6 hours ago
p3k dots

Your country can't feed you.

The UK doesn't produce enough food to feed itself. Neither do the US and Canada. Australia doesn't either. Nor does France. It's only thanks to a vast system of global trade and shipping that we are sufficiently fed. So the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a major shipping chokepoint, raises an uncomfortable question: Without global trade, could countries actually feed themselves?