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minus-squareramble81@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up133·17 hours ago Japan’s long-standing efforts to protect domestic farmers from outside competition, including limiting imports of foreign rice Here’s the why in case anyone is wondering. It’s not a global issue.
minus-squaremic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·16 hours agoWas gonna say… Every local store near me has literal pallets of rice available.
minus-squareHeyJoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·15 hours agoMaybe they should have had a plan B for situations like this. It’s great to take care of your own, but this is a perfect example as to why you can’t put all your eggs into one basket.
minus-squarefodor@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoThey do, of course. There’s plenty of rice of other kinds.
Here’s the why in case anyone is wondering. It’s not a global issue.
Was gonna say… Every local store near me has literal pallets of rice available.
Maybe they should have had a plan B for situations like this. It’s great to take care of your own, but this is a perfect example as to why you can’t put all your eggs into one basket.
They do, of course. There’s plenty of rice of other kinds.