@Adapt 2030
— · 27 videos curated
David DuByne — macro economic / climate-cycle / food-system analysis.
24 videos in Food & Water
"Hormone Free" Chicken Is Already the Law
Why U.S. poultry packages trumpet "no hormones added" when federal law has banned chicken hormones since the 1950s—and what the USDA disclaimer actually means.
California Egg Regulations: When Backyard Production Requires Registration
Thirty-one seconds on California Department of Food and Agriculture rules for backyard egg production and neighbor sharing.
JP Morgan Warning: Global Food Crisis, El Niño Forecast
Analysis of converging El Niño, geopolitical instability, and logistics disruption driving JP Morgan and Oxford Economics food-price forecasts (12%+ into 2027) and regional crop-threat assessment.
American Farmers Facing Massive Losses as Food Crisis Tightens Supply
Analysis of farm economics: diesel, fertilizer, tariff, and drought impacts on US and global crop yields, and why food costs are rising.
From Dozen to 10 Eggs = Real Shrinkflation
Short analysis of shrinkflation in egg pricing and food inflation trends hitting 50-year highs, with real-world purchase data.
More Printing = Higher Prices! Food Keeps Rising
Analysis of how monetary expansion drives food-price inflation and what households are experiencing in real-time cost increases.
Heat + Drought + No Fertilizer = Crisis
Analysis of concurrent crop-threatening conditions—heat domes, drought, fertilizer shortages, floods—across major food-producing regions and their household food-security implications.
4 Giants Control Supermarkets—Price Fixing Too?
How four major meat companies control US supermarket supply chains and the risk of price coordination in the cattle, pork, and poultry sectors.
They're Pricing Us Out of Food
Analysis of food price inflation across retail and fast food, historical parallels to civil unrest, and strategies to reduce dependency on conventional markets.
Why the Sudden Grain Shortage Warnings
Analysis of declining grain production across multiple countries, with focus on wheat, barley, sorghum, and rice shortages and their implications.
$1M Machine Stuck for a $1K Part
One PCB-resin plant offline threatens global supply chains for smartphones, farm machinery, and critical equipment—a case study in single-point-of-failure vulnerability.
Food Prices Force Big Staple Switches
Why rice prices are climbing globally and what households can substitute (corn, oatmeal, homemade bread) to manage food costs.
Crop Shortage + No Workers = Real Problem
Analysis of labor shortages and infrastructure delays constraining US crop production capacity, despite new USDA and administration strategies.
Chocolate & Coffee Crisis 2026
How tariffs and crop failures are driving coffee, orange juice, and chocolate prices to record highs, including impacts on US-manufactured goods.
Top Wheat Exporters Shaking
Australia's drought threatens to cut wheat exports by 10-13 million tons, with Russia, EU, Canada, and USA supply shifts ahead.
Meat Prices Exploding in 2026
Analysis of cattle supply shortages and demand dynamics driving record meat prices, with implications for household food budgets in 2026.
Australia Fuel Spike $2.90/L, Farms in Trouble
Short analysis of rising fuel costs in Europe and Australia, how machinery costs affect farm economics, and implications for food-system fragility.
Nations Begin Nationalizing Food
Indonesia nationalizing palm oil and metals, India canceling soybean contracts on 41% price surge, copper and diesel price forecasts, and the shift toward sovereign resource control.
Why the Media is Finally Admitting the Food Crisis
Seventeen minutes on global wheat harvest declines, fertilizer shortages, and why official UN data is only now entering mainstream reporting.
Media is Warning Food Shortages Coming — Are You Ready?
15-minute overview of converging food-system risks: tariffs on Brazilian imports, fertilizer fragility, screwworm outbreak in Texas, and El Niño crop impacts.
Armored Supermarkets Stores Are Locking Up
Retail theft barriers, rising food prices, and a global PCB manufacturing disruption analyzed through supply-chain fragility lens.
100-Year Low in US Wheat as Orchards Destroyed
Thirteen minutes on record-low US wheat production, California orchard destruction, fertilizer shortages, and commodity-driven inflation pressure on food supply.
The Real Inflation Wave is Just Beginning: Prepare for July 2026
Fourteen minutes on meat-packer consolidation, 2026 beef vs. pork price forecasts, CPI food trends, and household strategies to navigate rising costs.
Life Without Electricity or Refrigeration
Ransom Godwin and David DuByne discuss food storage shelf life, canned goods, butchering meat, and living without modern refrigeration.