Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 10020 “Millions of Russians died from hunger during WWII with almost a mil- lion dying in the Siege of Leningrad alone. ” II. The Global Harvest & What It Means to Investors energy and money. If our models are changing domestically and globally, what will this mean to our food supply and to the models we use to organize agriculture? And how will that relate to how we organize energy and money? Now is a time when we need to think about food – how it affects our health, our finances and our risks. If we have previously taken food for granted, we may not be able to do so in the future. III. Food Power Who has food and who doesn’t? Is the country you live in food self-sufficient? If trade wars break out, this will matter. US Agricultural Secretary Earl Butz when arguing for US food aid to provide famine relief in 1974 warned that “food is a weapon.” The Russians can retell a tragic history of the price of food insecurity. Millions of Russians died from hunger during WWII, with almost a million dying in the Siege of Leningrad alone. Dimitry Orlov tells the story of life in Russia after the Soviet Union collapsed. The most sought after currency was not gold or silver, it was bottles of vodka. Ask the Russians what it was like to be dependent on European food imports when hit with sanctions over the annexation of Crimea in the Ukraine in 2014. For good reason, Russia is making every ef- fort to improve agricultural self-sufficiency and to build a more diversified network of food sources. To help you grow your understanding of national food security, we have created a chart showing food exports, imports, and exports as a percentage of imports of fifteen countries. The Power of Food Some interesting observations emerge: Four countries of the Anglo-American alliance – the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – have significant net food surpluses. Along with its dominance in policing the global sea lanes, this means that the US has significant “food power” both individually and as part of an important collective. The UK has become steadily more food insecure since the creation of the European Union. It will be interesting to see if food is an important part of discussions between May and Trump or if Brexit reverses the trend in the UK’s food security. Despite its tremendous growth and increased food production, China and East Asia continue to be relatively food insecure. This helps explain China’s commitment to build along the Silk Road and to develop land and agriculture in Af- rica. It also explains the competition for fishing stocks in the South China Sea and the extraor- dinary push for fish farming as oceans become over-fished. The most food-dependent country on the list is Japan, which imports a significant amount of its