ot - early signs of food shortage

[525i winter driver]

went for coffee at the drive-thru yesterday... good thing we didn't want tomatoes, mcdonald's canada is out!

[repenttokyo]

went for coffee at the drive-thru yesterday... good thing we didn't want tomatoes, mcdonald's canada is out!

there is restaurant on sherbrooke street west called 'Cosmos' which is famous for their breakfast, and one morning I went there and ordered something that came with hashbrowns. When the waiter came with my food, he said to me "we were out of po-tay-toes so i gave you to-MAY-toes." I look down and sure enough, on my place are sliced tomatoes. I guess if it rhymes, it's 'all good'? WTF??

[RallyD]

same at taco bell last night

[525i winter driver]

there is restaurant on sherbrooke street west called 'Cosmos' which is famous for their breakfast, and one morning I went there and ordered something that came with hashbrowns. When the waiter came with my food, he said to me "we were out of po-tay-toes so i gave you to-MAY-toes." I look down and sure enough, on my place are sliced tomatoes. I guess if it rhymes, it's 'all good'? WTF??

holy crap no hash browns at cosmos?!?!?! the sky really is falling!

[Mitch90535im]

This is the most likely cause -

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364448,00.html

[Dave M]

there is restaurant on sherbrooke street west called 'Cosmos' which is famous for their breakfast, and one morning I went there and ordered something that came with hashbrowns. When the waiter came with my food, he said to me "we were out of po-tay-toes so i gave you to-MAY-toes." I look down and sure enough, on my place are sliced tomatoes. I guess if it rhymes, it's 'all good'? WTF??

Looks like they were trying to get rid of all their salmonella

[525i winter driver]

This is the most likely cause -

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364448,00.html

ewwwwww i ate raw tomatoes yesterday

maybe here are some solutions to the coming food/energy crisis.

http://www.hempcar.org/indexOLD.html
http://www.jackherer.com/popmech.html

could work... the only obstacles i can see are the oil, pharma, food, forest, and cotton megacorporations and they are sure to have our best interests in mind no?

[repenttokyo]

beware the cotton megacorporations.

[pundit]

Several transport companies and many owner drivers have gone bankrupt over here already while others are in receivership over fuel prices.
So it's likely there will be shortages of items, initially caused by transportation issues.

There are currently mass protests and blockades occurring around the world.

"If we stop because we haven't got the money to buy fuel then the country will stop."

Adding fuel to the food crisis fire

Fishermen, police clash in EU fuel protest

French truckers, taxis stage fuel protests

Fuel prices 'push Qld fishing fleet close to collapse

Fuel prices threaten livelihoods across Europe

Not to mention the fertilisers and pesticides that require petrochemicals.

[Ross]

I figured you'd jump on this pundit.
The reason is fear of e-coli bacteria. Rather than demand workers wash their hands after wiping their McAss they eliminate sliced tomatoes. Cherry tomatoes remain.