@Adapt 2030
— · 38 videos curated
David DuByne — macro economic / climate-cycle / food-system analysis.
35 videos in Food & Water
Few Giants Control Our Food Supply
When Ahold Delhaize's network went down, Hannaford, Giant, Food Lion, and Stop & Shop all went dark simultaneously—a demonstration of food-system centralization risk.
Global Grain Shortage Driving Food Prices Higher
Analysis of current grain-supply disruptions—South Africa production declines, Ukraine export collapse, and resulting food-price pressure on households and developing nations.
Gas Tax Relief Scam as Airlines Cut Flights
Analysis of diesel and jet fuel price spikes, their impact on agricultural harvesting costs and food supply chains, and airline capacity cuts in response to rising energy costs.
Harvest + No Diesel = Food Prices Explode
How diesel fuel shortages in harvest season cascade through agricultural transport and drive food prices higher.
How Diesel Price Shocks Cascade Through Food and Energy Systems
21-minute analysis of diesel supply disruptions, their impact on farming costs and food-system logistics during peak harvest season, and downstream effects on household expenses.
$6.23 Diesel: Farmers and Truckers Hit First
How rising diesel costs cascade through harvest, processing, and trucking to reach grocery-store prices — and why farmers and truckers absorb the shock first.
Dandelions Were Food, We Were Taught to Kill Them
Why dandelions—a nutritious wild edible settlers deliberately cultivated—became weeds in modern yards, and how to reclaim them as foraged food.
Indonesia Rice Fields Cracked by El Niño
Visual documentation of El Niño drought impact on Indonesian rice terraces: crop stress, reservoir collapse, and river disappearance—implications for global food supply.
JPMorgan: +5% Food Inflation Expected in 2027
Analysis of converging supply-chain pressures—Black Sea logistics, weather, drone strikes—driving JPMorgan's forecast for 5% global food inflation in early 2027.
7 Strongest El Niños — 2026 Leads
Visual comparison of historical El Niño events and heat-anomaly patterns, with focus on current 2026 conditions and potential agricultural impacts.
The Dust Bowl Cycle Is Back and One Third of World's Export Grain Just Disappeared
Fifty-six minutes on global grain-export collapse, harvest failures, and fertilizer cutoffs — with household food-security strategies for a fragile supply chain.
"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.