Should we worry about our food supply?
But should we worry about our food supply? The Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University, with help from Microsoft, decided to create a way not just for people to find out, but also to monitor the situation as we move forward: the“At the onset of the COVID-related shutdowns in mid-March, when grocery shelves started going empty, the number one question I was repeatedly asked was: Are we going to have enough food?” Jayson L.
The university explains that food supply vulnerability comes down to a series of factors: the number workers affected, where they work, the kind of crops and animals they work with, and the geographical concentration of production.
The good news is that, as Lusk told me, “Our estimated share of agricultural production at risk from COVID-related farm worker illnesses is very small , which I think helps provide some context for people about the nature of our food supply.” Importantly, however, the dashboard only looks at one particular part of the supply chain: farmers and farm workers. Lusk explains that other disruptions to the food supply include “have been in the processing sector, which this version of the tool does not measure.” As a result, just because the dashboard says production levels aren’t being disrupted doesn’t mean shortages won’t still occur.
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