Several very large food processing plants in the US have blown up/burned down recently

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Several very large food processing plants in the US have blown up/burned down recently:

1) 4/19/22 - Fire destroyed Azure Standard headquarters in Oregon, the largest independent food distributor in the US
2) 4/14/22 - Taylor Farms packaging building in Salinas, CA deemed a total loss
3) 4/13/22 - Plane crashes into Idaho potato and food processing plant
4) 4/11/22 - Crews battled fire for 16 hours at East Conway Beef and Pork, New Hampshire
5) 3/31/22 - Massive warehouse fire at large fresh onion packing facility Rio Fresh in south Texas
6) 3/24/22 - Massive Potato Processing Plant Fire Burns In Belfast, Maine
7) 3/19/22 - Fire destroys Walmart distribution center, Plainfield Indiana
8) 3/19/22 - 50,000 lb of food destroyed after fire ripped through Maricopa, AZ Food Pantry
9) 2/22/22 - 7 Injured in Explosion as Fire Engulfs Shearer's Food Plant, Hermiston Oregon
10) 2/16/22 - Louis Dreyfus reports fire at largest U.S. soy processing plant, Claypool Indiana
11) 1/14/22 - Explosion and Fire Reported at Cargill-Nutrena Feed Mill, Lecompte, LA

Other:
a) 4/18/22 - Union Pacific significantly cuts fertilizer shipments during spring planting season
b) 27 million chickens and turkeys - and counting - are being culled because of bird flu

Sources in comments.

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FBI Warns of Targeted Cyber Attacks On Food Plants After Mysterious Rash Of Fires

ZH |  APR 23, 2022

The FBI's Cyber Division published a notice this past week warning about increased cyber-attack threats on agricultural cooperatives, which comes at a time when a curious string of fires and explosions damage major food processing plants across the country.

"Ransomware actors may be more likely to attack agricultural cooperatives during critical planting and harvest seasons, disrupting operations, causing financial loss, and negatively impacting the food supply chain," the notice read, adding 2021 and early 2022 ransomware attacks on farming co-ops could affect the current planting season "by disrupting the supply of seeds and fertilizer."

The agency warned, "A significant disruption of grain production could impact the entire food chain, since grain is not only consumed by humans but also used for animal feed ... In addition, a significant disruption of grain and corn production could impact commodities trading and stocks."

The FBI's warning comes as "nearly two dozen food processing facilities across Canada and the US" have experienced a "string of fires, plane crashes and explosions," according to The Western Standard.

The most recent incidents were fires at two Oregon-based food processing plants. The first, on Monday night, a fire destroyed Azure Standard's joint headquarters and warehouse facilities. The second was an explosion on Tuesday at a Shearer's Foods plant.

Internet sleuths pieced together a compilation of headlines showing a spate of fires at food processing plants across the country in the last year or so.

One sleuth highlights recent warehouse fires affecting food supply chains in a series of tweets.

This is all happening as the Ukraine-Russian conflict has disrupted the global food supply chain. Food prices are at record highs, and the Rockefeller Foundation just released their timeframe of when a "massive, immediate food crisis" may begin -- they say, "in the next six months."