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RANKING: How Strong Is Your Food Supply Chain?

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There’s a lot that goes into determining the strength and resilience of your country’s food supply chain. In a ranking of nations’ food security, Finland ranks highest. The United States comes in further down the line at eleventh. Niall McCarthy, a data journalist at Statista, writes for the World Economic Forum:

Many of the countries that experienced waves of panic-buying at the start of the pandemic that resulted in empty supermarket shelves actually have some of the highest levels of food security on the planet. Back when Covid-19 struck, supermarkets witnessed chaotic scenes as customers bought bulk quantities of pasta, rice and other essential food items. That soaring level of demand did not mean there were actual food shortages but rather supply bottlenecks as demand exceeded supply. One year later, the pressure on supermarkets has eased, though problems with global food security persist.

The top twelve countries for food security are:

  1. Finland
  2. Ireland
  3. Netherlands
  4. Austria
  5. Czech Republic
  6. United Kingdom
  7. Sweden
  8. Israel
  9. Japan
  10. Switzerland
  11. United States
  12. Canada

McCarthy and Statista used 59 unique indicators across 113 countries to develop their rankings.

Action Line: If you are trying to strengthen your own food preparedness, remember, a strong plan is necessary. You don’t want to hoard tomatoes and twinkies. Your family needs its food to last a long time and fulfill your nutritional needs. Crazed hoarding is not preparing. If you need an extra push to stay focused on your goals of preparing your family, click here to subscribe to my monthly Survive & Thrive letter, and I’ll push you to achieve success.

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E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zildjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com To sign up for my free monthly Survive & Thrive letter, click here.