Why Millions Of Potatoes Are Being Thrown Away During The Pandemic | Big Business

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Potato farmers in Idaho and Montana are destroying millions of potatoes. Restaurant closures because of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a glut, and now, billions of pounds of potatoes are stuck in the supply chain. It’s caused unprecedented financial losses, food waste, and emotional turmoil for farmers whose livelihood depends on their crops.

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Why Millions Of Potatoes Are Being Thrown Away During The Pandemic | Big Business

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  6. Homeless all over the world and Gaza people could've used these potatoes to eat right now. Literally could feed refugees and natural disaster effected people too. Seriously

  9. Potatoes that do not sell could be processed into dried potato and put into storage as a strategic food reserve and sent to countries where harvests have failed.

  10. Government could have raised funds and got this to starving families or even using national gaurd to help but they didn't. SO disturbing. the plandemic was a joke and revealed the truth

  11. i want to order potatoes,,100sacks each for forestoil&occidental petro colo,150sacks for snooze&fourfriends,ranches,and 20sacks the manor holmbyhomes california,,370 sacks and 370 packs saltedbacon/2kg packs,,,bcz snow comes maybe after2-3weeks time,,ask payment from occidental petro/forestoil,,elmiferraristerencio,,

  15. I remember there being a punch of potato shortages at resteraunts around this time.. strange. Also, even if you dont have a buyer for the potatos I can think of a lot of different options to use those potatos besides just throwing them away. Imagine the amount of energy stored in all of that starch. Ridiculous to throw them away.. at the very least make vodka out of them.. vodka lasts forever. Biofuel seems the obvious use for them though. Kinda infuriating to see them wasted.

    If you look at just the potatoes Bill and Peggy threw away, assuming 77kCals per 100 gram that is about 555000 kwh of energy.. or enough energy to power an average american home for 46 years

  16. It's all about the almighty dollar. It takes time, money, or organization to get the potatoes to everybody across the country before they turn bad. Plus potatoes are just one small part of a good meal.

  18. All because of unscientific covid lock downs of retail businesses. Thanks to our govts listening to pseudo scientist Tony Fauci and his big pharma collaborators and the corrupt WHO. Think, people!

  19. You could have made VODKA which never spoils. You can use the POTATO ALCOHOL for FUEL if you are against DRINKING ALCOHOL. This potato alcohol could be used as FUEL ADDITIVE or sold to the RACE MODIFIED Auto industry as TOP FUEL . There also could be a Contingency Plan Line Item built into your business model. You are farming as a business which has rules and constraints that need to be taken into and talked about.

  20. this is so disheartening to watch. my family has a veggie garden just for our consumption, and it was sad enough to lose 3 small strawberry seedbeds to heavy rains. i can't imagine something this massive. it's not a regular business, food is such a sensitive and essential thing. i applaud their hard work and efforts to not let it go to waste

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