‘Food Shortages Are Starting to Become Quite Serious All Over the Planet’
A circulating blog post by ZeroHedge advanced rumors that devastating “food shortages” were worsening.
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’10 Weeks of Wheat’ in Global Reserves?
Fears of a wheat shortage swept social media in May 2022, alongside claims only ten weeks of wheat were held in reserves globally.
Egg ‘Sink or Float’ Test
A viral Facebook post claims that “testing fresh eggs” is as simple as seeing which eggs sink and which eggs float.
Agriculture Workers Are Killed on the Job at a Higher Rate Than Cops,’ ‘They Make about a Third as Much Money’
A tweet contained the claim that agricultural workers are killed on the job more frequently than law enforcement officers and are paid far less money.
The Economics of Turning Cotton Into Jeans
A long-running graphic illustrating some of the costs of the making a pair of blue jeans has been revived again on Facebook, but unlike many memes that appear and reappear time and again, it is largely accurate. The graphic originated in November 2014; it showed a photograph of a cotton module alongside the caption: The 2580 …
Cancer Warning about Baby Cut Carrots
An email about baby carrots are made from rejected carrots cut up and then dipped in chlorine during processing, an element that is a known carcinogen..