of arsonists.

Chatter about food processing plant fires significantly increased in April, compared with March, according to an analysis of social media, traditional media and other channels by media intelligence firm Zignal Labs on behalf of The Associated Press.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson highlighted the theory in an April 21 segment in which his guest, radio host Jason Rantz, called the incidents “obviously suspicious,” adding that “you’ve got some people speculating that this might be an intentional way to disrupt the food supply.”

The segment began with the news of a plane crash near a General Mills facility in Covington, Georgia. A spokesperson for the company told the AP, however, that the plant, which manufactures cereal and snacks, “did not experience any disruptions and it remains fully operational.”
Asked for comment, Fox News pointed to a report on Carlson’s show several days later in which a reporter noted that “we have found no evidence that these incidents are either intentional or connected” but suggested incidents have been more frequent this year than in the past. It’s unclear what criteria the report used when compiling its numbers.
The AP contacted officials in relation to 23 unique events, eight from 2021 and the rest from this year, that were referenced between two lists shared on Facebook and Twitter. Fire officials in nine instances said that the fires were determined or suspected to be accidental. In several others, officials would only say that the fires were still under investigation. In some other cases, local news reports also suggested the incidents were accidents.
On Monday, the National Fire Protection Association pushed back on the rumors in a story in its magazine titled “Nothing to See Here.”

Susan McKelvey, an NFPA spokesperson, noted in an email that national data show the country averaged more than 5,000 fires annually at manufacturing and processing facilities, not just food plants, between 2015 and 2019. She estimated that there have “been approximately 20 fires in U.S. food processing facilities in the first 4 months of 2022, which is not extreme at all and does not signal anything out of the ordinary.”
“The recent inquiries around these fires appears to be a case of people suddenly paying attention to them and being surprised about how often they do occur,” McKelvey said.
Lisa Fazio, an associate professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt University, said most Americans wouldn’t know the frequency of such industrial accidents — which “means that it’s relatively easy to create a panic over the issue.”

With actual food shortages caused by the war, “everything they hear gets filtered through that lens and people start noticing things that they hadn’t paid attention to before,” Fazio said in an email.
Food industry experts don’t view the accidents as a crisis for Americans, either.
“There doesn’t appear to be any evidence connecting these fires in any way, and there is absolutely no danger to the US food supply because of a series of unrelated, unfortunate accidents,” Sam Gazdziak, a spokesperson for the American Association of Meat Processors, said in an email.

Those who follow the food supply chain say while such fires can of course have an impact, they are not a major concern domestically or globally.
“The fires were definitely not at the top of my list,” said Phillip Coles, a professor of practice in supply chain management at Lehigh University.
Coles said labor shortages domestically and global issues such as the Russian war in Ukraine, lockdowns in China and shipping costs, are larger factors. He said while consumers in U.S. might not see certain items available, the issue isn’t a shortage of food altogether.
David Ortega, a food economist and associate professor at Michigan State University, said it was “extremely unlikely” that the U.S. would experience food shortages from the Russia-Ukraine war.

While Russia and Ukraine are major grain suppliers, the U.S. produces enough domestically and isn’t dependent on the region, Ortega said. Instead, he said, food shortages from the war would be felt in countries that depend heavily on the region for food imports, such as places in North Africa and the Middle East.
He added: “Beliefs that the U.S. will soon be low on food are simply unfounded.” ___
Associated Press writers Josh Kelety in Phoenix and Ali Swenson in Charlotte, North Carolina, contributed to this report.
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This is part of AP’s effort to address widely shared misinformation, including work with outside companies and organizations to add factual context to misleading content that is circulating online. Learn more about fact-checking at AP.

FACT FOCUS: Food plant fires fuel conspiracy theory

A small fire at a Perdue Farms soybean facility in Virginia on Saturday has become the most recent fodder for a conspiracy theory that suggests fires at food processing plants and other facilities are part of an effort to undermine the U.S. food supply.

apnews.com

If you Google "are our food sources under attack" they say it's all just coincidence and minor stuff... no big deal. I guess we'll see in the coming months.

 

[Kathy in FL]

Here's the thing for me. I know these types of incidences happen. My cousin's husband was in a grain silo explosion in Minnesota back when I was in highschool. He's lived with a "double pupil" ever since. So yeah, splodey things happen.

But what I'm seeing now, if it isn't intentional, is rampant incompetence. To me that is at least as bad as if a group was doing this intentionally.

 

[jward]

Good point, kathy. We really can't say anything, since we don't have the stats for other years. . . but we'd be foolish not to entertain the possibility we're under deliberate attack, given the other attacks we've seen meted out against us.

 

[jward]

Not food processing nor cattle, but KS also had a coal transport accident in the same general area- - -apparently it's not the only such train derailment of late. Totally anecdotal, and thus worthless as evidence- - -but surely something one might keep an eye on or explore further.






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Aerial footage of coal train derailment north of Lawrence, Kansas yesterday; no injuries

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1538186947335798785

View: https://twitter.com/BNNUS/status/1538186947335798785?s=20&t=mU4_Y6Ft7LIAA3w3yc6N-A


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May 22nd coal train derailment Nebraska June 1st coal train derailment Mississippi June 17th coal train derailment Kansas Coincidence or Controlled demolition of America?

11:33 AM · Jun 18, 2022·Twitter Web App

 

[raven]

using the ord "another" in the title to reference a new food plant fire ain't working for me.
I am having to look at the date stamp to see if it is new or not.

maybe we can start numbering them to make a distincition,

 

[jward]

The #ed list was the main reason I published this piece, despite it being covered in bits and bobs everywhere else. I will keep an eye out for incidents wrt actual food plants since the 13th of june, and try to update the list as I can

using the ord "another" in the title to reference a new food plant fire ain't working for me.
I am having to look at the date stamp to see if it is new or not.

maybe we can start numbering them to make a distincition,

 

[JMG91]

FACT FOCUS: Food plant fires fuel conspiracy theory
By ANGELO FICHERA
May 3, 2022

A massive fire burns inside a Walmart distribution center in Plainfield, Ind., near the Indianapolis International Airport, March 16, 2022. The incident has been cited in a baseless conspiracy theory suggesting fires at food processing and other facilities are part of a plot to cause a food shortage in the U.S. (Mykal McEldowney/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

The fire at a Perdue Farms soybean facility in Virginia on Saturday was relatively small. Firefighters had it under control about an hour after arriving and the plant remains fully operational.
“It was an accidental fire,” said Capt. Steven Bradley, a spokesperson for the Chesapeake Fire Department, attributing it to an equipment malfunction. “Nothing suspicious.”

Try telling that to the internet, where the incident became the latest fodder for an unfounded and growing conspiracy theory alleging that fires at various U.S. food processing plants and other facilities are part of a deliberate effort to undermine the food supply.
The baseless narrative has spread widely as Russia’s war on Ukraine has disrupted the global food supply, driving up prices for commodities such as grains and vegetable oils and threatening food security in some parts of the world.
Here’s a look at the facts.
CLAIM: Suspicious fires at food processing plants in the U.S. are being used to create food shortages.

THE FACTS: Widely shared social media posts in recent weeks have featured lists, maps and headline montages about such fires to suggest a nefarious plot is at play — even though fire officials in many of the cases say the blazes were accidents, not the work of arsonists.

Chatter about food processing plant fires significantly increased in April, compared with March, according to an analysis of social media, traditional media and other channels by media intelligence firm Zignal Labs on behalf of The Associated Press.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson highlighted the theory in an April 21 segment in which his guest, radio host Jason Rantz, called the incidents “obviously suspicious,” adding that “you’ve got some people speculating that this might be an intentional way to disrupt the food supply.”

The segment began with the news of a plane crash near a General Mills facility in Covington, Georgia. A spokesperson for the company told the AP, however, that the plant, which manufactures cereal and snacks, “did not experience any disruptions and it remains fully operational.”
Asked for comment, Fox News pointed to a report on Carlson’s show several days later in which a reporter noted that “we have found no evidence that these incidents are either intentional or connected” but suggested incidents have been more frequent this year than in the past. It’s unclear what criteria the report used when compiling its numbers.
The AP contacted officials in relation to 23 unique events, eight from 2021 and the rest from this year, that were referenced between two lists shared on Facebook and Twitter. Fire officials in nine instances said that the fires were determined or suspected to be accidental. In several others, officials would only say that the fires were still under investigation. In some other cases, local news reports also suggested the incidents were accidents.
On Monday, the National Fire Protection Association pushed back on the rumors in a story in its magazine titled “Nothing to See Here.”

Susan McKelvey, an NFPA spokesperson, noted in an email that national data show the country averaged more than 5,000 fires annually at manufacturing and processing facilities, not just food plants, between 2015 and 2019. She estimated that there have “been approximately 20 fires in U.S. food processing facilities in the first 4 months of 2022, which is not extreme at all and does not signal anything out of the ordinary.”
“The recent inquiries around these fires appears to be a case of people suddenly paying attention to them and being surprised about how often they do occur,” McKelvey said.
Lisa Fazio, an associate professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt University, said most Americans wouldn’t know the frequency of such industrial accidents — which “means that it’s relatively easy to create a panic over the issue.”

With actual food shortages caused by the war, “everything they hear gets filtered through that lens and people start noticing things that they hadn’t paid attention to before,” Fazio said in an email.
Food industry experts don’t view the accidents as a crisis for Americans, either.
“There doesn’t appear to be any evidence connecting these fires in any way, and there is absolutely no danger to the US food supply because of a series of unrelated, unfortunate accidents,” Sam Gazdziak, a spokesperson for the American Association of Meat Processors, said in an email.

Those who follow the food supply chain say while such fires can of course have an impact, they are not a major concern domestically or globally.
“The fires were definitely not at the top of my list,” said Phillip Coles, a professor of practice in supply chain management at Lehigh University.
Coles said labor shortages domestically and global issues such as the Russian war in Ukraine, lockdowns in China and shipping costs, are larger factors. He said while consumers in U.S. might not see certain items available, the issue isn’t a shortage of food altogether.
David Ortega, a food economist and associate professor at Michigan State University, said it was “extremely unlikely” that the U.S. would experience food shortages from the Russia-Ukraine war.

While Russia and Ukraine are major grain suppliers, the U.S. produces enough domestically and isn’t dependent on the region, Ortega said. Instead, he said, food shortages from the war would be felt in countries that depend heavily on the region for food imports, such as places in North Africa and the Middle East.
He added: “Beliefs that the U.S. will soon be low on food are simply unfounded.” ___
Associated Press writers Josh Kelety in Phoenix and Ali Swenson in Charlotte, North Carolina, contributed to this report.
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This is part of AP’s effort to address widely shared misinformation, including work with outside companies and organizations to add factual context to misleading content that is circulating online. Learn more about fact-checking at AP.

FACT FOCUS: Food plant fires fuel conspiracy theory

A small fire at a Perdue Farms soybean facility in Virginia on Saturday has become the most recent fodder for a conspiracy theory that suggests fires at food processing plants and other facilities are part of an effort to undermine the U.S. food supply.

apnews.com

I have to say though. When the media feels the need to put out a fact-checking article telling you why you're conspiracy theories are wrong, you know you're probably right on the money.

 

[WOS]

From last week, another one to add to thread:​

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ENGINEERED STARVATION: California poultry processing plant went up in flames over the weekend​

09/01/2022 / By Ethan Huff


QC Poultry saw its Montebello, Calif., processing plant go up in flames over the weekend, adding to a spate of “accidental fires” targeting food facilities in recent months.
Reports indicate that the facility, located just east of East Los Angeles and southwest of the San Gabriel Valley, caught fire at around 4pm on Sunday. When firefighters arrived, they witnessed massive plumes of smoke bellowing from the building – see video footage below:

?Breaking: Another food processing facility has caught on fire … Getting a little suspicious now …
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— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) August 30, 2022

We are told that as firefighters were being deployed, the fire grew and was upgraded to what is known as a third alarm commercial fire. Because of its intensity, firefighters initially focused on keeping the fire from spreading to other buildings.
By 8pm, the fire was declared to be “knocked down,” and local news outlet KTLA reported that no other nearby structures were damaged. The official cause of the fire remains unknown. (Related: In June, a chicken farm in Minnesota mysteriously burned to the ground.)

Is anyone paying attention to the destruction of our food supply?​

If this was the only food processing plant fire to occur this year or last, this would be non-news. But there have been dozens all across the country, as well as a few in other countries recently.
All of a sudden within the past year or so, facilities that produce, process, or in some way handle the food we all eat have mysteriously caught on fire. Many of them are now a massive pile of rubble as the flames consumed their entire structures.

Here are a few of the locations where these incidents have occurred, as well as the types of facilities affected:

• A meat processing plant in El Paso, Tex.
• A butter production plant in Caldwell, Id.
• A poultry processing plant in Ontario, Can.
• A soybean processing and biodiesel plant in Claypool, Ind.
• Numerous chicken farms in Missouri, Maryland, Delaware and Iowa
• A Walmart distribution center in Indianapolis
• A Nestle plant in Jonesboro, Ark.
• Numerous egg production facilities in Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota
• A food processing facility in Maricopa County, Ariz.
• Numerous turkey farms in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Minnesota

The list goes on and on and on. As of this writing, there have been upwards of 100 food facility fires just since the beginning of this year – check out this list to see for yourself.
Just a week before this latest fire in Montebello, a similar one occurred at a vegetable and nut facility in Dufur, Ore. And a week before that, a major fire destroyed a meat processing plant in New Hampshire.
What we are witnessing is a man-made famine, which will eventually lead to mass starvation – all engineered, of course, to kill off those whom the “elite” deem to be “useless eaters.”
It is all happening right in front of our faces, and too few people even know it is happening. Millions of Americans are once again consumed by their mindless consumerism-based lifestyles, especially now that most covid restrictions have been lifted.
“Man, we really are going to eat bugs,” wrote someone on Twitter, seeing the writing on the wall with everything that is happening.
“Strangely enough, the insect factories are running smoothly,” added another commenter.
“This is all the fault of climate change,” joked someone else, followed by another response about how all the vaccine factories are likewise doing just fine.
“I predict many more ahead of us,” added another about what the future holds for food production.
To keep up with the latest news about the destruction of the food supply with fire, visit FoodCollapse.com.
Sources for this article include:
ZeroHedge.com
NaturalNews.com
ZeroHedge.com

 

[Knoxville's Joker]

Processed food we could do about. But mainstay foods like rice and flour and sugar will be a problem.

Honestly I think it is more fire sales in some cases to collect insurance money before enterprises go belly up as their debts get called in...