wheat is one of the most important
things that we eat
it's turned into staple foods that make
up one-fifth of all calories consumed in
the world most of northern africa and
the middle east depend on cheap wheat
imported from ukraine but supplies of
the grain were cut off after russia
invaded
some ukrainian farmers couldn't plant
seeds this spring and over four and a
half million tons of wheat are stuck at
the ports unable to leave the country
but the supply chain that moves wheat
globally was fragile even before the war
droughts heat waves and floods have
ravaged crops from the u.s to india and
driven prices to all-time highs